I''m most strongly considering a howa barreled action or vanguard and then throwing it in a mcmillan or manners. Can I do better?
......Nor will I buy a poorly put together rifle requirig hours and hundreds of dollars in work because it's named after a state with mountains.
But you will buy a rifle that needs a new stock for $500+, right out of the box?
If you're talking about a Montana, they're not poorly put together. And they don't take hours and hundreds of dollars in work.
Buy a used Montana for $8-900, and even if you get one that doesn't shoot, you can re-barrel it to whatever chambering you want, and have a rifle that comes in under $1500 that will no doubt shoot. In other words, spend the money you would have spent on a McMillan on a custom barrel.
