My RAR has extraction issues, so do four other RARs I have personal knowledge of.

I think I'd go with the Marlin, preferably the one with the tube magazine.

Savages usually shoot well, but have cheap-azz magazines that are really off-putting, to me at least.

The Marlin with box magazines are good, but require constant "adjustment" to keep feeding smoothly (at least my .17HMR does).

That brings us back to the tube-fed Marlin, doesn't it?


You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.