If you are set on stainless and want a true short action, I would look hard at the Ruger American. CDNN had stainless on sale for 299.00.

I've owned one and it is a shooter.

I also had a savage in stainless. It was a tack driver but I never liked it for some reason. Maybe because it was ugly to me.

Don't rule out the tikka. The action is so smooth you will forgive that it is a long action disguised as a short action. Trust me.

There are a few stainless lefty m77s out there but I haven't seen any in 308.

Last edited by burbank; 12/27/16 10:24 AM.