I own three Remington 700s. One is a VSSF in .308, one is a .300 Win Mag Police Model, the third one is an Alaskan Ti in .300WSM. The Alaskan came with the new X-Mark Pro trigger whereas the other two both have Jewell triggers. All three rifles shoot sub moa with my reloads. I've never shot a single round of factory ammunition in any of them ... EVER ... so I can't say how they'd be with that. The X-Mark Pro trigger (factory set at just over 5lb in my rifle) is every bit as good as the Jewell triggers in terms of how it feels, when it breaks, ZERO creep etc!! In fact, both Jewell triggers have a slight bit of take up resistance (spring) before they break. However, all three triggers can be adjusted to exactly whatever you like. Even the original triggers in the .308 and .300WM were easy to adjust to 3lbs. The amount of force required can be adjusted EASILY on the X-Mark Pro but if you want to adjust over travel, sear engagement and the like, the Jewell triggers are easier to mess with since the necessary screws aren't glued in (but that can be remedied in the X-Mark Pro).
Remington bolts are EASY to disassemble and clean particularly if you have these two tools that you can make at home if you have the slightest bit of mechanical ability. I bought both of them rather than make them and they work very well.
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As an owner of three Remington rifles, I have been and continue to be very pleased with them. In my limited experience, if you want sub MOA accuracy with zero $ investment you can easily attain that with reloads and a bit of DIY on the trigger. If you want incredible performance (out to 1000 yards) with detachable magazines and adjustable stocks then you can add an AICS stock, Leupold or Nightforce scope, AI bipod, get the action blueprinted, then add a Kreiger barrel and a Jewell trigger ... that's what I did with the .308 and .300WM. You almost end up with the L115A2 rifle as used by the SAS.
As for Savage, I've never owned or shot one but I'm sure they're good rifles. One thing I won't do though is make ridiculous, ignorant comments about them based on he said/she said crap or make sweeping, moronic generalizations ... I would certainly consider buying one though if I felt that it met my needs.
As for the lack of controlled feed, two-piece bolt handle and spring extractor ... I've never had a single problem in thousands of rounds fired. There are folks out there hunting dangerous game with Marlin lever actions that don't have controlled feed and that have two-piece spring ejectors and they seem to manage. I'd really be interested to hear any first-hand accounts of situations where someone had a feeding problem, had the bolt handle come off or had a spring extractor break on a Remington 700.