Yes I would take it over any savage rifle do not like then feel and the fit off the savage. That's my opinion the only savages that I own are a model 23d and the model 24. Wouldn't buy any other savage rifle. Throwing gun I ever sold was a 340. The stock was bulky and trigger was bad and could not shoot a descent group to save it's life. I know people that savage is all they shot but I don't like them.