Bart,
Interesting discussion on "perfecting" an out of the box gun. We've all done some of that, some of us are more compulsive "fixers" than others...
The most perfect rifle I've ever seen out of the box is an Ed Brown Damara .300 Win Mag that I traded for. Ed's 704 action is CRF and round bolt. He built this gun with a 3.6" mag length box mag, not 3.4" and chambered it for longer COAL, which leaves more powder room in the case.
I know this is off the reservation regarding the topic being discussed, just had to tell you about one of the few, maybe only rifle I've ever had that needed NOTHING done to it.
DF
