Bought a BVSS today and its really the first Savage I have had (excluding my 99 in .303 Savage).

I'll give it a 9.8 for cosmetics. The stock finish is exceptional and really slick.
Scope Mounting gets a 9.9 for mounting alignment.
Trigger 9.9 it came out of the box at 20oz. No creep perfect over-travel. breaks clean as a whistle.
9.9 Action and barrel perfectly centered in the stock.
Finish on the metal looks good but has some very slight cutter path marks on the receiver but would never be seen by the unsuspecting, I have to look real hard to detect it. Good brush job. Corner breaks, chamfers, polish, is very well done and no evidence of cutting cost in the final stages of the manufacture. A+ for Savage.

Its going to be a few days maybe before I shoot it. If its nice out tomorrow we'll see.

Why in the world did they stencil the label on the bolt. Such a nice job of jeweling and then cover it up the stencil. How stupid. You can stand 10' from the gun and you know who made it. If it shoots as good as it looks I guess I can live with a little hippie sh_t.

Tom