I learned the lesson after having barrels installed on many 700's and one 70 in my quest to go lighter.

The Montana's I used for donors were 750-800 and I got a great action, trigger and stock and sold the barrels so 650-700 to start.

I am not saying 700's are bad in any way, with a good trigger and a McMillan they are nice but the Montana is great value as a donor.


Dave