You really opened a big thing here. You may not know but someone blew one up this year and the talk won't stop. If you are buying because you like the Savage trigger or you like bolt actions or you just like the looks and plan on shooting black powder or synthetics only I would say fine. If you are planning on shooting smokeless in the rifle I would say watch your loads and powder selection very carefully. Also you will have to watch for any erosion of the breechplug face and primer area which may lead to problems with smokeless powder in this rifle. There is some piece in the primer system that has to be replaced after several shots; or so I was told, you might check on this also. I was going to buy one but after checking and finding that I cannot use smokeless for hunting in Arizona I decided to go with the T/C Omega and have not regreted the decision one bit.