I'v had numerous rifles in the past and they include a lot of different makes from RPA's, Remington ,Tikka ,Sako ,Styer, I have three in the cabinet at the mo and they consist of 2 Tikka 595's one in .17 fireball the other in 6.5x47 and the other is a R700 in 243 ackley! They are all semi-customs and I love them all but the R700 is not really a remington anymore I've changed the barrel, trigger , bottom metal, stock, bolt shroud, bolt knob, recoil lug, the nice thing with the remmy is parts are readily availible! what I'm trying to get at is they can be fine rifles but it costs money! Where as the Tikkas have just been rebarreled and the triggers have been felted! And they shoot just aswell! (especially the 6.5x47) They are fine rifles for probably half the money. I consider the 595 action to be one of the best! And when Sako/Tikka tryed to hack into the American market it was the end of the 595 as they needed to produce a $500 dollar gun! That was when the T3 came along. A solid action no doubt but not a 595. Afraid it's happened again with the Sako 85 not a patch on the older 75 action. Some will disagree but just my opinion.