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<blockquote data-quote="Ragnarnar" data-source="post: 1311235" data-attributes="member: 98218"><p>Simply, ergonomics.</p><p>Of the thousands of factory rifle actions I've played with, remington, savage, howa and otherwise, nothing has ever come close to having the same bolt lift, feel and smoothness of a custom action. </p><p></p><p>Also bang for your buck, as I outlined earlier, a remington will cost you more in the long run if you want it to have all the custom action features.</p><p></p><p>I also disagree with your assessment regarding the action flex. The action will always flex. The heavier and thicker custom action walls will resist this more, and a one piece integrated pic rail and enclosed action will help maintain its shape. I've shot factory/trued/custom actions before, and in my experience the custom is the most accurate. Is this scientific and definitive ? No, but that's just been my real world experiences. I also suppose it depends on what acceptable is to the shooter.</p><p></p><p>I agree with you regarding "trueness."</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Pinning the lug compromises the strength of the bottom of the action. This only matters if the action goes "Kaboom," but I like knowing any accidents are gonna go out the front, rather than blow the bottom out of the action. Also pins can shear when torquing the barrel on, which turns into another expense and headache. </p><p></p><p>I'd still want to verify headspace some how. In theory a good torque wrench will be repeatable, but I've seen them drift before, and it would suck to have your gun go click or worse because it got set wrong. Thats why I'd at least have a mark put on the bottom of the action, so I can visually verify it lines up correctly and still don't have to mess with gauges.</p><p></p><p>My opinion only. Best</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragnarnar, post: 1311235, member: 98218"] Simply, ergonomics. Of the thousands of factory rifle actions I've played with, remington, savage, howa and otherwise, nothing has ever come close to having the same bolt lift, feel and smoothness of a custom action. Also bang for your buck, as I outlined earlier, a remington will cost you more in the long run if you want it to have all the custom action features. I also disagree with your assessment regarding the action flex. The action will always flex. The heavier and thicker custom action walls will resist this more, and a one piece integrated pic rail and enclosed action will help maintain its shape. I've shot factory/trued/custom actions before, and in my experience the custom is the most accurate. Is this scientific and definitive ? No, but that's just been my real world experiences. I also suppose it depends on what acceptable is to the shooter. I agree with you regarding "trueness." Pinning the lug compromises the strength of the bottom of the action. This only matters if the action goes "Kaboom," but I like knowing any accidents are gonna go out the front, rather than blow the bottom out of the action. Also pins can shear when torquing the barrel on, which turns into another expense and headache. I'd still want to verify headspace some how. In theory a good torque wrench will be repeatable, but I've seen them drift before, and it would suck to have your gun go click or worse because it got set wrong. Thats why I'd at least have a mark put on the bottom of the action, so I can visually verify it lines up correctly and still don't have to mess with gauges. My opinion only. Best [/QUOTE]
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