Well my feelings are why bother buying a 700 . Just get a STiller predator action and have a gunsmith thread a blank on. A few months ago I was at the range and there is a guy there that is really into BR..nesika action,krieger barrel all the bells and whistles. His buddy was shooting a 700 ADl .308 in a Medalist stock. He had a gunsmith screw on a Krieger barrel with minimal reciever work and the gun shot so well that I would have been happy to use it and no other for all my hunting.