The Winchester Model 70 looks very nice, I agree; especially with the 24" barrel. Nice wood, too. They kind of have an established reputation, one could say!
My personal choice would be the Browning X-Bolt, in the hunter declination, probably. I prefer a detachable magazine, and like that this one is flush fit a lot: that alone is a big selling point on a hunting rifle in my very humble opinion.
Tikka has a very good reputation, but I don't care for their wood stock look. Remington still sounds like a gamble, justifiably or not; it might be mostly hearsay, but hey, my money is not going there for now.
As for CZ, well, I am just loving my new obsolete 455 standard, it's got nice wood too, but I don't know anything about the bigger ones. I would sure like to handle one now that I have been bit by their .22 LR, it just shoots and looks awesome. The action is very, very, very smooth on mine.
My personal choice would be the Browning X-Bolt, in the hunter declination, probably. I prefer a detachable magazine, and like that this one is flush fit a lot: that alone is a big selling point on a hunting rifle in my very humble opinion.
Tikka has a very good reputation, but I don't care for their wood stock look. Remington still sounds like a gamble, justifiably or not; it might be mostly hearsay, but hey, my money is not going there for now.
As for CZ, well, I am just loving my new obsolete 455 standard, it's got nice wood too, but I don't know anything about the bigger ones. I would sure like to handle one now that I have been bit by their .22 LR, it just shoots and looks awesome. The action is very, very, very smooth on mine.