My concern centers on the FACT that many times the stock and/or the bottom metal is inletted poorly and interferes with the trigger to one degree or another.
FACT? 'Many times'? Huh, strange.. I've encountered maybe two (I can only really remember one, and it was a Remmy. Due to the recoil lug shifting or not aligned from the factory. That doesn't happen in a M70) rifles in ten years that had stock/trigger/inlet issues and neither one was a M70.. The other several hundred bolt rifles I've had in were just fine in that regard..
If you don't have the customers complete rifle how would you know? To me it's a no-brainer to have the complete rifle in your hands whenever you are doing any type of work ...
'any' is different from 'trigger job'. If there's firing, feeding, accuracy, ejection, yadayada etc.., then the entire rifle is shipped.
....and the difference in cost for shipping isn't worth worrying about. What does it cost to have them return it because it doesn't work right in the stock you told them not to send?
Hey, it's your money... If you want to spend $80 for an operation that can be done for under $50, be my guest.. Oh, and if it still doesn't work, the shipping is MY cost, not theirs.. No one's had to take me up on that one yet..
And since we are agreeing to disagree I would also question your comment about a Winchester 70 trigger being less susceptible to firing due to a bounce than are Remington triggers.
A 'properly' done M70 trigger job will result in a trigger withstanding much more inertia before tripping than a Remington unit.
I've done both. It's due to the difference in design and where the adjustment springs are located.
I know you're concerned about this, obviously. Nothing at all wrong with that. But I do this full time for a living.. Do you? Oh, and btw, changing the spring to a lighter one WILL result in less inertia being needed to lose the sear.. NOT the way to do it..
Best to you...