I like 700's too. All of this talk has reminded me of when I bought my Hill Country Rifles 7mmRM Harvester. They use a Rem 700 SPS action and barrel, then go to work with their truing, squaring, etc, etc, etc. I once called them asking why it was taking so much longer than anticipated. Their reply was that they had to go through 10 combinations of factory actions/barrels to come up with one they could work with that would wind up spec'ing the way they wanted, and promised.
It did shoot lights out though, but I chalk that up to HCR's expertise, not necessarily Remington.
Hands on tweaking trumps CNC machining? Who'd a thunk it?
