RE: which brand rifle
I voted Winchester but I also like Weatherby too. I like Browning better though.
Most of the Remington products not all but most of them I've seen or used have had things that should have never made it past quality control. I've not seen many Remingtons where I could use Remington and quality in the same sentence unless it was saying they had a lack of quality. I'd really like to like Remington and I keep giving them more chances hoping I will be happy with them but they keep letting me down. I've finally realized most of what they make seems to have quality control issues so have given up on it.