Frank in the Laurel hit it right on about the rough actions. Having handled the newer 700's the actions are not as smooth and clean as they used to be, in the SPS's. They still shoot, and pretty well at that, but the older ADL's were a much nicer gun. The CDL's and Sendero's are still very nice guns. They use better barrels for these and the actions are much smoother than the SPS's. That's where the price difference is. The CDL stainless will be a good rifle.