by goalie on Sun Jul 18, 2010 4:02 pm
Based upon the sample models that I have actually fired in that price range, I would buy a Marlin bolt-action, Stevens bolt-action, or Mossberg bolt-action before I would buy the Remington 770.
I would buy a Marlin XL7 first if I had a choice, but my Mossy .270 (I bought it before the XL7 came out) has killed it's fair share of deer already in it's short life. The Stevens is going to be as accurate as a Savage, but with a different trigger.
It turns out that what you have is less important than what you do with it.