I'm looking to pick up a new .25-06 and I'm struggling between a few different guns. I have narrowed my choices down to a Savage 111GCNS, a Remmington 700 XCR or 700 Mountain LLS, or a Howa M1500 JRS Classic. Here's the pros and cons I'm facing on each gun:
Savage 111GCNS
Pros: Price, Accutrigger
Cons: No stainless barrel offered, 22" barrel
Remmington 700 XCR
Pros: TriNyte coated barrel/action, 24" barrel
Cons: Synthetic stock (I prefer wood or laminated)
Remmington 700 Mountain LLS
Pros: Stainless barrel, Laminated Stock
Cons: 22" barrel
Howa M1500 JRS Classic
Pros: Price, Stainless barrel, Laminated Stock
Cons: 22" barrel
Each gun has aspects that I really like, and each seems to be lacking something that I want. I'd like to hear some opinions on each of these different guns. The Howa is the gun that I have heard the least about thus far, and the gun that I know the least about.
Savage 111GCNS
Pros: Price, Accutrigger
Cons: No stainless barrel offered, 22" barrel
Remmington 700 XCR
Pros: TriNyte coated barrel/action, 24" barrel
Cons: Synthetic stock (I prefer wood or laminated)
Remmington 700 Mountain LLS
Pros: Stainless barrel, Laminated Stock
Cons: 22" barrel
Howa M1500 JRS Classic
Pros: Price, Stainless barrel, Laminated Stock
Cons: 22" barrel
Each gun has aspects that I really like, and each seems to be lacking something that I want. I'd like to hear some opinions on each of these different guns. The Howa is the gun that I have heard the least about thus far, and the gun that I know the least about.