great gun, I own one, I have put thousands of rounds down mine, it has killed ducks, geese, doves, phesant, and has seen plenty of heavy clays use, I borrow it all the time for people to shoot, and numerous other people have had great luck and no issues with it.
I added a nice slip on recoil pad and thats all, I did have one issue which it went back to Savage for, and that was the choke tubes got bent or become out of round or something, and aftermarket choke tubes wouldn't fit, they cleaned the threads up and replace the choke tubes for free, as it was in warranty. If you like the gun, if it fits shoulders and points nice for you, and your happy with it, then buy it!
Otherwise for the same price point check out the CZ 912 semi auto, there about $545 or so, a co worker just bought the Tom Knapp sporting version, and it has performed flawlessly so far.