What does it say about a production rifle when you have 14 pages of aftermarket fixes and hacks in Brownells Catalog? The true cost of owning a 700, making it perform like it should have from the get-go, is buying all the aftermarket parts and pieces. PT&G I guess is making bolts...apparently with handles that stay on, that is quite a marketing concept. Judging from what is NOT in Brownells for 700's...I will readily admit that the ejector plunger, spring and pin are darn good, but everything else has a cornucopia of replacement pieces...so the market must be pretty brisk.
Same could be said for the 870, Mossberg 500 or 1911.
Same for trucks, cars and Harley Davidsons, a lot of them being modified as well.
Most 700s probably don't need anything but as humans we can't keep our dick skinners off of things and have to modify everything.
