RE: Alaskan Wilderness Rifles?
Generally, custom shops dont use stock equipment. It may LOOK like a standard Remington 700, so does an M24 sniper rifle, but it isnt. Check them out, in other words call them. Whose trigger do they use? Is the action blue printed. Whose barrel is it? Is it a match grade barrel? Is it lapped? Is it cryo-ed? Is the striker tuned? Can you have the rifle custom fitted to you? In other words, why the hell are they charging what they are?
Yes, you can buy a stock rifle and have it gone over by a gunsmith. Have it bedded, trigger job, and so on. Most custom rifle shops warrant a certain amount of accuracy. There is no such promise with a stock rifle. Now, having said that, I have only bought a couple rifles that will not shoot less than 1" at 100 yards. Personally, if a rifle wont shoot 1/2" at 100 yards...well, I sell it. But, I am anal that way.