REM 700 receiver finish options

[Drago6]

Hey guys, I'm ordering the 2 receivers for the builds I'm planning; 6.5cm and .300wm, both in AICS 2.0 Chassis

I'm seeing 3 options for the REM 700 receivers, "blued", "stainless", and "carbon steel", I cant find a manufacturer page listing the differences and havent had much luck on google. Is there one that is "better"? I plan on having the action/barrel in matching cerakote

Side note: is it worth paying extra for the "trued and lapped" option or is that something the gunsmith doing the assembly can do?

Appreciate any feedback! First venture into "building" a bolt setup so trying to learn as i go

 

[spife7980]

If youre cerakoting it all I dont see the point in paying for a stainless upgrade. And wouldnt the blued be the same thing as the carbon steel?

I have one 700 action trued and one not. Just depends on if its worth it to you. I wold see what actually is entailed in his truing. Some truing jobs will alter the threads making the prefit barrel nut barrel craze non compatible. If you dont care or would continue to send it to a smith to measure and cut the barrel then its no big deal.

 

[Drago6]

If youre cerakoting it all I dont see the point in paying for a stainless upgrade. And wouldnt the blued be the same thing as the carbon steel?

I have one 700 action trued and one not. Just depends on if its worth it to you. I wold see what actually is entailed in his truing. Some truing jobs will alter the threads making the prefit barrel nut barrel craze non compatible. If you dont care or would continue to send it to a smith to measure and cut the barrel then its no big deal.

The company had both the blued and carbon steel listed so I don’t think it was a redundancy, the carbon looked gloss black like nitride but there were no details as to what “carbon” actually entailed