I'll defend the Savage. I have two and they are great shooters. I have never had any problems with the quality of the rifle, the scope on the package on the other hand.......but the rifles are the best out of the box accurate rifle in the market. I have a Tikka whitetail hunter as well and it is a great gun.......that said, you can buy the savage w/o the scope, put a quality scope on in and be just over what you will pay for the Tikka alone. My .270 Savage was bought used, I never touched the reticle adjustments and have taken deer from 25yards to 385 with it. The quality is at the top. Sould take the Savage over about any Remington, and for sure any remington for the same $$$. My .22-250 is sub-1/2moa!