I wouldn't blame you either! Given the chance I'd buy a 700, almost bought a mountain light
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700 in 7mm rem mag but changed my mind. In retrospect it either woulda kicked like a sumbitch or the dude meant 7mm08. 700 is a great platform to start from and has incredible potential for mods, 788 was a very simple, solid and accurate gun. I probably paid atleast 3 times as much for my .308 as it cost initially.