Hi guys, new to the forum, and to Savage rifles!

Just got my Mark II G today, its a thing of beauty. I shouldered someone elses before buying this one, and fell in love with the feel and balance of it, so out came the Christmas bucks!
The stock has a lovely dark brown coloration that wasn't apparent in the Cabelas Canada catalogue. I haven't had the chance to shoot it, that will have to wait till the weekend. I did load the magazine and cycle 10 rounds through it to see if they would feed properly, as some apparently have had trouble. Mine functioned perfectly. :D

I have a question somebody here can surely answer...the manual says nothing about shooting short shells at all, but the barrell says .22 LR only. I am assuming that shorts are not recommended by Savage? I don't plan on using them much anyhow, but someone somewhere is going to tell me its fine; i want to be sure.