I'm too fond of and familiar with standard bolt actions to really ever want anything else (same applies regarding semi autos, pumps, even levers...I just like bolt guns, that's the way it is)
this looks tremendously interesting though. And I'm not surprised it's savage that's first to this game among North American manufacturers. They're first to a lot of things that fancier outfits then go on to imitate. Gun snobs then invariably praise the knockoffs and bash the original for being cheap and ugly and, well, savage.
im friends with a number of such gun snobs and don't have a problem with them liking nice things.
I've also gotten a lot of them pretty irritated over the years when they with their tikkas, remingtons, brownings, and Sakos were not able to do what I did with my cheap ugly savages. Not gonna lie there's smug satisfaction in outshooting someone who likes to talk about how much they spent on their set up.
Of course it could be that I'm a better shot on occasion, but not than all of the time. I'm giving the gun the glory.
love savage arms.