Guys,

First time posting here. I am wanting a prairie dog/predator rifle chambered in 22-250. Today at Dick's, I came across a Savage 11 VT that was priced at $550, marked down to $499 then a $75 mail in rebate. This puts the rifle at around $470 after tax and rebate. It comes with a cheapo Bushnell scope that would likely be replaced and a pretty flimsy stock.

Whatever I get, I realistically won't be that demanding. Just looking for something that will be able to ride around behind the seat of the pickup and shoot coyotes/prairie dogs whenever I get time to go. Maybe one day I'll build off of the rifle. I'll most certainly replace the scope at some point as well. But it is nice to have a ready to shoot rifle straight out of the box in the meantime.

Is this a good deal on this rifle?

Are there better options for the money?

Is this rifle a shooter or is it one to be avoided?

Thanks