My father got me my first rifle it was a Sako Hunter .30-06 back in 1986, last time I took it hunting was when I hunted the rifle area of NY, that was 1996. I did take it to range not to long ago, and this gone is still on. That trigger is so crisp !!! The only thing I did to my rifle back when I got it was I got the bolt, and floorplate jeweld.

The gunsmith we used was in our hunting club, he & my father are good friends he's retired these days. He started his career with Stoger which imported sako back in the day. But he always said and still does today, that the older Remington 700s are just as good as the sakos, not the newer ones, the older ones, but I love my sako. I did buy about 5 years ago a Remington 700 ss in .300 win mag, I got at 1/2 price, its a good gun, but compared to the sako it like comparing black & white tv to plasma !!!! Go with the SAKO