Why do others stick their noses up when someone mentions Savage 110/111 rifles?

My first high powered rifle was the Savage 110GXP3 combo in 7mm REM Mag. I loved that rifle. It wasn’t flashy and shiny, but I didn’t want that, and I still don’t.
It did it’s job admirably, and the informal shooting competitions I had with my buddies, it and I won more bets than I can remember, even when I let my friends borrow it to just play around with. They all knew it was hyper-accurate.
Man! I hated letting that rifle go, since I was in dire needs to pay for a divorce lawyer.
If Savage would make one of their new rifles in .338-06 or .35 Whelen, I’d jump all over it and buy it in a New York minute.
I’m happier than a pig in slop that I can swap a barrel out.
If I knew then what I know now, I’d have found a way to keep my first Savage, and just swap the barrels out.


Hawk