I've had four Savage guns within the last 5-6 years. (all bought new) and all with the accutrigger. I'll be damned if they weren't the best guns I've ever had "out of the box". Better than any Browning, Remington,Winchester , or Ruger. But, they had issues that kind of turned me off. 3 of the 4 had super tight magazines that , if not pushed SUPER HARD, and absolutely correctly.........rear first, then click the front in..........the mags would pop out during recoil, and always land upside down and dent the next round in the mag.
Plus the distance between the scope bases is so much farther than it needs to be, you have to seriously consider the type of scope you get. I couldn't get a Bushnell 3200, A Redfield, A Leupold VX1, or a Burris fullfield II to fit without at least one extension ring. And even then, it left about 1 or 2 millimeters of play for your eye relief. You need a scope with lots of center tube if you need any movement of the eye piece for your own personal eye-relief setting.
I ended up using TWO extension rings , plus having to grind out a V-shape in one of the bases of the scope ring to get a comfortable setting. Its just something to consider.
With all the current complaints I read about the Remington products, you might want to steer clear of them too. Keep a lookout for a decent used gun. I have probably bought around 140 or more guns in my adulthood, and I'd have to say, 90% of them were used. And of that 90%, I had problems with maybe 5% of my purchases. You can often get a used Humvee for the price of a new Cavalier, and I'm damn sure a hummer can get you further in the back country. Oftentimes you can pick up a well cared for gun, made in a time that everything was done by hand, that will last a lifetime, and shoot the lights out on the EE, for less than a current, well-flawed , offering at the mid-price level from a gun store.
- I have never heard of a major complaint against them and they always appear to be very accurate rifles.
