I started out with a Remington 700 as a young teenager. Years later, I find that no other rifle has that feel in my hands like a 700. Others have a smoother feeding bolt, better trigger, etc. However, the 700 just feels right. The one 700 I have work done to, it is a smoother or smoother than some of the custom actions out there. A lot of that is based on fixing the primary extraction and truing up receiver face, raceway, lugs, etc.
That first 700 in .30-06 is also my most inaccurate bolt gun. It hovers in the 1.5MOA range. I believe this due to the front of the bolt lug making contact with counter-bore area of the barrel. I can't bring myself to have it worked on.
