Questions were e-mailed to Savage and no response received. Called Savage and was told that one employee has the job of answering e-mails. I was informed to be patient. Luckily, I found this site. I have never owned any Savage product. I want to ask this community questions about Savage rifles. My vision and my dream is an accurate, precise rifle to shoot at and to kill prairie dogs located at long distances from the muzzle. For several years, three of us have meet every summer for a week in eastern Montana and used the hood of my 4Runner to shoot at prairie dogs. I want to replace my very old Remington 700 in .243 with a new Savage in .243.