I have one of the last ones Savage made, a .223 over 12 ga., 3" with screw in chokes, syn. stock! I have never scoped it it shoots so good. .223 has a 1-9 twist, shoots anything from 45-70 grain great. This is my go to yote calling gun, best of both worlds! The little rifle barrel, mated to the shotugun is as stiff as a varmint barrel. I have taken yotes to 250 with open sights on this thing, and took a nice tom turkey with the 3" and a mossberg turkey choke at 42 yds. I will keep my eyes open, might want to check gunsamerica.com, auction had some on there last week.