Well i changed my mind about getting a Savage and have decided on getting a Remington 700 VLS in .243
but i wont be able to get it until around the end of the summer or a lil after until then death be to the groundhogs with my .22Mag and 870 with 3.5inch BB

Marksman 22-250

Hey Marksman 22-250, That is an excellent choice too. My last one was in 308Win and the very first shots out of it using fully prepped - weight sorted cases, Benchrest Primers, starting loads of H380 and 168gr Sierra MatchKings kept cutting group after group in the 3s.

One thing that you don't hear much about is that all the "V-series" M700s apparently come with SAAMI Minimum chambers. I've checked almost 2 dozen now and they were all right at the Minimum.

This is a great accuracy advantage and also results in very long case life.

Set your Full Length Sizing Die up so it allows the bolt to close on an empty case with just a bit of resistance (Partial-Full Length Resizing) and you will get better accuracy than Neck Sizing.

There is a group of folks who are specializing in "trying to scare" folks about Remington Triggers. Darn shame cause it is one of the very best factory designs ever made. Just chack out snipercountry.com for instructions on how to properly adjust it. Normally no "stoning" is needed on a Remington Trigger at all.

You will love it if you don't mind toting a bit of weight around.

The Remington is a good starting point, just don't expect it to be perfect "as is". My Remington Varmint rifle in .243 Win. caliber would only shoot about 6 or 7 moa out of the box. After having a gunsmith glass bed the action, free float the barrel, and adjust the trigger, it became a sub-moa rifle. The target scope I bought for the rifle was a real eye opener. I could see the bullet holes in the paper out to 300 yards and at 100 yards could actually see the holes appear in a large pattern on the paper. I have seen one or two wood stocked examples which shoot extremely good right out of the box so perhaps mine was just a really bad example.
The new synthetic stocks which have an aluminum bedding block are much better overall. I bought one a couple of years back and that rifle shot sub-moa groups right out of the box. My gunsmith went ahead and used aluminum bedding compound to augment the factory bedding block just to make sure everything fit just right.

With due respect to Remington's, every Savage Varmint Rifle I have seen at the range would shoot right with my high dollar accurized Remington. Last year, two guys brought brand new Savages to the range that they had bought at a gun show earlier that day. They mounted the scopes and bases by borrowing my screw driver set. With new boxes of ammunition, both of those rifles were shooting cloverleaf groups at 100 yards after finally getting on paper. You can imagine how shocked I was to see that happen. One of the guys initially had groups that were maybe 2". The other guy snagged the offending rifle and put 5 shots in a ragged looking hole, then handed the rifle back with the comment that the rifle seems to shoot just fine.