RE: My Last Remington
My point exactly about the remingtons... Yes they have a reputation of being very accurate out of the box, but there are a lot of other variables to take in to affect...
Once you get a Remington to the specs you wish you are ussually in the 650+ range.
I say start out with a Sako out of the box and shoot it, you won't find a smoother action and a well balanced gun. Also they guarantee their accuracy, something remington won't do. If there is one problem with the Sako it is weight... Which to me isn't very important.
Sorry to hear about your experience Old Elk Hunter...