Used to have a fleet of Rem 700's. Mostly heavily customized. Now, i only have one left, all the rest of the 700's are Win 70's. If i had to pick from the two mentioned in your original post, i'd go with the EW without a second thought. That being said, i'm really interested in what these guys are saying about the MRC rifles. Been eyeing those on the 'puter but have yet to handle one. I'd give them a hard look.