Again my two cents:
Just thought you would like to know that I purchased a 270 WSM in Weather Warrior this year at a heck of a good price. Nice stainless heavy barrel, clip, accutrigger etc. POS injection moulded stock. I sold it after I tried to set up my harris bi-pod. Savage should be embarassed about that stock. I too wanted a rifle in that price range. My advice is stay away from flexible moulded stocks, maybe consider wood. BTW I ended up purchasing a Remington Buckmasters Model 700. I installed my bi-pod, and BAM shot like a professional. Very accurate, new trigger and comes with the r3 recoil pad. 600.00 and Remington had a $40.00 mail in rebate. FWIW.
Cheers,
TMM