REM 700 bolt release
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Yes but for the cost I'd say get an action with it already done.
LRI External Bolt Release for M700
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BBR
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It’s a relative new build and shoots lights out so I would prefer to keep it but your right will probably cost me more in long runYes but for the cost I'd say get an action with it already done.
LRI External Bolt Release for M700
It's one of the most popular receiver upgrades available for the M700: The side bolt release. The LRI release is 100% machined from bar stock 4140 Chromoly steel. We choose this material because it perfectly balances hardness and durability. These parts are not as simple as one might initially...www.longriflesinc.com
It would need to go back to the proof house as an alteration to the action.
Why anyone builds on a Remington action is beyond me. This is why so many are built on Tikka. They have most of if the good parts already installed.
Currently the only decent supply of Remington clones is coming from Brownells and the cheapest around £1200-£1400 for an action that has control round feeding and 3 lug bolt with a 72 degree bolt throw. It’s pretty nice.
The Zermatt origin cheaper at £1200 but take into. Consideration this action is only $900 it is also the base of a rifle made by proof research and retails for £4000 here. It takes small shank savage barrels and can use prefits that use a barrel nut.
This is of course unless you pick a rifle builder who imports for themselves. Paddy Dane was the main supply to the trade and he gave up a while back.
Why anyone builds on a Remington action is beyond me. This is why so many are built on Tikka. They have most of if the good parts already installed.
Currently the only decent supply of Remington clones is coming from Brownells and the cheapest around £1200-£1400 for an action that has control round feeding and 3 lug bolt with a 72 degree bolt throw. It’s pretty nice.
The Zermatt origin cheaper at £1200 but take into. Consideration this action is only $900 it is also the base of a rifle made by proof research and retails for £4000 here. It takes small shank savage barrels and can use prefits that use a barrel nut.
This is of course unless you pick a rifle builder who imports for themselves. Paddy Dane was the main supply to the trade and he gave up a while back.
They are cheap for what they are in the UK.
Older models now going for less than £200. Even if the barrel is on the way out, you can slowly replace the parts you want with high quality aftermarket offerings via the secondhand market, Brownells UK or OpticsPlanet (Triggertech trigger, Gre-Tan firing pin, various bottom metals like Badger and Hawkins, stocks like HS Precison or a chassis, even a prefit barrel if you are feeling brave!)
You can do the same on a Tikka but they hold their value better, don't have the same range of parts available and are usually more expensive.
Of course, getting someone to do the above for you will cost silly money. But I have attended a box-opening course...
watch what you spend on improving a Remington. Been there done that years ago ! perhaps if you have already blueprinted the action , fitted a quality barrel , new stock that's bedded on pillars, bigger /better recoil lug a top aftermarket trigger etc, etc then mods like this might be worthwhile. It just comes a Remington with too much time and money put into it
if its just the one modification not so bad , rifles are just better today
if its just the one modification not so bad , rifles are just better today
Ronin
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There’s nothing - absolutely nothing wrong with the Rem 700 action
They are simply not “en vogue”
Bit like a 260 in the world of man buns
For decades it shot superbly in skilled hands and achieved in competition, practice and killing
Upgrades are available - they do enhance the user experience (better trigger, lighter fire control, wider recoil lug etc which all improve the accuracy potential (repeatable accuracy)
Custom actions already provide these or some of the enhancements including a side bolt release which is a difficult improvement and time consuming to do (when the standard plate bolt stop simply works )
So unless you buy an action with this work done - I wouldn’t seek to get it done I can’t see the benefit really
Tikka have gradually “improved” their actions from M55:65 to the current T3 mainly for economic reasons but whatever they have done simply works and works well
They’ve got it right with the t3 which is a true do all
As scotch has said there are newer designed actions now that allow bolt face changes at relatively low cost (the Bighorn and ARC offerings all allow this ) and coupled with proper extraction allow for a formidable range of features
At the end of the day though , any of these actions will and can provide bench rest accuracy
It’s the end user that defines how the weapons potential is applied
Pic one , learn and use it
They are simply not “en vogue”
Bit like a 260 in the world of man buns
For decades it shot superbly in skilled hands and achieved in competition, practice and killing
Upgrades are available - they do enhance the user experience (better trigger, lighter fire control, wider recoil lug etc which all improve the accuracy potential (repeatable accuracy)
Custom actions already provide these or some of the enhancements including a side bolt release which is a difficult improvement and time consuming to do (when the standard plate bolt stop simply works )
So unless you buy an action with this work done - I wouldn’t seek to get it done I can’t see the benefit really
Tikka have gradually “improved” their actions from M55:65 to the current T3 mainly for economic reasons but whatever they have done simply works and works well
They’ve got it right with the t3 which is a true do all
As scotch has said there are newer designed actions now that allow bolt face changes at relatively low cost (the Bighorn and ARC offerings all allow this ) and coupled with proper extraction allow for a formidable range of features
At the end of the day though , any of these actions will and can provide bench rest accuracy
It’s the end user that defines how the weapons potential is applied
Pic one , learn and use it
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Looks like they are trying to copy what the Rem clones have added:
And for the UK landed price I'd rather not!
Shame as Remington seem to have lost their way after multiple bankruptcies.
Well, they could have just called it the Alpha 1 (terrible name), as it has very little to do with the original 700 anymore.
Won't drop into a stock inlet for the 700.
Bolt head has been changed, looks like they took notes from Bergara/Savage with the extractor
Firing pin hole looks massive, could be wrong but certainly looks oversize for those wanting to use small rifle primers.
Weird choice of a vertical trigger blade for a stock with a conventional type of grip...
But anyway, proof is in the pudding. If they land in shops for less than £2k, I'd say it's worthwhile, but have heard figures closer to £3k which is Sako 90 money... another rifle I want nothing to do with!
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