RE: pawn shops?
You mentioned the pawn shop having a good price compared to bass pro shops....that's really not surprising. Bass pro shops are notorious for being really high priced. $390-400 is a typical price for the Savage rifles. The "problem" with Savage rifles is that they're not as highly refined as other higher priced rifles. They're not as pretty. However, they're usually just as accurate, or even MORE accurate than typical Rugers, Remingtons, Winchesters, Brownings, etc etc, and for about half the price.