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If you want an accurate gun out of the box, buy a savage. My advice is buy a pawnshop beeter Rem 700 and take it to Ron at Benchark Barrels in Silvana. The barrel and install will run you about $500, but it will be the most accurate rifle you have ever seen. My 300 win mag shoots under 1/4 minute out to about 700 yards and under 1/2 minute out to 1000 yardsBenchmark Barrels 360-652-2594
for hunting what's more important, a 3 or 5 shot "group" or a one shot cold bore shot that's dead on? being able to group is great for winning beers at the range, but as the barrel heats is it really an accurate representation of hunting? An accurate hunting rifle should be able to consistently be able to put the first cold bore shot in the same spot. IMO. That being said the only brand new rifle I've bought was my 270 Allen Mag. It shoots .5 moa all day long, but not exactly the kind of rifle we're talking about here...
I read the cold bore shot crap all the time. If a rifles bedding is done right, the action is stress free, and the bbl is free floated or in some cases neutrally bedded then a rifle will shoot to the same point of impact cold, warm, or hot. If the point of impact changes as the bbl warms up then there's a bedding or floating problem.