So over the weekend, I went to check out a few rifles. Tikka T3, Rem 700, Ruger M77 and the Savage 16 trophy hunter combo.

The savage felt really nice and what I've heard it's a great shooter and the combo seemed like a pretty good deal. The only thing I'm not too keen on is the synthetic stock. I decided this was the one and headed home to check for best prices. Found some pretty good online prices... then I came across some photos of the 14 classic / stainless. Perfection! I like the stainless, but still like a real wood stock, so this one I really like. Search and search and more search and of course it's discontinued and nobody has any in stock.

So the question, do I wait for one to go on the market or just go with the model 16 and swap out the stock? Are there any other major differences?