Ok its a 7mm rem mag, great caliber you will be fine on shooting the gun, if you feel uneasy take it to a smith for a inspection, but u will be fine, savage makes one hell of a tuff gun. Also good choice on never loaning it out again, quick story for u I had, ( had ) a friend that got a elk tag for colorado, onky had a 243, so I said no prob here buddy I loaned him for this hunt a model 70 in .338 win mag, we spent 2 months letting him shoot it an get used to it before his hunt. The day before he goes he picks it up an 9 yrs later I still havent got it back, nor have I seen him. I dont loan anything but my ex wife these days