Savage Firearms may very well be manufacturing one the few perfect deer hunting rifles available, the Savage Model 16FLSS.

Part of Savage's "Weather Warrior" series, the rifle is made in stainless steel with a durable synthetic stock which gives it an attreactive appearance that will last for decades to come. And that includes the use and abuse a working rifle will be put through during its lifetime.

Savage Rifles feature the Savage AccuTrigger, which is user-adjustable and quite effective and helping shooters maintain accuracy during the trigger pull.

This is a light-weight rifle; that's to say it doesn't weigh a lot rather than it being not much better than a BB gun. The 308 caliber version weighs just 6.5 pounds. So, on extended hunting trips, this is an easy rifle to carry.

The 16FLSS comes in a wide variety of calibers: .223 Remington, .22-250 Remington, .243 Winchester, 7mm-08 Remington, 308 Winchester, 270 WSM, .7mm WSM, and .300 WSM. The rifle is also available for long action calibers: .270 Winchester, .30-06, 7mm Remington Mag, .300 Winchester Mag, and .338 Winchester Mag.

As far as deer, bear, duck, hog or any other North American game animal hunting is concerned. the 308 is perfectly adequate. In addition, the 308 also has the advantage that it's totally compatible with 7.62mm NATO ammunition. This makes the 308 both ubiquitous and inexpensive - and it makes the 308 a good caliber for a long-term investment.

A practical necessity for the modern deer hunter is a scope mount and the Weather Warrior series comes pre-drilled and tapped for them.

With Savage rifles, you get top quality and features at very reasonable prices.

But there is one feature that lifts it above the competition and that's its support for left-handed shooters. You can't say that about most other major gun manufacturers.