Re: Remington 700 XCR Tactical vs. Cooper The Phoenix
Remington decided to mill giant slats in the sides of the barrel, which shape it vaguely like a triangle...
Its not the *full blown* triangle barrel you see on the SPS, but its still fairly triangular, but there are rounded sections between them.
As much as I dislike cooper (current presidential funds allocation... cough cough), i'd recommend them over remington. Theres a quality touch you can immediately feel with the Cooper that you sure as shit dont feel with the remi.
The tolerances are better, the action is machined better, the bolt is machined a hell of alot better, the action is actually bedded to the stock, the action uses 3 lugs, so its only a 60* bolt throw.
Cooper's are all sent with a laminated target showing the distance/brass/powder/bullet load, and a cloverleaf grouping.
But if you're getting into this price tag, i'd start looking at a custom action build