Faxon Firearms R700 Action
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Good....lol
Also worth checking out also, Weatherby is offering the action only for the new 307, which is a 2 lug design.
weatherby.com
And also to note, you can get an action for less money from PTG which they will blueprint also.
All that said, I have no experience with the new Faxon bolt action. I do use their barrels and other parts, but have no experience whatsoever with the new bolt actions.
PTG has several blueprinted actions they sell as well.
pacifictoolandgauge.com
DISCLAIMER: I'm not trying to talk anyone out of the Faxon bolt action either.
Model 307™ Builders Action – Weatherby, Inc.
weatherby.com
And also to note, you can get an action for less money from PTG which they will blueprint also.
All that said, I have no experience with the new Faxon bolt action. I do use their barrels and other parts, but have no experience whatsoever with the new bolt actions.
PTG has several blueprinted actions they sell as well.
Custom Actions - Pacific Tool and Gauge
DISCLAIMER: I'm not trying to talk anyone out of the Faxon bolt action either.
Nice.Also worth checking out also, Weatherby is offering the action only for the new 307, which is a 2 lug design.
Model 307™ Builders Action – Weatherby, Inc.
And also to note, you can get an action for less money from PTG which they will blueprint also.
All that said, I have no experience with the new Faxon bolt action. I do use their barrels and other parts, but have no experience whatsoever with the new bolt actions.
PTG has several blueprinted actions they sell as well.
Custom Actions - Pacific Tool and Gauge
DISCLAIMER: I'm not trying to talk anyone out of the Faxon bolt action either.
Nice looking.Under $1,000 : Evo II
$1,000-$1,500: TL3 (my favorite regardless)
Above $1500: TR
IF we are listing options….
However, I had never heard of them.
EVO II Stainless Steel Action | Mack Brothers Suppressors
Every EVO Stainless Steel Action comes with a self-indexing recoil lug, complete bolt, and a 20 MOA Picatinny rail. The enhanced recoil lug adds...
macbros.com
Also worth checking out also, Weatherby is offering the action only for the new 307, which is a 2 lug design.
Model 307™ Builders Action – Weatherby, Inc.
And also to note, you can get an action for less money from PTG which they will blueprint also.
All that said, I have no experience with the new Faxon bolt action. I do use their barrels and other parts, but have no experience whatsoever with the new bolt actions.
PTG has several blueprinted actions they sell as well.
Custom Actions - Pacific Tool and Gauge
DISCLAIMER: I'm not trying to talk anyone out of the Faxon bolt action either.
From seeing the action in person, and knowing Faxon's engineers, I have no doubts in the design.
NZ_Fclass
Silver $$ Contributor
Wetherby managed 9, A mate has a "Lakelander", made in Finland that has 6 - interesting rifle - magazine like a Savage 99 and the worst trigger in the Southern hemisphere. But I can cope with 2 or 3.
Seems like the Faxton action defeats the simplicity of the Rem 700 action, being a pipe that is easy to work on, without a recoil lug solidly attached. I have the tools to do the 700s so will stick with the old 700s. No desire to break a new horse at this point.
farmerjohn
Gold $$ Contributor
Hi Feller, think you might have missed the key word in @LVLAaron post, "even" contact. I was an avid young hunter when Weatherby brought out their famous 9 locking lugs Mark 5. Had to have one of those in a 300 Weatherby Magnum. After all, 9 lugs had to be at least 7 times better than two, right? Had a barrel about the
size of my little finger, kicked like a double assed mule, and I couldn't hit my hat with it at 300yds. A gunsmith friend of mine laughed when I told him what I was into, ask me how much I had shot it and I told him probably 3 boxes of shells worth. Gunsmith said that was enough to show me something and pulled the bolt out, showed me the three out of 9 shiny lugs that were making contact. Won't ever shoot well he says but this one does and handed me a well used 1950 mod 70 in a 300 H&H, says he has a Dr. that's looking for one of those like yours. Says I'll give you this mod 70 and 200$ for the Weatherby and all three of us will be better off and I know at least two of us were. Still have that old mod 70 and it will still, even with my old 78 year old eyes shoot a 4" 3 shot group out of a pickup window at 300yds, long story but your comment brought back memories.... John
I had first thought so also, but look at the custom rem 700 clone market. There are many 2 lug clones that shoot just fine. I don't think lugs in themselves tell the whole story.
I had originally thought that about Weatherby, that if Weatherby had done it it must have had data to back it up, But why are they chasing the 2 lug market, even with action mount, trigger, rails? This is why I mentioned the 307, at $750 it seems a decent option possibly as you gain a plethora of rem 700 accessories, several trigger options as well that is manufactured by a company with a track record. You gain the same thing with the Faxon.
The guys at Faxon are responsive and quick to adapt, that is worth something in itself. They also started listing barrel blanks so that gunsmiths can adopt their 8.6 blackout barrels, and that is something that I had asked them about several weeks ago. So far I like their barrels, not adverse to looking at their actions, but most of my premise is that I want to build my own action and for better or worse the blanks AND bolts are 2 lug. If I just can't wait and resort to buying a bolt action, I would consider the Faxon.
Actions to look at:
Kauger arms (amazing actions) and customer sevice.
Mack bro’s evo
Bighorn origin
ARC CDG
Tikka donar
Rem donar
Trued rem700 from PTG
Plus probably another 5 for under $1,000 that I’m missing.
I don’t mean to be mean, and I wish you all the success you want. If that’s what you want, then that is perfect. But that seems like a recipe for mediocre performance to me.
Kauger arms (amazing actions) and customer sevice.
Mack bro’s evo
Bighorn origin
ARC CDG
Tikka donar
Rem donar
Trued rem700 from PTG
Plus probably another 5 for under $1,000 that I’m missing.
I don’t mean to be mean, and I wish you all the success you want. If that’s what you want, then that is perfect. But that seems like a recipe for mediocre performance to me.
NZ_Fclass
Silver $$ Contributor
Totally agree. I remember reading an article some years ago about safari shooters in Africa. The story goes that Americans turn up with large Wetherbys, which, due to the heat, overpressure and fail to extract.. They were also considered too noisy - not the discharge, but the "ping" of a round coming out of the mag, attracting the game's attention.
But I do wonder whether, with today's CNC machining, that 6 or 9 lugs couldn't be made to work?
Well, we have more knowledge today that we can put to use. Is CNC really better? I don't own any CNCs and plan to use manual machines. To me it seems that the lockup has magnitudes more to do with how the rifle is going to fire.
The other side of the coin is that if someone built 100 rifles using CNC, that after refining the process the variance would be lower. In my case I don't need 100 rifles, I only need a few...
Great point.
I'll let you know the outcome of this project.
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