Westfield Ma. - Savage Arms of Westfield is among this year's recipients of this year's Golden Bullseye awards from the National Rifle Associations and NRA Publications. The NRA made the announcement this week, and the winners will be honored at reception in their honor during the 2007 NRA annual meeting, April 12-17 in St. Louis.

The editors of the NRA's Shooting Illustrated magazine, their newsstand monthly publication, selected Savage's Model 12 Long Range Precision Varminter as Rifle of the Year. NRA Publications executive director Joe Graham said Savage was chosen for this honor "for bringing to market a product that is remarkable in its utility to the firearms enthusiast, and for standing as an exemplary representatives of an industry that traces its roots to the very founding of our republic." The award concludes that, "We are confident that shooters and hunters everywhere will receive this year's winner with great interest and appreciation for a job well done."

The Savage Model 12LRPV, is equipped with the new AccuTrigger™ allowing the shooter to easily adjust the trigger pull from approximately 1 ½ to 6 lbs without paying a gunsmith to adjust the trigger. The AccuTrigger™ is also extremely crisp and exhibits no creep, adding to the accuracy of the gun.

"We're honored to be selected as "Rifle of the Year" by the NRA and such a prestigious publication as Shooting Illustrated." commented Brian Herrick, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "It's rewarding to see our Precision Varminter publicly recognized as the best, most accurate rifle in its class."

As a manufacturer of firearms for more than 100 years, Savage Arms has earned the reputation of unsurpassed accuracy for out-of-the-box shooting at an affordable price. For more information, please visit our website at www.savagearms.com.

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