I am posting this for my brother. He is looking at buying the Savage 116fxp3 Stainless Synthetic in 338 Win Mag. The price on this rifle up here in Canada in $640 and includes the 3-9X40 Simmons Scope and sling. Although a higher end rifle is desireable, with another baby on the way, my brother is looking to save some money. He will upgrade the scope within a year or two, but for now this sounds like a pretty good deal. Can anyone proved any comments, advice, opions, etc. on this rifle in this calibre. We were also wondering how the safety is on this rifle. Thanks.

that is a good deal and the Savage is a good rifle. i would tell your brother to buy it. i'm not sure how good the saftey is on it.

I just purchased a 16fxp3 in 270wsm....for a lot less than 640 bucks though. The Simmons scope would be better suited on a 22 and as such I have already removed it. The safety is 3 position and located on the tang. Mine has the accu-trigger and I can honestly say it is by far better than any factory trigger I have felt. I have yet to take mine to the range but the reported accuracy with Savage rifles ranges from good to unbelieveable.

VA, he's in Canada so their 640 and our $640 USD are very different.
I do agree that the scope needs to be of much better build and quality, but at the very least it'll get you started. Check out www.savageshooters.com they also have a forum section.