Out of the box a Browning Abolt will beat most Remington 700's in accuracy. They are built a lot better and a lot of attention is paid to the crown and chambering as well asthe recoil lug bedding. Run a cleaning patch thru a remington bore and browning bore and see how much smoother the browning is. I have had/have 2 Aboltsand they are not a perfect rifle but aremuch better then a 700 from the factory. If remington had the same attention paid to detail they would be pretty much unbeatable value. Re mingtons as they leave the factory are a work in progress and usually in a lot of cases end up at a gunmiths for further tweaking or complete reconstruction. They keep a lot of gunsmiths in business.The only thing I have done to my Brownings has been the Timney Trigger spring and that is it.