I am a Sako nut, so take anything I say with a grain of salt. I've prolly owned 2 dozen Sakos. I also like Mannlicher stocked rifles. I have 3 Bavarians. Two Carbines and 1 half stock. The Bavarians are in 308Win and 30-06 Springfield. The half stock is chambered for the 6.5 x 55SE. They are sub-inch shooters at 100 yds and I do like the "set" trigger.