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Stock action vs blueprinted vs custom ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikecr" data-source="post: 1234415" data-attributes="member: 1521"><p>Actions do not make guns shoot better. </p><p>But action problems make guns shoot worse.</p><p>If you have a stock factory action that you've seen to be free of issues, and this includes squareness of everything and bolt timing and trigger, then you should be good to build on it.</p><p></p><p>There are relatively few actions that are actually 'custom'. </p><p>Most should be referred to as 'aftermarket'.</p><p>I hold a couple BAT actions that are true one-off customs. But neither would out shoot a factory Savage with a better barrel. And neither would shoot so well without my load developed ammo.</p><p></p><p>There is a significant gain in use of an aftermarket action though: value,, resale value.</p><p>When I see a Rem700 based 'custom gun' for sale, I assign no more than donor action to the gun's value.</p><p>The barrel is shot, the bases, rings, and scope likely suck,, the stock is useful only to another remington,,, and it's most likely whomever built it knows nothing of quality gun design. They really did no more than screw it together.</p><p>But when they built it on a nice action, they also put work into the stock for it. They more likely put time, thought, and money into every aspect of it. Less probability of problems. This holds value.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikecr, post: 1234415, member: 1521"] Actions do not make guns shoot better. But action problems make guns shoot worse. If you have a stock factory action that you've seen to be free of issues, and this includes squareness of everything and bolt timing and trigger, then you should be good to build on it. There are relatively few actions that are actually 'custom'. Most should be referred to as 'aftermarket'. I hold a couple BAT actions that are true one-off customs. But neither would out shoot a factory Savage with a better barrel. And neither would shoot so well without my load developed ammo. There is a significant gain in use of an aftermarket action though: value,, resale value. When I see a Rem700 based 'custom gun' for sale, I assign no more than donor action to the gun's value. The barrel is shot, the bases, rings, and scope likely suck,, the stock is useful only to another remington,,, and it's most likely whomever built it knows nothing of quality gun design. They really did no more than screw it together. But when they built it on a nice action, they also put work into the stock for it. They more likely put time, thought, and money into every aspect of it. Less probability of problems. This holds value. [/QUOTE]
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