Without a doubt, if it was to be a beautiful rifle a Sako deluxe, if a nice rifle, a standard Sako. Of course it would be pre-Garcia in either case and it would shoot with the best of them and still hold it's value.

Custom rifle, I would stay with the Sako action, again a Garcia or earlier, and put a Lilja barrel on it and a nice xxx American walnut stock, built by Dennis Olson.

Either way, no disappointment and not a long wait if you went custom...

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