This wasn't on your poll, but I would look into CZ-USA.
Not a deer rifle, but that CZ 452 in the Classifieds with the Mannlicher stock looks so good....
This wasn't on your poll, but I would look into CZ-USA.
Not a deer rifle, but that CZ 452 in the Classifieds with the Mannlicher stock looks so good....
Marlin XS7 is not on the list - and yet wins the contest ... by far; all the awesome features of Savage for almost half the price.[/QUOTEThe marlin would be my pick. It also has a trigger guard which is seperate from the stock, so that it can be replaced if broken. I know this sounds silly, but when I worked at academy, Two customers told me they had broken the guards on their mossberg, and I knew personally of a savage which it occured on. the exact circumstances I don't recall, except that they were unusual. A lot of things are unusual though, until they happen to you.
The only diffrence between the XL7 and the XS7 is the action. The XS is a short action and the XL is a long action.