I've owned several Remingtons and several Rugers over the years. Bothmake fine rifles. My current rifles include one older model Ruger, a newer model, and acurrent Remington rifle.

A lot depends on what you want infeatures such as two vs. three position safeties, triggers, extractors, push feed vs. controlled feeding, etc.

If you're looking to a stainless model, I'd pick either a Reminton or Winchester. Rugers are too shiny, but then again, a gunsmith can cut that down - and can also lighten the trigger.

For just plain durability/ruggedness I'd go with Ruger. If I had to bet on out-of-box accuracy, I'd chance the Remington, though I've had a couple of VERY accurate Rugers too.