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<blockquote data-quote="Hired Gun" data-source="post: 884709" data-attributes="member: 1290"><p>To me a factory rifle is like getting a box with the picture of an airplane on it and when you open it, you get a couple square blocks of balsa wood.</p><p></p><p>To duplicate what is coming from the custom action makers CNC machines is cost prohibitive to perform to a recycled 700 action. On a custom the investment is in the action. When you fix up a 700 you just wasted a barrel, lug, trigger and a stock. Then the added cost of welding up a 700 action to convert it to single shot action. Square up the internals, add a nice M-16 extractor, change the bolt handle, bush the firing pin, supply and pin a precision heavy duty lug, bush the bolt, lap the lugs. This all comes executed nicely on custom action. Then getting a larger or longer tang plus heavy duty action body to allow bigger calibers such as the Lapua, 378 Weatherby, Chey Tac and 50 BMG based rounds. In some cases a 700 just can't be used. When you buy a custom you can get exactly what you want right out of the box.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hired Gun, post: 884709, member: 1290"] To me a factory rifle is like getting a box with the picture of an airplane on it and when you open it, you get a couple square blocks of balsa wood. To duplicate what is coming from the custom action makers CNC machines is cost prohibitive to perform to a recycled 700 action. On a custom the investment is in the action. When you fix up a 700 you just wasted a barrel, lug, trigger and a stock. Then the added cost of welding up a 700 action to convert it to single shot action. Square up the internals, add a nice M-16 extractor, change the bolt handle, bush the firing pin, supply and pin a precision heavy duty lug, bush the bolt, lap the lugs. This all comes executed nicely on custom action. Then getting a larger or longer tang plus heavy duty action body to allow bigger calibers such as the Lapua, 378 Weatherby, Chey Tac and 50 BMG based rounds. In some cases a 700 just can't be used. When you buy a custom you can get exactly what you want right out of the box. [/QUOTE]
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