I build rifles for a living. I have been doing this for 18 years. I use mostly Remington 700 actions. Law enforcement rifles are a large portion of my business. I have worked on 722/721, early no prefix 700's, all letter prefixes up to the current "G" prefix. While the finish, used now on the budget rifles, leaves something to be desired the accuracy of the dimensions of the newest actions is far better than the older ones. I just did 2 lightweight "Calling Rifles", 1 in 17 Rem and 1 in 17 Javelina, on Model 7 actions. The front of the actions required no attention, nor did the threads, it took mild lapping to ensure full lug contact. Both of these rifles have Pac-Nor Ultra-lite barrels and the owner reports sub 1/2" groups. The kicker for me was that the actions were within .001" of having the same headspace. This could have been my measuring, difference in recoil lugs or, just damn good machining on Rems part. I'll take the new over the old anyday.
Last edited by DocEd; 01/12/12.
