Its alot easier, you also dont have to true the bolt, it has one of the easiest adjusting triggers, not to mention the best trigger out. They have probably the best factory made barrel available on a out of the box gun. Gun smiths dont like to mess with the newer Savages because there is not much that they can do to improve them. The only thing I can say that I dont like about the new Savages is it has a weak extractor.