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Custom actions, are they worth it?
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<blockquote data-quote="VinceMule" data-source="post: 2985392" data-attributes="member: 122164"><p>"No gunsmith would barrel without Blue printing first."</p><p></p><p>We started blueprinting 700s in 1987 when an Ohio benchrest champion won the State Champion benchrest match with a trued 700. From then on, it turned out to be a money-making gig. There is a world of differences in how gunsmiths "true" actions. I had one tell me not long ago, he tried 5 in one morning, $250 a pop. </p><p></p><p>Gunsmiths that indicate in the barrels in the way that I explained, do away with a LOT of BS. I learned much of this from a guy who built Olympic rifles and did R&D for gun companies around the world. I watched the man at work.</p><p></p><p>He took a barrel off a new 40X 22 Rim fire, and put it on my Ruger 10/22, fajen stock with an Olympic chamber in the barrel. 10 shots with a bullet hole group at 80 yards, CCI green tag, Leupold 36x.</p><p></p><p>So, when you try and go up a notch from using a 700 or other action, Cull your gunsmiths on their machining skill sets and their attention to detail, and get ready for the shock of your life. If he does not bore scope the barrel before chambering, hang up the phone. Never depend on the barrel maker to do all the QC on the barrel.</p><p></p><p>Phil, who can pull an audit on a gunsmith's chambering job? You only have small indications of attention to detail and pride in workmanship that a man takes in his work. The chamber in how straight it is with the bore axis is the foundation to the whole rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VinceMule, post: 2985392, member: 122164"] "No gunsmith would barrel without Blue printing first." We started blueprinting 700s in 1987 when an Ohio benchrest champion won the State Champion benchrest match with a trued 700. From then on, it turned out to be a money-making gig. There is a world of differences in how gunsmiths "true" actions. I had one tell me not long ago, he tried 5 in one morning, $250 a pop. Gunsmiths that indicate in the barrels in the way that I explained, do away with a LOT of BS. I learned much of this from a guy who built Olympic rifles and did R&D for gun companies around the world. I watched the man at work. He took a barrel off a new 40X 22 Rim fire, and put it on my Ruger 10/22, fajen stock with an Olympic chamber in the barrel. 10 shots with a bullet hole group at 80 yards, CCI green tag, Leupold 36x. So, when you try and go up a notch from using a 700 or other action, Cull your gunsmiths on their machining skill sets and their attention to detail, and get ready for the shock of your life. If he does not bore scope the barrel before chambering, hang up the phone. Never depend on the barrel maker to do all the QC on the barrel. Phil, who can pull an audit on a gunsmith's chambering job? You only have small indications of attention to detail and pride in workmanship that a man takes in his work. The chamber in how straight it is with the bore axis is the foundation to the whole rifle. [/QUOTE]
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