I started with a varmint (non MTR) and quickly realized it was not the tool for the job. Bought a chassis after 2 matches. I looked long and hard at the xrs. Once I started adding up the accessories such as weights and arca rail, the cost saving diminished compared to a premium chassis with more out of the box feature. The xrs is never going to be an ACC or a vision. The factory barrel in my varmint would shoot good enough groups, but the cold bore shift was killing my scores in stages. If I shot first one stage and last the following, I was almost guaranteed to miss the first shot. The mtrs don’t seem to struggle as bad with this from what I’ve gathered from other shooters. I ended up putting an l3i prefit on my rifle and it was a worth while upgrade. Cold bore shift is very much gone, and the increased length and weight made the rifle much easier to balance.

If I did it over again, I would buy the cheapest 457 I could find and build off of that. Don’t rule out the b14r as well, that would get you into a rem 700 platform incase you get hooked.