The only thing I never liked about the savages was the blind magazine. I was quite happy with my 112 in 223, heavy barrel and the trigger adjusted to 20 oz. and any 50 gr bullet I loaded with 748 always inside of an inch off the bench. That is till I decided to go cattin with it, now it's a 223 AI. I've always thought they poduced a decent gun for the money, not the best looking but it do go boom.