I agree with the buy American made comment. If you're looking for a high end, high quality, great shooting rifle, purchase a Kimber. If you want better, you'll need to go custom. Mine shoots sub MOA (less than an 1" at 100 yards).

I also own two Remington model 700s, one in .300wsm (stainless) and one in .308. Both shoot 1 MOA (1" at 100 yards). I lived in NH for 20 years. My goto rifle was a Winchester Model 70 in .30-06. I always felt more secure with the .30-06 (vs the .308) in bear country.