Thank you all for the replies. Finally had time to sight it in yesterday. Put a Burris 6 x 20 x 50 Fullfield Burris scope on it with an EGW base and EGW rings. (I like those EGW scope rings)

Had a tough time keeping a 6" group at 100 yds. (20 grn) using a Harris bi pod. Sucked real bad! Put it on sandbags and the group narrowed down to 3/4" @ 100yds which made me kinda happy. Then I shot 3 consecutive shots that cloverleafed a 1/4" group with the 15.5 gr Hornady`s. Next range session I expect to retest and eliminate "operator error" as I would think the 20 grainers would group better then the lighter 15.5`s.

I shoot off a bi pod often with my Ruger m77 223 Predator and group sub MOA regularly, Just dont know why the Savage doesnt shoot well off a bipod. Hope to play with it a bit more in the coming weeks and find the answer. Much easier to varmint shoot off a bi pod than lug sandbags into the field. Always interesting.....
Johnhenry