It comes down to what you like. If you pick up a savage and cycle the action and you know point it around like a 6 year old playing duck hunter and don't hate it you'll prob be happy with it. Like you mentioned it won't be lacking in the accuracy dept. I just don't really like the "feel" of a savage. I love my remingtons but wouldn't put them against savages for accuracy out of the box.
Anyway another +1 for Remington
