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<blockquote data-quote="Darryle" data-source="post: 3074253" data-attributes="member: 109917"><p>I have a 700 action wrench and a 700 barrel vise you can borrow. A wooden dowel off appropriate size or the new barrel and nut wrapped in sticky back air file sandpaper will open up the nut area once you have figured out where it needs to be relieved.</p><p></p><p>It's not overly complicated or a very difficult process, it is time consuming and can be rewarding or extremely frustrating.</p><p></p><p>Pay attention to what [USER=41385]@ButterBean[/USER] said, it's a moot point if you can't fit everything once you start. Measure your mag box, figure out your desired load and get to measuring. If it doesn't fit, look at Wyatt's Outdoors page for mag boxes that will fit without modifications to your action, if the load doesn't fit those options, you are dead in the water.</p><p></p><p>Now, you will more than likely see a drastic improvement in accuracy over a factory Remington 700 barrel, especially if it was made in the past couple of decades. You may see bug holes, you also may see patterns, it's hit or miss like any endeavor. If you go into it with realistic goals and don't set yourself up for failure, you will probably be happy. </p><p></p><p>There's a reason mine gather dust now, cheap sub $800 and sometimes sub $700 clone actions make this a tinkerer's (sp?) dream environment. Most accept prefits, have integral recoil lugs, trigger hangers, will accept longer magazine options and endless stock configurations from the start, what's not to love. </p><p></p><p>Now, I recommend you find a competent local gunsmith, it doesn't have to be someone who is well known, there are a ton of gunsmiths who work day in and day out building fantastically accurate rifles that never receive a nationwide or even a statewide reputation, but are content with their regional reputation that keeps them covered up in work. </p><p></p><p>If you don't want to follow that advice, then I offer this advice, buy a cheap Savage Axis, a Savage prefit and play with that action to learn the ins and outs. Once you are done learning, you can recover the majority of your money back or you can keep it as a range toy, build your own little switch barrel rifle that keeps you from burning up your 700 if you do rebarrel it to 6 Creedmoor. 6 Creedmoor is going to have a realistic short barrel life compared to the 243, mainly because you are going to be stepping on it to launch those bigger, longer high BC bullets at close to 3k fps. Good news is, you will be able to swap the barrel out yourself if you go the Remage route and you are happy with the accuracy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darryle, post: 3074253, member: 109917"] I have a 700 action wrench and a 700 barrel vise you can borrow. A wooden dowel off appropriate size or the new barrel and nut wrapped in sticky back air file sandpaper will open up the nut area once you have figured out where it needs to be relieved. It's not overly complicated or a very difficult process, it is time consuming and can be rewarding or extremely frustrating. Pay attention to what [USER=41385]@ButterBean[/USER] said, it's a moot point if you can't fit everything once you start. Measure your mag box, figure out your desired load and get to measuring. If it doesn't fit, look at Wyatt's Outdoors page for mag boxes that will fit without modifications to your action, if the load doesn't fit those options, you are dead in the water. Now, you will more than likely see a drastic improvement in accuracy over a factory Remington 700 barrel, especially if it was made in the past couple of decades. You may see bug holes, you also may see patterns, it's hit or miss like any endeavor. If you go into it with realistic goals and don't set yourself up for failure, you will probably be happy. There's a reason mine gather dust now, cheap sub $800 and sometimes sub $700 clone actions make this a tinkerer's (sp?) dream environment. Most accept prefits, have integral recoil lugs, trigger hangers, will accept longer magazine options and endless stock configurations from the start, what's not to love. Now, I recommend you find a competent local gunsmith, it doesn't have to be someone who is well known, there are a ton of gunsmiths who work day in and day out building fantastically accurate rifles that never receive a nationwide or even a statewide reputation, but are content with their regional reputation that keeps them covered up in work. If you don't want to follow that advice, then I offer this advice, buy a cheap Savage Axis, a Savage prefit and play with that action to learn the ins and outs. Once you are done learning, you can recover the majority of your money back or you can keep it as a range toy, build your own little switch barrel rifle that keeps you from burning up your 700 if you do rebarrel it to 6 Creedmoor. 6 Creedmoor is going to have a realistic short barrel life compared to the 243, mainly because you are going to be stepping on it to launch those bigger, longer high BC bullets at close to 3k fps. Good news is, you will be able to swap the barrel out yourself if you go the Remage route and you are happy with the accuracy. [/QUOTE]
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