I'm always impressed by the quality of the early Savage bolt actions--20, Sporter, Super Sporter, 23 or 3/4/5. Except for the 20, they were meant as "cheap guns" but there's nothing cheap about the way they handle and shoot. Wish guns had this kind of fit and finish nowadays. Now you have to put a thou or so into a factory gun to get it the way a Savage from the hardware store was in the 1920s and 1930s.
I also like the cocking piece on the early Sporters and Super Sporters; I guess I like to "see how a gun works"--when that thing falls, you know something is gonna happen! My 4S has one, too.
One of my local stores has a .30-06 Super Sporter for sale; if anybody is interested, I can investigate it for 'em. (PM me)
