Get the Winchester. Remington' s quality isn' t what it was. You may also want to consider a Browning Micro Medalion, wood stock/blue barrel. Similar in size to both the Winchester and the Model 7. The Ruger Ultra-lite is also a very nice carbine type rifle. Personally I wouldn' t consider the Ruger Compact. The stock is too short, shorter than the others, for the average size person to shoot well.