3 Options and must decide by the weekend...opinions welcome.

The condition of the 700 looks extremely good, actually.

The seller contacted me a few minutes ago. The rifle belonged to a friend a fellow hunter who passed away in 1999. His wife gave to to the seller as she didn't want to sell it. He held onto it and had it restored with the reblue job, a Limbsaver pad, and had the action polished to use it himself, but he recently bought a Sako in a magnum cal, and won't be using it after all. I'll post some pics when he emails them to me (the sale site pics won't save). He told me he hasn't fired the rifle, so he can't attest to the accuracy personally, but that his friend never had any accuracy issues with it. It does have open sites, so I could run it bare this year no prob. It's pretty interesting - great looking gun, so if it's a shooter I would probably lean more towards it than the others. I'll wait for further pics and details on it and post some.
 
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Here are some pics...condition looks pretty solid.

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If you don't buy that you are off your rocker... That is my fave rifle and calibre... Great start... If you don't buy that, hook me up with the seller and I will buy it... Reblue is a walk in the park and you have something truly yours...
 
I would go for the 7600 1st, followed by the 700. I am a big fan of Savage, but the entry level ones are a little rough. I prefer the Weather Warrior series.
 
The 700 looks like an ADL... also looks like the stock has been revarnished on top of the re-blue. I can't say I'm overly impressed with the stock finish. It looks like somebody really slopped on the varnish. If it were my money I'd be trying to haggle the price down a bit.
 
The 700 hands down. The 7600, while a great gun, is actually quite noisy when you rack the action, and I have spooked one animal with the noise. With the rotating multi-lug bolt, you have to slam it forward with authority to make sure the lugs engage.
The savage is about 100 bucks overpriced without an accutrigger.
That 700 is a 9/10 while I'd give the 7600 a 7/10 rating, especially with the cheaper plastic furniture. (ratings as a close cover deer gun more than condition)
The savage a 6/10.
Get the 700 and you won't be sorry.
 
I have had both calibers and still prefer the .270 over the 30-06. so close to being the same. and brass can be resized for either caliber. The "good" looks may hide a problem. again it may not, but original finishes show the true conditions. IMHO.
 
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The 700 looks like an ADL... also looks like the stock has been revarnished on top of the re-blue. I can't say I'm overly impressed with the stock finish. It looks like somebody really slopped on the varnish. If it were my money I'd be trying to haggle the price down a bit.
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I agree completely. The bluing job looks like it was well handled, but there are bubbles in the finish on the stock...pretty poor job done there.

I guess my biggest concern was voiced - is this re-fin of the blue, polishing, and varnishing meant to hide problems...my heart pulls me towards the 700, but without being able to try it at a range first, I'm worried this could be paint on a turd, so to speak...
 
I'd rather a bolt action than a pump, I don't generally care for Remingtons, and the .30-06's advantages over the .270 aren't enough to turn me away from that Savage. But none of my reasons should apply to you. Unless one of those rifles is defective, any one of them is going to be a good rifle for your purposes.
 
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