The Tikka T3 tactical is another gun to check out. A bit pricier than the savage but just as accurate and optional 5 and 10 round mags. Rem 700's are ok at best. accuracy wise. The best thing about them is the action which is a very good place to start a custom, you can re chamber a 700 fairly cheaply with a match quailty barrel from lilja, kreiger, hart, schnieder, shillen or douglas just to name a few and a match trigger by jewel, shillenor timney and stock are pretty easy to add. If you want to do it this way a used 700bdl is the way to go 200-300$ at a pawn shop, have the action trued and then build it as you can piece by piece until you have what you want. A totally custom gun you can be proud of for around 2000$ all said and done, thats with a quailty optic on it. 1200-1500$ with out scope.