Here we go again, down the same old track.
I have Remingtons and Savages, both shoot very good.
I do find some humor in watching the spotting scopes swing over to my target. Shortly after a few fellows usually walk over and ask "What you shooting buddy?"
When I reply " A $250 savage 110" you should see some of the looks on their faces.
Quite simply, you can spend a lot more money on a lot of different rifles, but you'll be hard pressed to get one that shoots any better than a Savage, and in most cases, they won't shoot as well IMO.
Ahhhh now thing thing I have noticed is that some rifles like certain bullets and loads and not like others. Here is an example from yesterdays range session:-

I picked up the rifle a week ago last friday used, it was actually made in 1986, and spent a couple of days cleaning the barrel as it was fouled with lead over copper

. As I wanted to try it out on Saturday I loaded up a few test rounds using the Hornady 130 Grn Spire Point bullet (it's a .308) over 49.4 grains of BLC-2 powder. Never tried this load before just took it out fo the book and the weight is one that a 3.1cc Lee scoop threw then checked every scoop on the scales. Range is 75 meters (82 yards) the bottom three shot group is the last I shot whilst sighting in before leaving the range the upper three shots spread out are an old load using the Speer 200 grain bullet that has been sitting in the cabinet for some years. I just wanted to see what they would shoot like through this rifle. It obviously does not like that load.
I will now load up a batch of this Hornady 130 grain/BLC-2 load and try it again over several range trips to see if it shoots well all the time of was this just a fluke? Somehow I don't think fluke as even off the bi-pod which is how I started sighting in I got two shots touching with one a little away it then occured to me that with this slim light weight stock perhaps the bi-pod was not the best way to try it so removed it and used a plain coin filled sand bag on top of an old ammo tin. All shots were prone and the scope is a 4x32 old Nikko Sterling "Special" with point post and hair reticle..
As you may be aware things are much dearer here in the UK than your used to in the US

the rifle cost £225 ($416 US) which was a good price your $250 US Savage would be around £135 and a rifle costing that here would be rough indeed unless your lucky. It does happen as I only gave £95 for a P-H 1200V a couple of years ago and then I picked up a rather nice BSA Monarch (1st pattern) for £100 but that was becasue it was chambered for the 270 Win cartridge which is out of fashion here and the poor guy couldn't even get a dealer to make an offer on it

if it had been 243 Win it would have cost more like £250-£300. To give you more of a comparision I just looked up the price of Remingtons, the advert is from January 08, and a CDL is £633 ($1171 US).