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Hi Devon.
Both are suitable scopes for someone new to astronomy. They will show you brighter planets, nebula and clusters. You will need to be very lucky and in very dark area to catch galaxies with these - but it is possible, although they will show very faintly as fuzzy objects.
I started with the Celestron Astromaster 130 a couple of years ago. It was a great scope to get me started - the only problem was finding things - the scope only has a red dot finder - not a real finder scope. The Saxon has a small finder scope which is probably better to help find things.
This finder scope and the longer focal length may be more important than the extra aperture of the main mirror.
my vote goes to the Saxon.
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