I need some opinions/thoughts as I am looking to purcahse a new 260 rem in the near future.

If you had to pick a great gun for hunting and punching paper what whould it be? I really would like to get a gun that performs well out of the box. However I realize that this can be hit or miss depending on brand.

Only restrictions is it has to be under 10lbs and $1800 not including optics.