Well, I bought a Winchester BS -06, and a buddy bought the Savage. I gave the BS to a relative, but not because there was anything wrong with it. It was an honest 2.5" at 200 yard gun, no problems of any kind. I was able to get the trigger down to a good hunting level easily too. I really liked it.
The Savage shot well too, same story with a different rifle as above. My buddy still has it, and likes it. I can say that so far I have NOT seen one of the Savages in recent years that would not shoot at least decently, in my estimation that would be 2.5" at 100 yards for a hunting rifle. I would buy a Savage in a heartbeat.
The last ADL I shot had a laminated stock, and after the barrel was floated, trigger pull lowered and a handload developed it would shoot. It was pretty bad right out of the box with factory ammo that was tried.
Never shot the Vanguard, but I would like to.