Unless you shoot from a standing position, you want a brake with no ports on the bottom (unless you like yourself and your optics covered in debris blown up from the ground). I personally have not found the small diameter round brakes to be very effective at anything other than being louder than hell either,

If you go Remington, expect to have to replace the trigger ($100 for s Shilen to $250 for a Jewel). If you get one with a plastic stock, expect to have to replace the stock too, they are junk. The same applies to plastic Savage stocks except for the accustock models which are quite good for a walking rifle. If you turn out to have a bad barrel on your Remington, its going to run you close to $600 minimum to get a replacement and have it installed and thats without any action work. With a Savage, that job is much cheaper and you don't need a smith to help you as long as you have some sense.

I have owned both and the truth is that I have gotten rid of my last Remington a couple of years ago. If more companies made good triggers for the Savage and if the parts problem from Savage could be resolved after what seems like 3 years now, there would be very little reason at all to even consider a Remington.