I believe in the reloading bench first then the tinkering. But I'll have to agree most problems start with a stiff trigger. If your pulling enough there's no way your gonna have consistant groups. Trigger job first.
One time at Honady camp.... lol
We were told by a hornady ammo tester if any given random box pulled out of a lot shot 3" groups or under that lot was considered good to go. That was years apon years ago. Hopefully standards have changed which I know they have. But sometimes I'm curious of how the tolerances of Rifle and Ammunition manufactors stick to those guidelines. And with today's riflemen expecting the very best they should be coming off the shelf with top notch degree of quality. Savage you have come along ways lil brother Kudo's to you. Step up or go out of business should be the motto. I'd rather pay another 500 bucks for a great rifle than know I'm gonna spend 1000 bucks making it shoot.