Jim Burns

I would go with the Savage American Classic, but the Remington is nice also. You wont go wrong with either. I believe for out of the box accuracy, the Savage would get the nod. I recently bought a Savage Light Weight Hunter but also looked at both rifles you mentioned while I was there. I always liked Remington but when I looked at the new Remingtons in person I wasnt impressed. They look great untill you look at the recoil pad, it looks like it dont even fits the rifle. Other than that it was good looking gun but the Savage has a much nicer fit and finish. By the way, that wasnt just one particular Remington rifle, everone they had in the shop was like that, all models. If you look close at the picture you put up on there website, you will see what I am talking about, the recoil pad looks to big for the rifle, it doesnt line up with the lines on the stock. Although you could buy a new recoil pad and have a gunsmith fit it to the stock like it should have been done.