I've got a little bit of an itch to do some "long range" or "precision shooting". My normal procedure is to go all in and then realize afterwards I don't have the time, resources or location to make use of the money pit I just built. This time I'm trying to think this through as logically as I can. Realistically, I'm going to be restricted to 200yds because that's the limit of the range I belong to and I know it's not going to be feasible for me to find a longer range that I can afford or make use of.
IOW:
6.5 Creed, etc don't even get out of bed for 200yds. Heck, I could build up a chassis rifle in .223 and make a go of this (and that idea is a distant third place). Or just throw a KRG Bravo on my 700AAC-SD and drive on (which is part of Plan A). .223 and .308 would be interesting but not super challenging (usually). Then I saw guys at Rimfire Central and Sniper's Hide taking the .22LR out to 200m+ which struck me a an interesting solution for my situation.
So what I'm kicking around is a .22 rifle that will be a useful trainer for the 700 that I can take out to 200yds off the bench (no prone allowed at the range) and can give a decent account of itself if I decide to play in the monthly informal 50yd .22 BR matches at our club.
Right now, Plan A is to get a KRG Bravo for the 700, then pick up a Tikka T1X and and build it into a baby brother to the .308 including the KRG stock since they show the T1X in their inlet list.
Plan B is a 10/22 build dropped into a Victor Titan stock. It would be a (marginally) cheaper route but it wouldn't be a direct training equivalent to the 700 build mechanically speaking.
As I see it, the Tikka is almost a plug and play solution since it's a matter of changing the stock but I'd have to order one in to my dealer and mags are more expensive than 10/22 mags. And Tikka is known to build accurate rifles so while it won't hang with a dedicated .22 BR rifle, it would be more of me embarrassing the rifle instead of the other way around.
The 10/22 has the plus of I can walk into 4 shops near me and be back home with a new or used one in under an hour and it might hold it's own on the BR line but the trigger would probably have to go out to someone like Brimstone, I'd be replacing the stock and sporter weight barrel right off the bat and while the 10/22 has cheaper mags they can be finicky.