The Steyr Pro Hunter is my fallback at the moment. Nowhere near as attractive looking a rifle as the Sako, but again, excellence in all respects right out of the box is what I seek.
Gary, I am not a stock crawler, but can benefit with low rings. I have medium height Talley lightweights on my M700 CDL. When standing and shouldering the rifle, when I form the cheekweld i have to adjust my head down a bit to obtain a good sight picture thru the 3-9x40 Conquest. The butt rides high on the shoulder, with about the top half inch of the pad not making contact. I need to order some low Talleys and experiment.
More money but a Cooper Excalibur($1600-$1800) might also be worth looking into if the non bolt locking safety isn't a deal breaker.
