gunmart:
Couple of points:
1. When I got into competition shooting (National Match Course), as I remember, there weren't any commercial left hand bolt guns available. (mid 60's) A couple of years later P.O. Ackley imported some left hand Mausers from Japan, but GCA'68 killed that option. Did you ever see any of them?
2. Lever and or pump guns, and single shots might be fine for hunting, but were WORTHLESS for NMC shooting. Do you know what the terms NRA Match Rifle, and or Service Rifle mean?
3. Since you are in the business, I believe that's what your profile said, you should be aware of the differences between the Model 70 Target Rifles and The Remington 40X, partiularly since they are as obvious as they are. By the way, who is Craig Boddington?
4. Dave Moon had a short post. Suggest that you read same, and take his advice.