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Just bought 4 Rem 783's for $199 each!
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<blockquote data-quote="engineer40" data-source="post: 1159928" data-attributes="member: 90399"><p>Thanks WildRose. All of these rifles started life as 30-06's so they all have a standard bolt face. From what I've read, that will work fine with the 6.5-284. The 284 case is fat but has a rebated rim. </p><p></p><p>For the 300 Win Mag I was potentially just going to have a gunsmith open the bolt face up some. A bit of online searching and I found out it was cheaper to get a new bolt face from PT&G. Which is what I did. I have one on order. </p><p></p><p>I actually wanted to get a new stainless bolt for the rifle that will become the 300 Win Mag, just to match the new barrel and brake. However PT&G's website says the new bolt face is "drop in" but the new bolt needs a gunsmith. At first I thought maybe just because the headspace will need to be set. But some websites were saying there is more to be done to make a new bolt work correctly. If I remember correctly, people were saying with a newly manufactured bolt the lugs may not even cycle in the receiver correctly too without some gunsmith work. Not sure, so I just ordered the bolt face to be safe. </p><p></p><p>In my line of work when I project becomes way more expensive than originally projected, we call that "scope creep". Trying hard to end up with a couple sweet rifles that are fun to shoot but not let the budget get out of hand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="engineer40, post: 1159928, member: 90399"] Thanks WildRose. All of these rifles started life as 30-06's so they all have a standard bolt face. From what I've read, that will work fine with the 6.5-284. The 284 case is fat but has a rebated rim. For the 300 Win Mag I was potentially just going to have a gunsmith open the bolt face up some. A bit of online searching and I found out it was cheaper to get a new bolt face from PT&G. Which is what I did. I have one on order. I actually wanted to get a new stainless bolt for the rifle that will become the 300 Win Mag, just to match the new barrel and brake. However PT&G's website says the new bolt face is "drop in" but the new bolt needs a gunsmith. At first I thought maybe just because the headspace will need to be set. But some websites were saying there is more to be done to make a new bolt work correctly. If I remember correctly, people were saying with a newly manufactured bolt the lugs may not even cycle in the receiver correctly too without some gunsmith work. Not sure, so I just ordered the bolt face to be safe. In my line of work when I project becomes way more expensive than originally projected, we call that "scope creep". Trying hard to end up with a couple sweet rifles that are fun to shoot but not let the budget get out of hand. [/QUOTE]
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