Like was said the 5r guns seem to get decent write ups, but for me, Remington bolt guns just arent up to speed on a lot of stuff and their quality is iffy. 223 bolt guns with 12 twist? Got to get the 5r to get a 9 twist. Every good bullet in 223 that I would personally want to shoot needs a 7 twist, or at LEAST an 8 twist. 308's that mostly all have 12 twist, 5r has 11.25 twist(optimized for 175g SMK), AAC-SD has 10 twist(but samples I know were sketchy). There are guys shooting 208g AMAX out of 308 loaded real long(single loading) at almost 3", but needs 10 twist barrel.
So if you buy a gun($600+) to use the action(some times cheaper than buying a factory Rem 700 action, if you can find one that is), spend $150 on a nice 20moa base(badger comes to mind), spend money on a good stock(400-1000 bucks) then spend $300 to get action work done, then spend $300 on a new barrel(if your remington barrel doesnt shoot) plus $300-500 for barrel fitting, chamber, re-finishing, threading, etc... and you STILL have a Rem 700 action, you start to come REAL close to buying something in a Defiance or Stiller action. Ive seen Defiance barreled actions with Brux or Bartlein barrels and a trigger going for ~$2k. Resale value on the "custom" actions is always going to exceed a worked over factory Rem 700 action.
Sorry, went off on a tangent there. Point being, if you want a dedicated long range precision gun, your money is better spent on something not factory than getting a Rem 700(in any flavor) and getting it built up to your specs. Just my opinion there. Plus 223 and 308 arent the hot ticket in long range shooting anymore either. 6mm and 6.5mm flavors are whats in right now(im sure 223 and 308 will come back in favor though).
As far as the truck gun/brush gun/200 yard 308 gun, I would look at the Mossberg MVP as I believe it uses a few different types of magazines. Or the Ruger Gunsight scout.
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