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The Basics, Starting Out
True up a Rem 700 or buy a custom action?
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<blockquote data-quote="jpfrog" data-source="post: 1794383" data-attributes="member: 32525"><p>This is a great thread! I was in the same boat, many times. I have had several Trued Rem700 actions- still have a few and they are great. One is a basic trueing job where I was rebarreling a deer rifle to the same cartridge and wanted to keep it looking as stock as possible. Another had a little more work done and spun on a remage. A third had a lot more work done, bushed the firing pin, etc. and did another remage. Long story short- all are fantastic and shoot better than me for what I use them for. Then last year I decided to do a full custom and built it off a Stiller Predator. I love everything about that action. Everything. The cost of the custom was just barely more than the extensive work done on the third Rem700 I mention above, and it's MUCH BETTER. The minor trueing job was obviously much less costly as I already had the action and it was about 150 extra to square everything up to get ready for the new barrel.</p><p></p><p>Long story short- I'll probably never spend money to enhance a Rem700 again unless it carries with it some sentimental value, even if I continue to do Remage builds. I prefer the features of a good custom. That said- make sure the custom has the features you want. Otherwise you're throwing good money at a piece of gear that is still going to leave you frustrated in the end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jpfrog, post: 1794383, member: 32525"] This is a great thread! I was in the same boat, many times. I have had several Trued Rem700 actions- still have a few and they are great. One is a basic trueing job where I was rebarreling a deer rifle to the same cartridge and wanted to keep it looking as stock as possible. Another had a little more work done and spun on a remage. A third had a lot more work done, bushed the firing pin, etc. and did another remage. Long story short- all are fantastic and shoot better than me for what I use them for. Then last year I decided to do a full custom and built it off a Stiller Predator. I love everything about that action. Everything. The cost of the custom was just barely more than the extensive work done on the third Rem700 I mention above, and it’s MUCH BETTER. The minor trueing job was obviously much less costly as I already had the action and it was about 150 extra to square everything up to get ready for the new barrel. Long story short- I’ll probably never spend money to enhance a Rem700 again unless it carries with it some sentimental value, even if I continue to do Remage builds. I prefer the features of a good custom. That said- make sure the custom has the features you want. Otherwise you’re throwing good money at a piece of gear that is still going to leave you frustrated in the end. [/QUOTE]
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