I like the rifle, hate the bolt and the stock. The bolt handle is a little clunky, and doesn't seem to be made well. The choate stock was actually designed my major john plaster. If this name sounds familiar it is because he wrote "the ultimate sniper" and filmed the training movie that has interviews with the legend carlos h. The book and the movie are good, but the stock he designed I am not crazy about. The savage does have a great barrel though. Switch the bolt and stock and it would be great.