Hey there...
Earlier today, I stopped up at the local sporting goods store (i.e. hunting/fishing/firearms/archery/etc...) and picked up some more scent-free deoderant and an eye dropper bottle of "Active Scrape", which I needed.
ANYWAY... while I was in there, I just had to go browse around the rifles and shotguns and so on that they have. I found these three models that really caught my eye and need some opinions:
Remington 700, left hand bolt action, in a 7mm-08 caliber. Very nice rifle, but heavy. Came complete with a Leupold scope and was almost $800 bucks or something.
Winchester Model 70 featherweight left hand bolt action, in a .270 caliber. This was also very nice, but was used. No scope on it and no dings or scratches or anything. It felt nice and came right up to my shoulder.
Ruger 77 MKII, left hand bolt action, in a .270 caliber. This rifle was sweet. This rifle just... you know...just felt right. It came right to my shoulder with ease, like it was meant to be there. This rifle was the one that said "take me home".
Which of these 3 bolt actions rifles is the best quality? The Ruger 77 just felt perfect to me more so than the others. The salesman laughed to me also and said, "well there ya go... if a rifle feels right and shoulders perfectly, you can't ask for more". This Ruger 77 was $499 and had no scope or scope rings or anything. See the image below. I WANT THIS RIFLE!!!