It seems to me that the guys who buy Remingtons, and have always been buying Remingtons, keep buying Remingtons with no complaints, or very little. I hear lotsa whining from guys I know damn well don't even run 700s or have never owned more than 1 in their life.
I've bought and run 25-30 Remingtons in my life, for about 10 years it's all I owned.... but I won't buy another new one unless it's a donor. I only have one left in the stable now... because it's a 'custom' rifle that has surely earned its place in the rotation (even though it has already been outshot by the CTR in same caliber).
If I had but $600 to spend on the rifle, sans glass/mounting.... there's no way it would be anything but a Tikka.
If I had but $400 to spend.... I'd save my money.... there isn't anything on the market for sub-$400 that I'd expect anything from, especially if I wanted to hunt it hard...
