Iike many of the brands well. To me it a question of value. Am I going to gey my monies worth. Its hard to beat Savage for getting a good shooting rugged gun for the money. However Savage has forced the other gun makers to compete and part of the way they do it is by bringing out some so called stiped down models. Remington has thier synthetic line of 700's which I find to be a very good gun for the money. 419.00 where I live. Ruger has allways been a good solid gun for the money although I am tired of thier nearly unshootable triggers. Remington triggers are easy to adjust and then have a pretty nice pull. You can always pay more for one of the top of the line rifles if you happen to have the money loose at the time. I don't like fancy stocks and such so I go for the value.