As I mentioned above. The savage will serve you just fine. I have several with factory and aftermarket barrels on them. They’re in the safe next to custom rifles, Rem 700’s and Accuracy Internationals. I can pull out a savage and shoot just as accurate as I can with the others
Starting out you can customize them enough to your preference
Just don’t expect to pay $700 for a savage and get $600 for it if you sell it. Also don’t be surprised if you need an aftermarket barrel or have extraction issues.
From what I’ve seen lately savage is a gun company that listens to its owners and has vastly expanded its features and offerings.
That tells you they care about what they do and they’ll be there to support it.
Below is the second most accurate rifle I currently own. First is a Fclass custom 284 that cost about 4X as much
It’s a savage 10, CBI 26” 260 Rem barrel, Sightron SIII scope and mcree chassis. Below are groups at 100, 300 (covered with dime), 600 (5 shots with lighter) and 1,792 yards (steel silhouette)
When trying out for an Fclass team I shot this rifle in Grayling MI at the 1,000 yard regional championship. I finished 12 out of 36. I was shooting F-Open, was the only one with a bipod on the line and looked completely out of place with my 26” Varmint taper barrel against 284’s running 1-1 1/4” 30-32” tubes.
It caught some attention when the first round I shot a 192/200.
Savages are the common rifle of the poors. But sometimes the poors still make a statement