Last year, I bought my son a Mark 2 heavy barrel with sights to use on our High School rifle team. He had major problems with extraction, and the gun shop sent the gun back to Savage. They said the chamber was too tight, and returned the gun foc. He had been using a school M 52 Win. while the Savage was gone. It will be easier for him to shoot matches with his own gun rather than sharing and trying to fit/sight in, etc. everything at the last minute. I know these guns have excellent barrels on them. Read on Rimfire Central that Savages shoot better with subsonic ammo. For all of you Savage experts on here, any suggestions for accurate ammo? Next match is in May (50 yard outdoor) so we have time to get everything dialed in. Thanks. :)