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<blockquote data-quote="jpfrog" data-source="post: 1477815" data-attributes="member: 32525"><p>^^^This^^^</p><p>I have a 1970s 700 that was chambered in .270win, my favorite deer cartridge here in Texas for the places I hunt. I needed to replace the barrel, but wanted to keep the factory look of blued steel and walnut. Had my smith true the action while it was apart and tune the trigger (those early 70s triggers are pretty good when tuned). I had him send the stock to his stock maker friend and cut the checkering, where it was originally pressed. Then a satin finish instead of the gloss that was original. He put it all back together and blued it close to the original factory blue, bedded the action/floated the barrel, and I'll be damned- it shoots under .5 inch groups at 100 yards with factory Remington 130 grain Core Lokt ammo. Total cost to me was less than $800 for parts and labor and the rifle looks basically like it did the day it came off of the factory line, with a couple of minor enhancements (smooth barrel, no iron sights, cut checkering, satin finish on the walnut).</p><p></p><p>If you can buy a QUALITY new factory rifle for less than you can update your old one, I'd be shocked. Lots of rifles can be found new for less than I spent updating mine (under $800), but I'd bet my rifle and the scope that sits in top of it that mine will outshoot today's typical big box store bargain lineup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jpfrog, post: 1477815, member: 32525"] ^^^This^^^ I have a 1970s 700 that was chambered in .270win, my favorite deer cartridge here in Texas for the places I hunt. I needed to replace the barrel, but wanted to keep the factory look of blued steel and walnut. Had my smith true the action while it was apart and tune the trigger (those early 70s triggers are pretty good when tuned). I had him send the stock to his stock maker friend and cut the checkering, where it was originally pressed. Then a satin finish instead of the gloss that was original. He put it all back together and blued it close to the original factory blue, bedded the action/floated the barrel, and I’ll be damned- it shoots under .5 inch groups at 100 yards with factory Remington 130 grain Core Lokt ammo. Total cost to me was less than $800 for parts and labor and the rifle looks basically like it did the day it came off of the factory line, with a couple of minor enhancements (smooth barrel, no iron sights, cut checkering, satin finish on the walnut). If you can buy a QUALITY new factory rifle for less than you can update your old one, I’d be shocked. Lots of rifles can be found new for less than I spent updating mine (under $800), but I’d bet my rifle and the scope that sits in top of it that mine will outshoot today’s typical big box store bargain lineup. [/QUOTE]
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