I think part of the price difference between the Tristars and the Weatherbys is that Weatherby upped the specs for their guns. The story Weatherby told was that when they went to Turkey for production, they torture tested the prototypes until they broke and looked at the shortcomings. They then redesigned the guns until they couldn't break them.
I would pick an older Remington first, then the Weatherby, and last the newer model Remingtons. The matte finish on the newer guns rusts like crazy. The spring and summer of 2012 was about the wettest on record here. I was working part-time at the Academy gun counter, and I had to oil the display Remingtons every week to keep them from rusting on the shelves. A friend has an 870 Express turkey gun and he has to wipe it down after taking it out or it will rust in the safe.
