Here's another $.02.

Fortunately we live in a time where every major mass producer of bolt action hunting rifles has a great product. Browning, Ruger, and Remington make good stuff. In my opinion that can be said for any of the major manufacturers.

OTB accuracy and trigger pull characteristics will var, For many years Ruger had an extremely heavy trigger pull. But that was not unique to Ruger. My brother bought a Rem. Model 7 in 308 a few years back. The trigger pull was measured by me at over 8# OTB. As already mentioned, it is to have the trigger "tuned" to what you like. For most hunting applications I'd say somehting in the 3#-3.5# range and crisp is good enough. "Bench Rest" settings I do not think are wise for hunting.

As far as OTB groups. There is no realistic way any maker can guarantee anything so specific as 1MOA. Too much depends upon the ammo. For example I have a great shooting Remington 700 in 300 Win. Mag. that has has some customizing. It will shoot lights out with a particular hand load I have worked up. It will also shoot outside 2 MOA with another I worked up in the process of trying to find the best load. Those of us who have shot enough understand that every rifle is a thing unto itself. Having said this, you should expect any of these 3 to shoot great groups OTB. What I'd suggest is that you buy the one that "fits". Too often fit and feel are not considered as strongly as they should. LOP (length of pull), drop, balance, grip shape and size ... and all of what makes a good fit are "standardized" in mass produced rifles. So it is no surprise that one or more may just feel better to you than the others.

I will add that the Ruger has a Mauser like , positive feed action. The other two might be described as semi-control push feeds. It is very difficult to short-shuck or otherwise jam a control feed. It is easy to short-shuck a push feed. Been there and done that.




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