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Gunsmithing Custom action

Longrange****

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Sep 24, 2006
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Ok, I have this idea. What I cant find is a builder that actually lists the specs that Im looking for. Here is what Im trying to find and hopefully one of you know off the top of your head a company that either makes this or can make it.

What Im looking for:

-Rem 700 Footprint
-Left handed
-Left AND right Ports for loading
-Right Eject
-MUST be a repeater

-MUST be affordable....something in the price range of the Stiller Tac30, I think its nuts to pay $2000 for an action.
 
Re: Custom action

I have thought about that too and have really wondered how detrimental that really is to accuracy. I mean if its correctly bedded and torqued down with a solid one piece base does it really matter?

And if it really does tweak like we are all told wouldnt it be a repeatable tweak? I mean your barrel tweaks too and that is a given but repeatable effect.
 
Re: Custom action

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: longrange****</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have thought about that too and have really wondered how detrimental that really is to accuracy. I mean if its correctly bedded and torqued down with a solid one piece base does it really matter?

And if it really does tweak like we are all told wouldnt it be a repeatable tweak? I mean your barrel tweaks too and that is a given but repeatable effect. </div></div>

Repeatability is more important to stiffness up to a point. The trade-offs and governing behavior are far more complicated than a forum reply warrants and I've tried to address it in pieces here before with little justice done to the topic. I'll skip the way I think about this to just say that "yes, it is done".

You can get that action from BAT, Nesika, Pierce, Kampfield, among others. When you demand a specific set of features in a product that isn't a high volume item it soon turns into a large $$ investment for what is considered normal. Remember that the people making these things do still need to make money on the deal and when you want something radically different (dual port, left hand, right eject) you are asking for different tooling to be setup. Much of that increase in cost is the fact that you're paying for tooling change, and that's a expensive venture.

I believe Barnard makes exactly what you want for about $1400 (exchange rate dependent). Call MTGuns about it, they're the US Importer. The only hiccup is the inlet, but if you're getting this rifle built it should be an easy process for the builder to tweak the inlet for the larger Barnard tube.

 
Re: Custom action

I'm not a metalurgist and dont know how much it would affect the action, but I would think you could use a standard left hand Rem 700 action and have the other side of the ejection port milled to match. If you then used a heavy steel scope base and had it TIG welded to the front and rear of the action it would give you the support you lost from maching away the bridge. Have the whole unit ceracoated and it would look like it was made that way.

But find the best welder you can as he will need to be carefull with the heat or else he can damage and weaken the steel.

as I said, I am by no means a metalurgist or a machinist, but I would think it could be done.