Back in the 1990s there were two great forces on the internet:
Bart Bobbitt [The NRA icon for accuracy is painting of him] who advocated Winchester model 70s [many things in common with a 98 Mauser]
Gale McMillan [whose sons are still in the gun biz] who advocated the Rem700.
Bart is more of a High power competitor, and Gale was more of benchrest competitor.
At this time I have rebarreled ~ a dozen Mausers, ~ a dozen Rem700s and only two Winchester M70s.
I have made a chart of advantages the Mauser has, but have come to the conclusion that there is very little reliability and sturdiness required of a rifle to shoot a deer once a year.
We carry rifles in foam lined hard cases, like we are moving around an expensive microscope. Rem 700s are good enough in that environment.
