Not sure about the Flex version, but the MVP has been out for quite some time.
Savages have always been an inexpensive rifle, despite the recent price hikes that hasn't changed.
The biggest issues have always been, and continue to be part fitment and QC.
They let some absolutely attrocious things leave the factory, too frequently for my taste. Parts interchange but the fitment isn't the tightest of tollerances. So how well they fit is up in the air. Sometimes rattling parts bothers folks, sometimes not; really a preference deal. The barrels have always been *Potentially* amazing, but again they have had some real doosies! None of the Savage lineup gets any special treatment, all just mass produced parts and assembly. So one line or the other won't be any better than another by principle.
If you like your 243, then you have an idea of what to expect.
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