For a HUNTING rifle buy a Browning autoloader. The guns are of first rate quality and quite reliable when used for their intended purpose. I happen to own three, two '06's and a .338.....The only malfunction I have ever had was due to my own idiocy in pushing an extremely heavy bolt gun load thru one of them. That cost me about fifty bucks to repair, but as I said, it was truly my own fault. I would absolutely stake my life on any of those three, and they WILL shoot with most bolt guns, holding well under an inch at 100.
No, they are NOT battle rifles such as the Garand. Neither are they as heavy as that old warrior....(and I went thru basic infantry tng. with one!), but that Garand is NOT as well suited to hunting as the BAR series. For one thing it weighs nearly ten pounds!....Further, in several states, my own included (Florida) it is illegal to use one with standard clips....you gotta get one modified to five rounds or prepare to dump several hundred after your first meeting with Ranger Bob!
In my personal experience (this will draw a lotta flack) the Remington series are problematic in terms of reliability. I have one friend who's had an '06 back to the factory three times. I personally have witnessed repeated failures to feed and have seen two instances where the guns extractors broke causing a really neat malfunction.....One gun was a brand spanking new .280, the other a .270 that cost a friend a really nice buck...Personally wouldn't have one. Shame too, because they really are snappy handling and not bad looking either....Personal belief is that Remington could easily rectify the problem by adopting a tappet system and using far, far less stamped parts, but thats just my take on 'em
I'd suggest you go to a gunshop, handle both, work the action and then make up your own mind.......you'll pay more for the Browning, but you get more too!