Wolf, while I must agree with you on fit, finish, etc., etc., on current factory rifles, I suspect what you are looking for is custom rifles at factory prices. A nationally-known riflesmith recently told me that, if available today, the old Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifles would cost over $5,000 today just due to the amount of handwork that went into them. While such quality was never quite available in the pre-64 Model 70' s, they were much better in final finish and hand-fitting than they are today. The factories just can' t put this kind of work into a production rifle, and still be able to sell it at a profit to the majority of today' s shooters! Those who can afford to pay such prices generally buy custom or hand-made guns to begin with. And just look at the prices on these!! Even semi-custom guns like the Dakota Hunter models sell for almost $2,000!

Kyle, how much more do you think it would cost a company in hand-labor to get a decent 2# pull out of that 8# trigger that they just slap on and ship? Probably about as much as you have to pay a ' smith to lighten and slick it up after you buy it!