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Originally Posted by Savage99
A. A good finish.
B. Control round feeding.
C. Three position wing safety such as what the M70 and Kimbers have.
D. A sturdy reliable extractor.
E. Bolt handle that does not break or fall off.
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So the only thing his M600 is lacking is CRF, most people feel that a Sako's are a fine rifle and it's a push feed. You can improve the finish, use a Sako extractor, and weld a different bolt handle on or buy a one piece bolt from PT&G. You can even add a three position safety to the bolt shroud as well and none but one of the rifles you pictured even have a wing safety you proclaim makes a fine hunting rifle.
I'm pretty sure that the bolt heads on the M700 isn't welded on either. It just doesn't make sense from a manufacturing standpoint to weld that piece on. It would be easier and cheaper to machine the bolt and locking lugs as one piece. However it is cheaper to machine the bolt handle separate and weld it in place. I'm sure that ring is just a transition between the more polished bolt body vs. the bolt head.
As far as it being an entry level rifle, we'll just have to agree to disagree on that. There are far cheaper entry level rifles a person can buy new than a used M600 Remington. Besides that there are far more people buying and successfully hunting and shooting a M700 than any of the rifles you pictured every year with great success and not needing a single thing you mentioned to get the job done.
Besides the OP is talking about spending far less money to rebarrel than you're talking about spending on a "fine rifle". Even with trading/selling his M600 he can still probably put a barrel on cheaper. He even stated that he needed to stay within a budget if you had read further down in the posts.