BTW, did a couple 700s for a friend using the same approach, bed where the action screws pull the action against the stock and float everywhere else. Came out surprisingly good. Adjusted triggers to minimum and we worked up loads. Astoundingly accurate though the barrels did like a little upward pressure.

I test trigger safety by bouncing a rubber mallet around the action simulating a fall or drop. If you ever want to feel exceedingly stupid do this with a 700 and look at the action trying to figure out what's wrong with this picture. Then glance at the floor and see the bolt handle. laugh And wonder how am I gonna explain this one. (Bad braze job of course.)


The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh

Which explains a lot.