My only question is...how on earth did they make these 788's to shoot so well and why on earth did they stop making them.
I have often wondered the same, especially when I play with a later M700 based rifle that shoots well until you push it - and the front-locking bolt begins to flex (in order to make full contact with both lugs). Isn't that supposed to be the theoretical (actual/real) problem with rear lockers?
(I never actually learned to shoot centerfire until I hooked up with a M788. Neither the M70 222 or M670 30-06 were ever capable of what that little old, rough-bored 788 was easily capable of regularly. Good rifles.)
