MY 2 cents is this, when ever you go budget line rifles, you like buying a puppy, some will be better than others of the same make model, all comes down to how the stars line up the day it went down the production line
but that said, MOST all modern rifles will be able to shoot small groups with a little work on your part
first and biggest hurtle is finding a load/bullet combo it likes, and this goes for ALL rifles, or 99% of them
I have high end custom rifles that will shoot poorly with some loads and with one's it likes, it s a well past sub 1/2" MOA rifle all day long
BUT when you start with proven parts it leaves you with a larger window of room to make things better
the rem 700 action is a long standing starting point of some of the most accurate hunting rifles out there
MY simple rule of thumb is this on NEW rifles
Savage seems to make the MOST accurate rifles out of the box on AVERAGE
rem IS A SECOND place holder, and after yrs of selling and shooting rifles, I class the rest in third, they all seem to be GREAT or so so, back to pick of the liter deal!
HOW accurate YOU are makes a BIG difference here too
your expectations on a rifle will ONLY be as good as you are behind it too
so keep this in mind, MONEY doesn't buy skills!