If you are going to buy a Savage, any Savage, you need to understand two things. First that it's not a high end gun, it's a decent, inexpensive, well functioning shooter. It will NEVER be a collectors rifle. It's not a great gun, but it's not a piece of shit either. Second, if you buy new, you are NEVER gonna be able to sell it for anything close to what you paid, whether or not you have shot it. So you may as well buy used. If I were buying a hunting rifle, I would buy one w/ a synthetic stock and a stainless barre. You will thank me for this when you are at camp in nasty weather and every body else is tearing their guns down and oiling them because they're afraid they'll rust.
If I were going to buy a Savage for hunting
THIS is the one I would look at, probably in 30-06