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Thoughts?

Installing new barrel on an old 700 300wm. I don't reload at the moment (hopefully that changes soon) but I do however have several hundred rounds of federal gmm that I'd like to shoot up. My question, how do I determine the throat length on the new barrel? I'm not set on one bullet and the max...

Posted this in another forum and not sure if that was the correct forum or not. So here it is again. My original plan was to use an older Remington 700 receiver I had laying around for a 300 Mag build. I've since settled on a surgeon 1086 action instead. It comes in the white unfinished...

My original plan was to use an older Remington 700 receiver I had laying around for a 300 Mag build. I've since settled on a surgeon 1086 action instead. It comes in the white unfinished. What would be the best way to finish the receiver? Blueing, duracoat, cerakote, parkerizing etc...? What...

Ok, got the barrel ordered today. Four month wait......yeah. I kinda like the idea of not having to drop $$ on the pt&g bolt. Other than the spiral flutes and the ability to add a custom bolt knob what is the pt&g gonna do for me that my stock bolt won't do? Is the rifle gonna be any less...

That's a good call on the bolt. Also like the idea of an m16 extractor. Never cared for the sako extractor. Sorta of off topic question, but what is the consensus on ceracoating the entire bolt and inside receiver? Once the action and bolt are trued is the ceracoat gonna make the tolerances too...

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Thoughts?

New guy here:) I have an old Remington 700 in 300 win mag that just sits in the safe for the most part. Here's what I want to do: true and time action, ptg one piece spiral fluted bolt (might as well since action is being trued) Jewell trigger, badger m5 DBM, Krieger #17 heavy varmint finished...