There is some advantages to building an older 110, I did so, and it is one of my favorite guns. As you have notice that the older 110 sell for little money, but so do the Stevens 200, and either way is a good way to go. There is some disadvantages of purchasing the older guns. The pre-accu- trigger guns have a flat back, and they was hand ground, they was not always ground flat, but this something a bit of bedding can fix.

Other disadvantages are there are some weird models in the mix, the first guns (1958-1966) share little with the more modern guns. (IE different bolt head design, barrel chambers, trigger designs, ETC) Then there was a couple of years they cast the receivers, and they had integrated the scope bases, and couple of years the soldered the scope bases on. Then the 1st generation short actions throw some people for a loop, they are a long action, but they have a different bolt spacing, and use a few different parts, which makes them a bit less desirable. Once you get past them differences the guns were very much the same as the guns today. Some of the quality went down hill, with the guns made in the late 80's early 90's as savage went through some rocky years, at that time.

Many of the older 110's are made just as good if not better, (Some of the guns made in the 70's have some of the best maching ever seen, still done with pride, and by hand.) than some of the newer guns. Almost all the parts will interchange, and they shoot everybit as good as the current production guns. Savage changed ownership, and the first true short action guns was one of the first adventures this happened in the mid to late 1990's. The accu-trigger came out in the early 2000's, and that is when they stoped grinding the backs of the receivers. The center feed magazine guns started in 2006. All this said, the guns is basically the same as the guns made from 1966 on, just with a few upgrades.