Last Thursday I bought a savage 12 fv in 223 cal for $419.00 plus they send u rebate check back for 100.00. Will now they are sale for even less!! Man I am mad at myself ha ha ha. $349.00 and you still get the 100.00 rebate check when u send the coupon in. I think I might have to go back and buy the 308 cal. This gun has the varmint big round 26 inch barrel with accura trigger. That means gun is $249.00 if every thing works out ok. Question...... Couple years ago I bought the savage axis in 308. It kick the snot out of me. Wondering if I buy a nice Boyd thumb hole stock on this 308 or the heaviest stock Boyd makes for this gun and then put a recoil reducer in stock or a bunch of lead and big muzzle break on it ( any one know who makes one for bull type barrel ) do you think it would take the recoil out if this gun ? At $249.00 I would like to take a chance on it for this price. Will just use it for target shooting out to 1000 yards when I retire in the next few years. Your thoughts on these subjects. Any one shoot the savage fv here ?