Well the 7-08 is coming out on top (and kinda the direction I was leaning anyway). Now I just have to decide about 20 or 22" barrel. The Howa Ranchaland with the 20" barrel sure felt quite balanced in my hand but that was without a scope.
There's a stainless Tikka in the classifieds. Mine does this with handloads.
My Superlite does this with the same load.
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