I have a LSS in 7-08 and Im getting sub 1" groups on a calm day w/ 140 corlock and 154 gr interlock handloads. I did alot of stalking last season and carried this rifle up and down some rugged terrain ,and it was a joy to carry all day long. W/ the 2.5-8 luepy I mounted on it, the whole gun weighs only about 7lbs but surprisingly it doesnt seem to kick bad at all ,and IMO the rifle balances great and fits me perfectly. I did replace the trigger w/ a rifle basix drop in (90$) but the factory trigger wasnt that bad (older 700 stlye, not xpro)

This gun replaced a savage 16 308 that I bought 6 months earlier, that had the worst synthetic stock I ever had and really wasnt all that accurate compared to other wood stocked savages Ive owned .

That said the savage was 450$ and the rem was 750$, but if you got the extra $ Id say definatly go w/ the rem, if you want a light stainless gun ,and Id recommend the 708 too ,I think its currently the only short action cal. offered in the mt rifle. the longer action kinda defeats the purpose of this gun, and w/ the light weight of this rifle,the heavier cal.s are not going to be fun to shoot.