Re: truing a rem 700??
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: AZPrecision</div><div class="ubbcode-body">But as far as the bolt slop statement, does that play into anything at all after truing a Remy action and bolt to the ".000x"?
Do you need to remove most bolt slop to really get what you want from the all truing you just did? If I picture everything in-line, trued, the bolt would need to be floating centered in the raceway wouldnt it? It doesnt.
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From my experience no I don’t agree with the statement entirely, that single point cutting is going to show the best accuracy, with or without bolt slop. There are too many other variable to even prove this.
Bolt slop can hurt accuracy but how much slop and in what type of rifle are you building? And would the average shooter see any difference? In a field or tactical rifle my experience tells me no.
Again it depends on what type of rifle you are going to build. BR rifle or field rifle. Bolt sleeving and all that was a BR thing along with receiver sleeving back in the day before there were so many custom actions. In a BR rifle where one needs to shoot in the 1's all the time every time then as tight and smooth of a tolerance you can get is going to be beneficial. In a filed or tactical rifle no. (I don't necessarily call some types of BR shooting, shooting either, but that's another story)
Ever see a tight tolerance tactical rifle fail in the field while it's being utilized like it should. Look around there are a few videos on the Hide of just those rifles coming to screeching halt from just a little bit of dust and dirt. Tight is not always good or necessary, and if the rifle is prone to fail then who really cares how tight one made it?
Think about what happens when a round goes off, where the pressure goes and what is occurring that would affect accuracy. If it all or mostly depended on the receiver for accuracy why then do rail guns shoot so well when there is no receiver to speak of to begin with?
Again one is talking apples and oranges when it comes to tight tolerances in relation to a BR or field rifle. Yes they are become intertwined but that’s because of the internet not reality.
If on comes to me and is expecting a field or tactical rifle to shoot in the 1 or 2’s I politely send them to someone else. The reliability of the rifle is not going to be there and most shooters can’t hold 1’s and 2’s outside of BR anyway, so they will be disappointed when they can’t do it and blame the rifle.
