I do understand you were asking specifically about the Savage & I don't generally do a switcheroo in responding to such questions, but I'm making an exception here: the CZ is twice the gun, and in that caliber if you're looking for a compact & easy-to-carry boltgun, there's no contest in my mind.
Genuine walnut, STEEL mags, set-trigger, good sights, trim dimensions, controlled-round feed, and easy spare parts from CZ, all put the 527 way ahead.
And I'm not knocking the Savage, but they're really two different categories of gun.
The most recent 527 in 7.62x39 I had here last year had no problem with steel-cased Red Army brand imported stuff.
I almost kept it & would have had I not been already buying two other CZ loaners at the time.
CZ says shoot all the steel-cased ammo you want in them, and the bore size is set up for the caliber, not a .308.
Denis