Originally Posted By: ChuckWilliamscatshooter,
you seem to get a lot of respect around here and I am sure it is well deserved but In this case I have to say that your wrong. I don't know if you happen to do your own gunsmithing but I do. I would never waste the time putting a high quality blank on a receiver that hasn't been trued. I measure runout on all of them prior to truing and have seen over .010 on occasions and this includes custom Remington clones! I don't use custom actions anymore because it bites my [beeep] to have to check one for true after plopping down $1000. in any case, why would you put a perfectly chambered barrel on an action that is upwards of .010 out of true and add to that the fact that many times only one lug on a Remington is making contact or very lightly on the second lug. when I true one up it included the action face, bolt lugs in the receiver, and threads. the bolt face and bolt lugs are also trued. when I get done I know that every thing is perpendicular to the bolt raceway which Is perpendicular to the bore since we put a nice new custom blank on there.
now I am not saying that you wont get one occasionally that shoots really well, but why leave it to chance. if your bolt doesn't sit true to the chamber, the base of the case will be forced out of square when the round is fired. even if you full length size, that doesn't correct the case head. the next time you chamber the round is it going to be sitting differently in the chamber in relation to the bore from the last time it was fired. that cant possibly be good for consistency.
lastly, if yall don't trust your gunsmith to true up the action to your satisfaction, why in the [beeep] do you trust him to cut a good chamber and put a good crown on your barrel?
chuck
Do whatever you want to your guns.
I was a gunsmith for 7 years, and specialized in long range target and woodchuck rifles - and I shot competitive bench for a good while.
I still build rifles.
I built the rifle that shot this group...
I have seen some crappy low end 700 actions (gun listed for