In general I have found that people's reviews of the Howa 1500 (the platform that this is based on) has a better trigger out of the box than the Rem 700 and has a smooth action. It does not have as many aftermarket companies that support it compared to the 700.It does appear that it comes as a partial kit. The optics, mag kit, and bipod are not installed, so the original metal components for the trigger guard and internal mag can be saved if you dont like the ten round mag add on.