I had a .223 x-bolt stainless stalker. Loved it. Accurate. Good trigger. Fed well. Wish I still had it. I used it at 982yards once. Hit the target a few times with NATO surplus ammo, which really shouldn't shoot well through a 1 in 12" barrel, but I had it on the point so tried it for a laugh and hit 3/5 times so was pretty happy.
The only reasons for me now replacing with a tikka, lack of a decent one piece piccatinny rail for the .223 super short action. And the barrel/action thread is so fine they 'gall' up when removing, where the tikka 're-barrels' easy, and there is more available 'aftermarket' parts. But I tend to get through barrels, so a rifle that can be 'recycled' makes sense to me.
For a rifle that will shoot 500 a year, as opposed to in a weekend, I'd have another.