I have the Savage with the bull blue barrel syn stock, and find it to be a great shooter. My 10 year old son was shooting it for the first time at the range last week and after getting if comfy with it was shooting the 10 or 9 ring on a regular basis at 50 yards which I thought was real good for a younster.

I do have the Basix trigger in it though, which made shooting much more accurate IMHO. Of course the gun was a little tight at first, but is quite smooth now after several sessions at the range.