I've handled both... and helped an older friend with a Rem 770 and the factory... it came off the shelf brand new at Wally World...
it was chambered in 7 Mag and it would not even chamber a Remington Factory 7 Mag ammo!
sent it back to the factory, and they sent it back saying it was fine...
got it back and it still wouldn't chamber a factory round, right out of the box...
sent it back again, with a nasty letter and they just replaced it...which my friend promptly traded off to a guy who was looking for a 7 Mag, and wanted to trade off a Savage 110 in 30/06 with a botched trigger job on it..
my buddy took the Savage, knowing the trigger was going to need being replaced...
He felt he got the better end of the deal...
The Axis, the 770 and the Marlin side by side, it isn't even a decision that needs thought... the Marlin blows the other two out of the water...
Marlin doesn't make a 223 in their yets and the Axis comes in that chambering.. minus that...the Marlin hand down.. the other two are a POS right out of the box if you ask me..
the 770 feels like a disposable gun and the Savage's one saving grace is one can do a barrel swap on it...
