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is this bolt ok?
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1241631" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>Shoot it! Or "<em>Choot'em</em>" as the CCI Louisiana guy says. If you're content with a factory rifle, see how it shoots. It might be a gem in the rough. All you stand to lose is some time and the cost of the ammo.</p><p></p><p>If cosmetic appearance is a major factor, sell the rifle and buy a new one. You bought the rifle used, so you won't lose much money by moving on. Or get out the checkbook, buy a custom action, and build from the ground up. </p><p></p><p>There's two major camps/brotherhoods when it comes to hiring a gunsmith to blueprint and customize a factory rifle. Search the Forum. A factory action that's been blueprinted isn't worth any more than a factory action that hasn't been blue printed - for the most part on the open market. A custom action will always have better resale value on the open market. By the time you blueprint a factory action in the effort to make it equivalent to a custom action, you'll be left with a factory action that will never look like a custom, even if it shoots like one. There's nothing that could be added to what's already been stated and re-hashed over and over again concerning the pros and cons.</p><p></p><p>I'm in the camp of purchasing a custom action to build on, rather than attempting to make a custom action out of a plain-Jane factory production run bolt action. The only opinion that counts is yours. It's your money, your satisfaction level, your peace of mind and decision.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1241631, member: 4191"] Shoot it! Or "[I]Choot'em[/I]" as the CCI Louisiana guy says. If you're content with a factory rifle, see how it shoots. It might be a gem in the rough. All you stand to lose is some time and the cost of the ammo. If cosmetic appearance is a major factor, sell the rifle and buy a new one. You bought the rifle used, so you won't lose much money by moving on. Or get out the checkbook, buy a custom action, and build from the ground up. There's two major camps/brotherhoods when it comes to hiring a gunsmith to blueprint and customize a factory rifle. Search the Forum. A factory action that's been blueprinted isn't worth any more than a factory action that hasn't been blue printed - for the most part on the open market. A custom action will always have better resale value on the open market. By the time you blueprint a factory action in the effort to make it equivalent to a custom action, you'll be left with a factory action that will never look like a custom, even if it shoots like one. There's nothing that could be added to what's already been stated and re-hashed over and over again concerning the pros and cons. I'm in the camp of purchasing a custom action to build on, rather than attempting to make a custom action out of a plain-Jane factory production run bolt action. The only opinion that counts is yours. It's your money, your satisfaction level, your peace of mind and decision. [/QUOTE]
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