First things first, great avatar and welcome to THR! On the rifle, I stand at a disadvantage in being unfamiliar with your geography, despite Mr. Robi’s class lessons back when. What I picture in my mind are reasonably close shots and honestly, when I picture a hunting rifle for deer it seldom wears a custom barrel.
Another thing that misses my list is COL, not for disbelieving it aids accuracy, but rather because I need the rifle to function in the field with the utmost reliability. That is of course a factor related to my climate and won’t necessarily echo your needs but bears mentioning as I once stuck a round and my 700 took a rather smart whack to the brazed bolt handle to extract it. My fault for not catching the label information on my own loads meant for a different rifle.
Now if this purchase is meant for the bench I suppose my mind is asking if the stock will need replacing, will it be dialed for multiple distances often enough to trip up that Leupold, and of course is at the bench where I want to be? Adding in the price of upgrading either of the two major components above could have you wishing away a white elephant no matter how accurate.
Food for thought, may not apply to your particular conditions, wish you the best on the decision either way.
