With the advent of the 6 Creedmoor. I buy or build a 6 creed. barrel life will be longer than a.243, shoots same bullets. recoil will be a little less.
A Rem 700 is like a 350 Chevy. Lots of stuff to go in and on it! You maybe able to find a youth stock and a full size stock on some PX...
I have an M-1A for sale. It's in a Troy Battle stock with full length Pic rail on top. Magpul PRS Butt Stock. $2500.00 Also have the wooden stock to go with it.
Defiance Tenaccity action, Krieger barrel, KRG Bravo stock, Trigger tech trigger, Magpul magazines.
Less than $2500 put together and less than 1/2 groups.
Maybe the new owners of Remington will up the QC of the weapons. And just maybe we can get something off the shelf that does not need to be tuned before shooting!