Originally Posted by alpinecrick
Originally Posted by ingwe
If they don't malfunction in the field ( and they haven't) then I'm happy! grin
But on the same vein, I've never encountered a plethora of other problems I keep hearing about...extractors on m700s,bolt handles coming off, etc......so maybe I've just been lucky ( that hasn't carried on to other facets of life neccessarily!)
Long as I'm on it, I just found and bought my wife a 722 in .222 in minty shape, and it shoots so well, I can see where the cartridge got its reputation...
Ingwe


You know......I currently have 14 M700's/721's/722's. I have a late 70's M700 Classic that I've run around 3000 rounds through it--mostly full-house hunting rounds. Those rifles have been carried on horseback in a scabbard, bounced off trees, backpack hunted, and bounced around in the pickup--I've never had a bolt handle break off, never had an extractor break.

Maybe it's just good karma..........


Casey


More likely it's because they are stock. Letting "gunsmiths" booger them up, is the quickest way to ruination.

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