Well, I plopped a Leupold VX-III 4.5-14 on my box stock 700 BDL C/D .25-06, adjusted the trigger to about 3 lbs and threaded it for a can. Added a sling and worked up good, accurate loads. To me, that's near enough to perfect for most of my hunting. I also have a 700 BDL C/D 8mm mag, a 700 BDL SS .375 Rum, a 700 VLSF .17, A Ruger KM77VT .220 Swift and a 673 .350 mag to cover everything from praire rats & coyotes to big hogs and dangerous game, and have never felt the need to do anything with them besides tune triggers, thread muzzles, find an appropriate optic and work up loads.
As most know, I can modify anything in just about any way to suit a need, but for hunting rifles, I haven't really found the factory options to be lacking. All of the above mentioned factory guns I've bought for hunting purposes have proved more than accurate enough, and the ~9lb scoped & suppressed weight of the 700 BDL has never bothered me hiking through the Rockies.