The Savage 110/11 series have always been good budget rifles. I've had 8 or 10 of them over the past 35 years and all have shot well. The only one I have currently is a .223 Stevens 200 I bought new for 259.00 4 years ago. It functioned perfectly and shot everything I ran through it, both handloads and factory under 1" at 100 yards out of the box. Pretty tough to ask for more for the price. The 200 is discontinued now but the last I knew Wal-Mart still sold synthetic stocked Savages with accu-trigger for around 350.00. My brother bought one in .243 about a year ago and it shoots just as good as my Stevens. I've seen nothing from any of the newer budget rifles that would lead me to believe they're better or likely to outperform the Savages. Certainly none are as time tested/ well proven.The only Ruger American I've seen in action was certainly less than impressive as the magazine kept falling out and the stock was as flimsy as a soda straw.
