So you're looking for that special deer rifle, or you need a dozen long guns for your Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team? When pricing a decent long gun, especially one that's designated a sniper rifle, agency bureaucrats and the men and women who employ such guns in the line of duty must figure cost into the equation.

No one wants to scrimp on public safety, much less the safety of our officers. And sports men and women don't want to risk losing that trophy whitetail or shooting match.

So if shelling out four grand for that precision rifle and expensive monthly maintenance is not in your budget, there are options like the Savage 10FP or 110FP.

The 10FP is the short action version, .308 Winchester and similar chamberings, and the 110FP is the long action gun (i.e., .30-06 Springfield and above).

The LE designation stands for Law Enforcement.

Those of us that have viewed the flood of outdoor programs on Saturday mornings have no doubt noticed the adverts promoting Savage Arms rifles-and their new Accutrigger. The Accutrigger was designed to allow personalized trigger adjustment, from a feather light 1 1/2 pounds of pull to 6 pounds, without a gunsmith's attention.

Nicolas Brewer designed this rifle in the mid-1950s, and the 10FP and 110FP is manufactured by Savage Arms in Westfield, Massachusetts.

The Accutrigger, the gun's floating and optional, heavy barrel enhances accuracy.

Both the 10FP and the 110FP feature an oversized rotating bolt and internal magazine capacity of four rounds. The gun comes in 5.56x45mm NATO (.223), the NATO standard 7.62x51mm (.308), 7.62x63mm or .30-06 and the .300 Winchester Magnum. For military or LE sniper use-the .308 or .300 win Mag is the gun of choice.

The 10FP and 110FP comes with a polymer stock, but numerous choices exist from the Ultimate Sniper, with a plastic skeleton butt reminiscent of the Dragunov, to the McMillan fiberglass, the HS Precision and Choate Folding Stocks. A pair of Savage models come with a Leupold 3.5-10x40mm scope complete with a Mil Dot reticle-just what the doctor ordered for those pesky, hard to reach out and touch-bad guys.

Great for taking down all kinds of pesky critters-the Savage 10FP and 110FP.