I have both and I can tell you my experence is better with Ruger then savage. My .300 win mag fss116 savage is a good rifle but the barrel nut broke and it has lost its sparkle with me.I just cant get over that, it cost me a deer hunt and that is a sacred time for me. My son and I were sitting together in his handicapped deer stand custom made by me and his grandpa, when I noticed a crack in the nut now I am pissed cause deer are amoung us so I dont want to leave. So I am kinda bitter at that. None of my rugers ever let me down. none of them always ready to hunt and no barrel nut.I have a .220 swift, 25-06, 30-06 m77 ruger all with nikon buck master scopes,and a RSRH 7.5 .44 mag leupold EER 4x scope and all are great guns and scopes.