I've trued quite a few M700 actions over the years, and was pretty impressed with how good the RR actions were compared to any of the older 700s. I bought four of the bare RR actions - no bolt, no trigger, no nothing but the receiver itself - from Zanders several years ago, intending to use them for rifles for myself, in chamberings that I wanted rifles for, but didn't want to invest in custom actions for. I ordered 3 PTG custom 1-pc bolts right away - all with .700" dia bodies, mini-16 extractors, small firing pin holes, and complete striker assemblies to work with the .061" FP hole. I did my usual action truing, using a GreTan action fixture with mandrels that were a snug fit in each of the actions. Rifles turned out fine - 223AI, 6XC, and 7-08 Imp 30*.
I set aside the last action and didn't do anything with it for a couple of years - except to order another PTG custom bolt. Meanwhile, Remington went tits-up, and by the time I finally got around to looking for a bolt stop & spring, I couldn't find any parts anywhere. I'd watched Chad Dixon's youtube video demonstrating an action truing program he'd written & de-bugged for his new 5-axis machining center, and was fascinated with it. I'd also been on LRI's website and seen the side-mount bolt stop he'd designed and was offering, then decided that I might as well send that last action off and have him install the bolt stop. Then I thought, as long as I was sending the action up to LRI, why not have them run it through their new 5-axis machine and fit the PTG bolt while they were at it? I was tired of dinking around with dialing-in actions and cutting lugs on the PTG bolts anyway, and really, just wanted to see the results of their CNC machine work. So I called, visited with the office gal, sent her a copy of my ffl, and got the dealer price list back in a PDF email. Their dealer prices for the action work were so reasonable that I went ahead and sent them the action & PTG bolt. In for a penny, in for a pound - decided to have them do the tier 1 action truing and fit the bolt lugs. In addition, I asked them to drill the receiver face for their double-pinned recoil lug, diamond lap the bolt bore for the PTG bolt with allowance for CeraKote, and do the plain spiral bolt fluting - all in addition to the original reason I'd called in the 1st place - to machine the receiver for their bolt stop. I was well aware that - even with dealer pricing for the machine work - I was going to wind up with at least as much in this action as it would've cost me to buy one of the more affordable custom actions - such as a Zermatt Origin. But I reasoned that since I had the action & the PTG bolt, there was no reason not to have it 'fixed-up' and build a nice rifle on it. Probably won't do another Rem action like this again - unless a customer brings me a 700 to base a rifle upon. But if that happens, and they want a complete accuracy package done on it, it'll get sent back up to LRI.
Edited to add that this was a couple of years ago, and that when I got that 700 action back - which only took a couple of weeks - I was really pleased with LRI's work. I fitted & chambered a Bartlein 20 cal, 1-9tw bbl, then chambered it for 20 Tactical. It turned out fine - I'm always looking for an excuse to get it out and take it shooting. Too bad we don't have any decent prairie dog towns within easy driving distance any more...
I set aside the last action and didn't do anything with it for a couple of years - except to order another PTG custom bolt. Meanwhile, Remington went tits-up, and by the time I finally got around to looking for a bolt stop & spring, I couldn't find any parts anywhere. I'd watched Chad Dixon's youtube video demonstrating an action truing program he'd written & de-bugged for his new 5-axis machining center, and was fascinated with it. I'd also been on LRI's website and seen the side-mount bolt stop he'd designed and was offering, then decided that I might as well send that last action off and have him install the bolt stop. Then I thought, as long as I was sending the action up to LRI, why not have them run it through their new 5-axis machine and fit the PTG bolt while they were at it? I was tired of dinking around with dialing-in actions and cutting lugs on the PTG bolts anyway, and really, just wanted to see the results of their CNC machine work. So I called, visited with the office gal, sent her a copy of my ffl, and got the dealer price list back in a PDF email. Their dealer prices for the action work were so reasonable that I went ahead and sent them the action & PTG bolt. In for a penny, in for a pound - decided to have them do the tier 1 action truing and fit the bolt lugs. In addition, I asked them to drill the receiver face for their double-pinned recoil lug, diamond lap the bolt bore for the PTG bolt with allowance for CeraKote, and do the plain spiral bolt fluting - all in addition to the original reason I'd called in the 1st place - to machine the receiver for their bolt stop. I was well aware that - even with dealer pricing for the machine work - I was going to wind up with at least as much in this action as it would've cost me to buy one of the more affordable custom actions - such as a Zermatt Origin. But I reasoned that since I had the action & the PTG bolt, there was no reason not to have it 'fixed-up' and build a nice rifle on it. Probably won't do another Rem action like this again - unless a customer brings me a 700 to base a rifle upon. But if that happens, and they want a complete accuracy package done on it, it'll get sent back up to LRI.
Edited to add that this was a couple of years ago, and that when I got that 700 action back - which only took a couple of weeks - I was really pleased with LRI's work. I fitted & chambered a Bartlein 20 cal, 1-9tw bbl, then chambered it for 20 Tactical. It turned out fine - I'm always looking for an excuse to get it out and take it shooting. Too bad we don't have any decent prairie dog towns within easy driving distance any more...
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