Originally Posted by Buford57

If you don't like the Browning, by all means try the Savage.

I've had 4 over the years: .250-3000, .243 and 2 .308s. Loved the .250 and wish I had it back. Never shot the .243 (cruddy painted birch stock) Traded into it, traded out of it. The standard model .308 was a beauty, but recoil was too much for my bride and it was traded for a Winchester 100 in the same caliber. The other .308 was some kind of anniversary production with an octagon barrel and a crescent butt. Killed at both ends. I was shooting lightweight .45-70s for fun back then, but I still could not bear to load the magazine a second time on that 99.

If I could get into a 99 in .300, .250 or .308 for under a house payment now, I'd jump on it.