Good post Timnterra. Always nice to hear someone unafraid to speak the alternate point of view.
Funny, I said the same things in the 3rd post above, but most guys still claim the 700 is a better way to go, because it's all they know. As Timnterra points out too, for a number of reasons the RAR action is a better basis to build on than the 700, or the Marlin and Howa actions also mentioned in this thread.
Don't let people talk you out of building on the RAR just because they are inexpensive.
