NBT, I appreciate the warm words of gratitude for what I do, I enjoy it and couldn't imagine doing anything else.
As for the M700, I have owned a few rifles and none were as consistent with the varied ammunition that I fed them as the Remington 700. Cheap, old, Military surplus, these rifles hit what you aim at more times than not. Tomorrow morning, I'm running some American Eagle 150 gr. FMJ and Winchester 180 gr. Silvertips through it to see what it can do right out of the box.
I probably will make this my hunting/ friendly wager earning rifle, as I have a really good buddy (from U.S. Army Sniper School days) that I compete with just to keep our reloading and shooting skills sharp.
His 5R is getting sub- .5" groups from FGMM, and .25" from handloads, I need one more rifle to take more of the taxpayers money from his wallet, wish me luck!