Butch,
Dunno where I said the present 700 actions aren't straight.
My first (and still the most) experience with Sako extractors on 700's occurred with the late Dave Gentry, who installed them routinely--including the one on the .280 Remington he built for me around 1990. He did not install them where they'd line up in the bolt raceway, and in fact installed them in basically the same position relative to the bolt face and lugs as Sako does. Would appreciate hearing why they'd need to be installed so they'd be in the raceway.
John, what other location can they be installed to extract the cartridge. You will see that if you cock your rifle, the Sako is lined up with the right raceway. I figured that you were saying they made as many parts as possible with a punch press. If that wasn't your intent, I apologize.
Now we do know of one Remington 25-06 that won't shoot and after a lot of work and expense, it went down the road.
