Messer454,
If you have a Dicks sporting goods near you, they have some Savage and Remington rifles on sale, right now, in assorted calibers. We were looking at them monday night.
Synthetic stocks, which would help with acccuracy, a bit.
I have a friend who is a dealer so it is a blessing and a curse. I am leaning towards a Remington Model 700 Varmint Synthetic Fluted in .22-250 and eventually .308 with a Leupold 4.5x14. Then perhaps I will move up to the Armalite in .300 Win mag. or .338 Lapua...........A guy has to dream right? I went the Swedish Mauser and then custom Mauser route in college and found that for me I need something that is easily scoped to become the bolt action rifle that I want.