After 25 years of effort it's coming up on reward time. I'm cashing in and starting to prep for my retirement. That being the case it's time to move away from Savage 10's and Howa 1500 rifles (as much as I really do like those) and move up a notch or two. My whole life names like AI, Steyr, Sako, Heym, Holland & Holland and Blaser had been hugely far out of reach because all of my money was going to either raise a family or sock away for my retirement. So now as I stand at a new dawn I find myself looking like one of Kubric's apes staring down a monolith. Since I've ever heard of the brands above I'm wondering if there's not some other really special makers that my poor butt had never heard of. So, what else is out there in the higher end of rifles?