Re: savage rifles
Look, I am beholdin' to Fred for the generous assistance he gave us with the Ghost Dancer Project, and hear nothing but good stuff about Kevin Rayhill, despite never having had any dealings with him. I am an unabashed Savage fan, but the day a factory Savage can shoot rings around a GAP product, I'll be mucho, mucho abashed.
As for custom work, you get what you put in, be it Savage or others, good work makes a good rifle, not vice versa.
Honestly, damned few folks, myself included, can outshoot their rifles.
Let's keep our perspectives here; folks...
Greg