Congrats! looks like you're back in business.. I've been watching this thread. Never owned a Savage 220 but I'm a big fan; I've seen them at work in the deer woods and on the range and I've yet to see one that isn't a tackdriver, (as far as slug guns go). If I had to purchase a slug gun today that's what it would be. I'm getting kind of old for those 12 ga. slug guns and am totally convinced that deer can't tell the difference because they seem to expire just as quickly from a 20 ga. as a 12. It's all about accuracy and those 220's deliver.