RE: Savage rifles
I have a 12vss with the choate stock, pillar bedding and custom trigger. I strapped a Swift 8-32 telescope on it. It's a load to carry, but shoots the lights out. Sub MOA with el-cheapo factory hollow points. It shoots rings around my colleagues' high-end varmint rigs.
I actually don't like to go to the range with them, b/c I think it really bothers 'em that I only spent half the dough and got twice the machine. I'm a terrible shot, too, but this thing has such a crispy trigger that you just can't miss.