I like Remington style extractors. I've used them for more than 30 years and have never had a failure. I recently purchased a new custom action had the choice of a Remington or M16 style, I chose the Remington style. Find a gunsmith that knows how to correctly install one. There are probably many who know but if I needed one installed, I would send the bolt to Greg Tannel. If you have an M16 style installed, you will probably have to have your barrel counterbore enlarged.
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I've never had one fail either, but I've never used one. Because I'm aware of many that have failed, and that they fail to the point of needing repaired much more commonly than other style extractors.
Which is more useful information in rating the reliability of extractors. The input of owners that never experienced a failure, or the input of the person that repairs the extractors that do fail.
Obviously if the majority of 700 extractors failed, Rermington would have been forced to install another extractor style in order to remain a viable competitor. So I'll give you this. The majority don't fail. That's an altogether different topic of discussion than which extractor style fails more frequently.
The reason gunsmith's get a lot of expertise repairing 700 extractors is they get a lot of practice on customer rifles.
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So if the majority don't fail, why go out and bother with the trouble and expense. You act like what I'm saying is "wrong" and I'm entitled to my wrong opinion...but again I've only said facts. Your mistake was being so absolute that sako type extractor is the one and only way to go based on some random person that knobody knows here.
If I was going to get that kind of work done it would just go with a PTG bolt.
If I was going to get that kind of work done it would just go with a PTG bolt.
It depends, there is a lot more profit to be made from installing a different style extractor. I would also suspect some Gunsmiths don't know how to properly install a riveted extractor so they don't like them. Even if you give no consideration to those two things, if you have a few thousand owners that have had no failures and one person that repairs failed ones, I'd still consider the owners a useful source of information.
I'm not mistaken. The majority don't fail. Yet they are more prone to fail.
You're entitled to run any extractor you want.
I paid $100 to have my Sako extractor installed. Kevin Cram, Montour County Rifles did the work. You're entitled to spend 3X that much if you want the PTG bolt. Don't forget to ensure the headspace is correct. Oh yeah, that costs money too, unless can check and correct it yourself.
I'm not acting. You want me to state your 700 extractor is top quality, and offers excellent reliability compared to other options? Now that would require an act.
You're entitled to run any extractor you want.
I paid $100 to have my Sako extractor installed. Kevin Cram, Montour County Rifles did the work. You're entitled to spend 3X that much if you want the PTG bolt. Don't forget to ensure the headspace is correct. Oh yeah, that costs money too, unless can check and correct it yourself.
I'm not acting. You want me to state your 700 extractor is top quality, and offers excellent reliability compared to other options? Now that would require an act.
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I contend your experience and the experience of all individual gun owners combined, is of less value than the opinion of the people that repair the extractors that do break.
Do you think your experience is a solid basis to evaluate extractor reliability on 700s at large, under all circumstances of user care, maintenance, or abuse?
Or might the gunsmiths that repair the broken extractors be the better source of information on extractor reliability?
My brother doesn't mind replacing 700 extractors. Most of his customers just want the extractor fixed, which he does. I suspect he appreciates 700 extractors as a steady source of revenue. He repairs them on a steady basis, compared to the extractors on other brands of bolt rifles.
Your experience is not utterly devoid of usefulness. So far so good for you.
I contend your experience and the experience of all individual gun owners combined, is of less value than the opinion of the people that repair the extractors that do break.
Do you think your experience is a solid basis to evaluate extractor reliability on 700s at large, under all circumstances of user care, maintenance, or abuse?
Or might the gunsmiths that repair the broken extractors be the better source of information on extractor reliability?
My brother doesn't mind replacing 700 extractors. Most of his customers just want the extractor fixed, which he does. I suspect he appreciates 700 extractors as a steady source of revenue. He repairs them on a steady basis, compared to the extractors on other brands of bolt rifles.
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I think that you not leaving an opinion at just that means that you feel the need to defend a flawed argument and want to see me be a d bag. So my experience is for a job using a 700 action in the military that obviously gets used and abused more than the average joe shooting never having or rarely having a problem. I can judge an extractor that way.
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You're free to think what you want. Free to be more than the average Joe if you want. Free to judge as you want.
Use whatever extractor you want. Makes no matter to me if you agree with me, my logic, or my opinion. If you think I haven't expressed an opinion, our communication is hopeless anyhow.
You seem defensive, unhappy, and discontented. If I say you're 100% correct, even though I don't hold that opinion, will that help out?
Use whatever extractor you want. Makes no matter to me if you agree with me, my logic, or my opinion. If you think I haven't expressed an opinion, our communication is hopeless anyhow.
You seem defensive, unhappy, and discontented. If I say you're 100% correct, even though I don't hold that opinion, will that help out?
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