Savage makes great rifles but there are two thing I' d think about with your choice. First, the .243 is marginal for deer, so marginal that I personally wouldn' t use one for deer hunting. Yes, it will kill deer but there are much, much better calibers for the job. Second, the scopes and mounts on the package guns are junk. You' ll be much better served to buy the rifle by itself and put a decent scope and decent rings on it.