No point in arguing it here...I've never shot the Savage but have heard very good things about their accuracy.

I have a Howa 1500 in .300 Win Mag, and 2 brothers-in-law have them in .308 Win, another one has one in .270 Win and another one has the Weatherby Vanguard in .30-06. They will ALL shoot 1" groups at 100 yards with factory ammo and inexpensive scopes. No one has ever had a problem with one of them. We bought ours just prior to the distributer transfer to Legacy so we got them cheaper than what they are now. We paid $290 and $310 for magnum calibers. I'm not sure what my brother paid for his Vanguard in .30-06, but his is a stainless.

Pick em both up and buy the one that feels the best to you.

clattin