I have a couple of Remington 700s, It may be apples to oranges but I have a Remington 700VSSF in .308 That I put into a B&C medalist. Compared to my 12BVSS in my opinion it's a clunker. These two are pretty similar in weight and barrel length so maybe they're appropriate for a similar comparison. The Remington web site claims "Remington® Varmint rifles are the most accurate factory-built models we produce." Even after removing the yellow glue and tuning the X mark pro trigger well past what Remington considers "user adjustable"by making a sear adjustment it's still has more creep and doesn't feel as crisp, kinda mushy. I have a couple of Remingtons with the old "Walker" triggers and it's pretty much the same story and even the old Savage 3 screws are superior. The factory synthetic from Remington was a "piece of junk" with a pressure point near the front to support the barrel and I'm one of those guys that considers the old style Savage synthetic stocks "serviceable". As far as accuracy goes well they're both in roughly the same ball park now that I changed out the stock, tuned the trigger, and worked up a load for the 700.
If you're in the market for a win mag have you considered the Savage Bear Hunter? All the bells and whistles and I'd bet though maybe not a conventional "tactical style" rifle that she'd get the job done as good as any other and better than many.
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