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truing remington 700 receivers

cmillard

just wanted to see how much potential interest there is out there on this. a co-worker of mine, whom has an FFL and is also a head armorer in his military unit, and I are looking into doing a little business venture and I am looking to see what kind of interest we can spark. since he has his FFL, my thoughts were to if someone wanted a Remington 700 trued up, the rifle and/or receiver could be shipped to him. he could either take the barrel off for a small fee or I could. then, I would take the receiver/bolt and true the action for $50. this would include cutting the minor diameter of the threads, cutting the receiver lugs, lapping the lugs, and squaring the bolt face. I am about up and running and will be acquiring the manson kit to do this. in time, we would like to do some barrel chambering as well. I know $50 seems really cheap compared to $150-$300 for truing rem 700s, but I am not looking to make a lot, just want to add another hobby. any interest out there? thanks
 
You can't do it for that . That's less tha $5 per hour . It takes time to set it up correctly and not just stick a mandrel thru it . The first screw up and you'll be buying a receiver or more . Heck liability insurance is going to cost you , so is LLC , taxes , etc .
It would be nice if everyone with the tooling and talent could just hang a shingle and start working .
Not to rain on your parade , but reality stinks
 
I am at the beginning stages of hobby gunsmithing ie friends and family. There is a very real thing where people are afraid of inexpensive if you price it to cheap youll get less business.
Also if your talkjng about the lathe less kit. Remember having those things sharpened isnt cheap. Good luck
 
I'd be concerned about running afoul of the BATF. You wrote, "shipped to him...then, I would take the receiver/bolt and true the action for $50." It sounds like the FFL holder or the person that owns the action would need to be present while your in possession of the action.

-- Scott
 
Very well said Alex. I would like to add a following thought to enhance your explanation. If one doesn't address the action bore to bolt clearance issue by banding the bolt body it does absolutely no good whatsoever to lap the bolt lugs. When the mainspring forces the bolt to the upper limit of the action bore it unseats the top lug. If the bolt is lapped without the trigger, the top lug will be forced off the seat when the trigger is installed. And if the lugs are lapped into contact with the trigger installed, the bolt face (along with the rest of the bolt) will no longer be perpendicular to the centerline. As Alex said, you can't properly true a action without a lathe.
 
Thanks for the all the replies. So the BATF would think that i may be a felon because of shipping the receivers to an FFL holder? I guess I can't fault them for that. Also, i know that a lathe is the best way, but using the manson kit has worked well for the USMC precision weapons
 
Personally I would never send an action to someone learning gunsmithing via the OJT system. I have seen far too many hacked up jobs done by 'gunsmiths' that have no business working on guns or even doing general machine shop work. I am not saying the OP is like this but I am saying that the guy I would [ and have ] sent my stuff to will be very well known and respected and the heck with the price.

Below is a classic example and I've seen plenty of other similar threads on this forum over the years plus stuff seen at the range.

http://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/chambering-question.3929990/#post-37013697
 
cmillard said:
Thanks for the all the replies. So the BATF would think that i may be a felon because of shipping the receivers to an FFL holder? I guess I can't fault them for that. Also, i know that a lathe is the best way, but using the manson kit has worked well for the USMC precision weapons
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Where the BATF is going to grab you is when you take the receiver to another location and do work on it without signing it off his books and onto the books of the new location.
 
well from my experience of 35 years of doing this come aug.as a hobby and then a living. the guys that have money won't send an action to get trued for 50.00 . secondly the guys that can afford 50.00 won't send them because their content with the factory savage axis or rem. 753. just my findings after 35 years .
 
Eddie Harren said:
Why is this subject open for discussion? All of the "Eggspurts" agree that a trued Remington is worthless for real competition, as well as re-sale value.
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In 2004 I built a 17-lb rifle from a trued and timed 700-Rem, for 1000-BR It has won 28% of the Relays that I have shot with it. Do like my custom action rifles better, but honestly can say that 700-Rem will shoot right with them as to raw accuracy.
Donovan
 
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