a freind brought a savage 110 by some months back. i'd read a lot about the savage and how it was supposed to be a good rifle, but after looking at his, i wouldn't own one. on his, there is a pin that holds the end of the bolt on that holds the base of the cartridge. don't know for sure what you would call it. anyway, the pin had broken and it left a cartridge in the chamber. he got a new pin and it was no problem to fix, but i don't want to be in the woods with a rifle made like that. be pretty agonizing to watch something run off after you hit it and couldn't follow up with another shot. i've never seen any rifle that the bolt wasn't all one piece. some of them have the bolt handle silver soldered on, like a lot of the 700 rem's do, but i've never seen anything made like this. don't see any reason for it, other that saving a few bucks, either. i'm no fan of the the weatherbys, but if i had to choose one or the other, it'd definitely be the weatherby, no questions.