Gene - Good post. Kind of puts a realistic perspective on it. Personally, while I appreciate an accurate rifle, I've always felt competition and hunting rifles were built to meet diverging requirements. NOT that I accept lesser accuracy from a hunting rifle. I just don't want to shoot 80-100 rds through a hunting rifle, nor do I want to lug 12-15 lbs (or more) of target rifle around all day.
TF Kilo - I can't comment on the MCRT (McMillan) action and the Remington (as Gene pointed out) is "just" a Remington. I have played with the AR-30 and, unless you know a good 'smith and want to throw lots of money at him, would not recommend it for your stated purposes. Two of my friends, both accomplished long range shooters, own them (and let me play
). Neither rifle performs to expectations. Nor would I want to hump one through the wilderness all day. It's certainly not the kind of rifle I would want for a snap shot at a grizzly at <30m. (Though the ME might make up for "a little bit" of shot placement error.) Sounds like Tuukka and LR1947 are giving some great "compromise" advice. I like Sakos too - and lots of custom gunsmiths are copying their extractor.
My .02 - Peregrino
