Hmmmm.......The age old debate of what rifle is better. Just as a quick background I own 2 Savages, 2 Remington 700's, a Ruger 77, S & W 1500 (Howa), 2 Mk X Mausers (Interarms and H&R), a BSA, a Tikka 595, Springfields, a few military mausers, I even owned one of the post 64 Winchester model 70's once.

To be honest both of my Savages are varmint guns and one of the 700's is a V model. If I wanted the most accurate rifle in my cabinet it would be the Savages. Both of the Remingtons will shoot sub- or near moa even the MR. The one Savage has shot sub 0.25" groups at 100 yards.

As a hunting rifle, I have used the MR and it does well no complaints. I also think the MR is what I consider a classic and good looking rifle in wood, I restock it in plastic for the hunting season. The only rifle that I have seen be put out of commission in the field was a Remington 700 with a broken extractor--nothing but a piece of sheet metal. The guy had a case stick in the chamber and he smacked the bolt, the case stayed with the extractor. Also bear in mind that the Military is having problems with the rifles going bang without touching the trigger. This has been a longstanding problem with the 700. I know of one individual personally that had this issue. In a feature on TV they interviewed the designer of the 700 who came out with a new safer design to the 700 trigger but Remington didn't want to increase the cost of the rifle by a nickle (50 years ago), there was no recall because it would cost millions today to correct the problem in the millions of Remingtons produced. According to Remington 2% of the rifles will have this issue and they will correct it for $20.

All of my rifles are a bit different and have different purposes. I wouldn't hesitate to use a Remington or a Savage.....if that were my only choice. But I have my H&R 301 and the Tikka not to mention some single shots, levers and autos. I love sampler platters.