Hmmm I have seen some Cooper rifles never fired one and the quality that I can see and feel is great but I have heard some rumblings from people that have them and are not quite satisfied with them. Kenny Jarrett is living on his past reputation ...there are plenty of custom builders out there that make a better rifle for 1/2 the cost...David Gentry overprices everything that comes out of his shop ...he did a trigger job on a Model 70 for me 8 years ago and it was unsafe but he has a great reputation at least Outdoor Life and Field and Stream say so. From an investment standpoint a Custom rifle may be the worst investment you can make. Buy one and by the time it comes out of the shop your lucky you can get 1/2 its price back. But its your money and one has to spend it as they see fit , if it makes you happy then by all means do it. Everytime I get fired up about buying a custom and look at the price tags I ask myself the same question. Is it going to shoot that much better than what I currently own and worth the 2 thousand dollar difference ? I can buy six of these rifles for the price of that one. The Short answer is Yes it will shoot incrementally better .. but maybe who knows it may not and by then after waiting min 6 months or more your really going to be pissed. I am not that big a fan of Remingtons as some may know but I still like the looks and feel of a 700 I have a few in the closet and they are all shooters ...some have had adjustments others are pretty stock and others were no good and had to find another home(yeah that soured me some on Remingtons). The same applies to most other brands of rifles. I find that by buying a Remington,Ruger, Winchester,Weatherby and then making minor adjustments that they are all suitable for hunting as we know it. Another thing Wolf Killer I am pretty tired of going to hunting camps and finding a guy there with a 40 year old Model 700 BDL in 30-06 with a 40 year old weaver scope on it that kills everything he sees and then 1/2 the rest of the hunters packing some and bragging about their wonder rifle/cartridge that costs more than some ATV and go home empty handed because they expect the rifle and scope to do all the work and have been bs' ed to death by very effective marketing .