In target rifles and upscale customsthere are a number of enhanced recoil lugs used that are not used on factory rifles. They simply are not nessesary for 3/4 MOA rifles or 0.5 MOA rifles for that matter.

Why wouldn't remmington, CZ or Savage copy rugers recoil lug? Well cost for one. Could you imagine the number of machining steps required to do something like that on a remmington, Mauser or savage action? Second for a factory rifle or even the entry level type custom rifle Remmingtons recoil lug is fine as is the Rugers.

I would suggest that a glass or piller bedded ruger isn't stable.. you should look for a more experienced smith.

I realise that there are some pretty advanced schools of thought about action mating surfaces as we approch the realm of long range and target rifles but the rugers action is flat bottomed and very easy to bed consistantly. The flat bottom makes the action very solid in the bedding from a side to side standpoint something that might not be said for a remmingtons. I would suggest that a full length bed is a nicestep as ruger does have a center screw which can torgue the action if the center is left unsuported. but ruger isn't alone in that.

Anyone of those actions can be pretty easily bedded well enough for any non competitive use.

I would have to say that most of the us manufacturers have been more interested in cost control in the last 20 years than real product improvement. Winchester went through enough varitaions of cost controluntil it killed them. Remmington hasn't made a substancial change in the 700 for who knows how long. ( Its not like remmy could use a few tweeks.. how about a beefer extractor?) I may be wrong but I thought the fit and finish of remmingtons was better 20 years ago.