Gunsmithing remington 700 action

[XHODZAX]

where can i buy remington 700 long action alone ???
or any other suggestions ???
i want to build 7mm rem mag rifle with 26 barel and mcmillan a3 or similar stock
so i want to start with the action
where do i get one?
thanks

 

[THUNDERBOLT68]

Re: remington 700 action

I would just call stiller and get an action from them you will be better off in long run.

 

[smokshwn]

Re: remington 700 action

+1 if you are building from the ground up it is usually cheaper to just pic up a custom action in the first place.

Stiller, Surgeon, etc all make some very reasonably priced actions

 

[wkt60]

Re: remington 700 action

I agree with the other two posts. If you must have a
Rem 700 action, I paid $475.00 OTD yesterday for a Rem 700 Adl 7mm mag @ Academy Sports. I'll get approx $75-$100 for the takeoff stock & barrel.
I now have approx $ 400.00 net for a new action.
Plus remember $150-$250 to get that trued & still not the quality of an aftermarket action.
Just my opinion.

 

[Onemoretime]

Re: remington 700 action

You can find them in the "firearms for sale" section here on this site. I bought one here not too long ago for about $350 once I have it trued I'll be into it for about $550-$600.

A Stiller Tac300 is about $800ish.

 

[bohem]

Re: remington 700 action

willsnipe has a couple of stainless LA 700's for sale currently, I think one of them is a mag bolt face as well.

If you consider that cost of that vs. a full custom it's a little cheaper, but not a huge amount.

He might has some regular blued actions, I can't speak for him though, it's worth sending him a PM.

If it was me (and I priced this out and did the homework) I would take the Rem 700 LA and have one of the several excellent gunsmith members on here (wnroscoe, robert gradous, 300sniper just to name a few) and ask one of them to blueprint the action and chamber the barrel.

If you have some mechanical abilities and can bed the stock yourself by all means, go for it, it's not hard.

Also, you need to decide on the barrel contour and what bullets you plan to shoot with it. If you bought the long action I'd personally chamber it in 7 WSM or 7/300 WSM and forget the 7 RM just to avoid the belted case. Personal preference more than anything else.

 

[On the way!]

Re: remington 700 action

Iron Brigade Armory has short long and magnum new in box.