Agree the thumbhole setup is not my favorite. Its a light rifle, but ergonomics could definitely more than offset the weight being manageable.

I've not looked into Kimber rifles very much, so I'm not as familiar with them. I don't know why Sako had to go the thumbhole route on the S20. I wished I could find a nice Sako 85, but can't find them anywhere.

If I went with weatherby it would have to be in a 300 win mag, not wby mag, simply because I don't want to pay $100/box to shoot it, even though it wouldn't be a high volume rifle.

I will check out the Bergara. I guess another option could be a Tikka.


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