Sorry, had to get in on this due to these are my two favorite guns--first of all, pressed checkering on my new BDL? Pressed skip line precision checkering? Really---At present I have two BDL's, an 06 and a .243 and like the man said they both shoot better than I can shoot them--my #1's have not been as accurate, but plenty accurate enough for hunting. The biggest beef with the no 1's is the scope rings-Ruger does offer three different heights and they send rings with each rifle, but they choose which height, then, in order to get the scope far enough back so that you don't have to move your head forward considerably along the stock to even get close to the scope, you have to order the corresponding offset rear ring to the set they sent. They should include a number 4 or 5 offset with the gun. One of the five no 1's I've had, a .204. was not consistant, grouped all over the place, the 45-70 was fair, but the 06 was plenty accurate and the other .204 was a tack driver --didn't get a chance to try the last one because a friend had to have it--Ruger does use great wood on the number ones as a rule and the balance is great--easy to carry and easy to shoot--as for the Remingtons, I'm an old guy and have owned three ADL's and three BDL's, two of which I have now and can't see the quality issues I hear about. I've had years of great hunting with these 700's without a problem, they hit where I aim, don't fall apart and look like a million bucks, am I not seeing something here?---John