Do not buy remington anything with a serial number RR##### The receiver casting was Asian, garbage. Older stuff from 90s on back is good. But still.......why pay 300-500$ for a donor rifle that will cost 300-400$ to true up, side bolt release, open bottom for wyatt's/aics mags when a mac bros for 675$ or origin/nucleus/atlas/tenacity are all under a grand. They will all take prefits from a quality gunsmith. In my opinion its silly to go that route.
Rem 700 Action source?
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Bruce Treloar
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ditto the above. I used to shoot all 700's Sporter, Light and Heavy Benchrest, none were trued.
Being a budget shooter I loved to knock off the custom actions in classes of around 75 shooters, 95% shooting customs
My best was .068" at 100yds and .210" agg at 200yds 30 years ago
shortgrass
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The first sentence of this post ^^^^^^^ is mis-information! All Rem 700s , new and old, are machined of pre-heat-treated bar stock.
300 at a pawn shop not today because the pawn shop doesn't have any 700's five years ago years you could
Maybe a cold roll! Crap regardless. Maybe all the info Chad Dixon at LRI is spreading all lies i guess.
shortgrass
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Post a link, I'll read it. I'm not gonna' go searching for it. It is painfully obvious you know little to nothing of manufacturing process. The rem 700 has always been made of cold rolled, pre-heat treated bar stock.
shortgrass
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"Maybe cold roll!" Cold rolled bar, or cold drawn bar is not a "casting".
shortgrass
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All this crap after a simple question asked by the OP, "where is the best buy for a rem 700 action". A simple thread that degrades. Turns into nothing more than personal opinion and mis-information, with the initial question barely answered. Makes a guy wonder why he should even log-on to LRH!
I saw Rem long and short actions for sale through Brownells recently. I think prices were around $550.
You might get lucky finding a used one at a gun shop or pawn shop. I picked up a lightly used ADL in .25-06 with a Leupold vx2 3-9x for $400 (Scheels) and a BDL in .270 for $500 (Gander Mtn.) but that was probably 8 years ago.
A friend has purchased some ADL new for around $450 (Mills Fleet Farm) but again, that was a few years ago.
Prices today? Not sure what to expect.
As others mentioned… you might consider a custom action if you have a hard time finding a donor Rem 700.
Best wishes.
You might get lucky finding a used one at a gun shop or pawn shop. I picked up a lightly used ADL in .25-06 with a Leupold vx2 3-9x for $400 (Scheels) and a BDL in .270 for $500 (Gander Mtn.) but that was probably 8 years ago.
A friend has purchased some ADL new for around $450 (Mills Fleet Farm) but again, that was a few years ago.
Prices today? Not sure what to expect.
As others mentioned… you might consider a custom action if you have a hard time finding a donor Rem 700.
Best wishes.
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You can purchase Rem 700 LA receiver new for $375.00 plus fees. That is what I bought a year ago for a 6.5mm build in SS. With some pawnshops everything they have is a valuable antique. I here they are hard to get tender enough to eat if you don't sell them.
MOOSE39465
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The last one I bought was from Buds Gun Shop. I know they had some Long Actions for less then 500 in stock.
As long as I can get my hands on a Remington 700 action you will never see me buy a custom action. Maybe I'm a odd ball, but I work to hard to blow it on unnecessary things.
As long as I can get my hands on a Remington 700 action you will never see me buy a custom action. Maybe I'm a odd ball, but I work to hard to blow it on unnecessary things.
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