Gunsmithing What Remington 700 SAs use the .308 bolt face?
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USMCsean said:
Any factory rifle in the following calibers:
22-250
243
260
7-08
308
Short action 223 is not a .473 bolt face which 308win etc all are.
Ok. My plan is to look for any SA with a .308 bolt face, regardless of caliber to use as the donor. If I can't find one, I was going to expand my search and just get any SA and sell the bolt. Then use the $$$ to help purchase a PTG made bolt. Am I way off base? Or do you guys see this as a way of getting what I need to get what I want?
Sean,
With all due respect, if you do not know the answer to your question, you have no business building a rifle from a need standpoint. (It is clearly your right to do so.) Get some experience and do some shooting. The more you know, the better your build will end up. And, you may find you do not need to do a build at all.
With all due respect, if you do not know the answer to your question, you have no business building a rifle from a need standpoint. (It is clearly your right to do so.) Get some experience and do some shooting. The more you know, the better your build will end up. And, you may find you do not need to do a build at all.
Then buy any factory 700 chambered in 22-250, 243, 260, 7-08 or 308. All those are short action cartridges using a .473 bolt face, often referred to as "standard bolt face".
17 Rem, 204 Ruger, 221 Fireball, 223/5.56, and 300 AAC are short action cartridges that have a .378 bolt face, often referred to as "223 bolt face".
Factory 700 LONG actions can also have a .473 bolt face, for chamberings like 270, 280, 30-06.
What *exactly* are you hoping to build, and who are you planning to have build it?
I appreciate the help from everyone. I find this place has a wealth of knowledge. On the surface, I would agree whole heartedly that I shouldn't be building a gun if I didn't know what I'm doing. And I really don't. Which is why I am having someone who i know you would all agree is more than competent. If he chooses to reply, I'll leave that to him.
I am just on the hunt for parts, and I am responsible for getting it all together and shipped to him for the build. He hasn't been on lately, so he may be indisposed. Which is why I am asking the questions. Otherwise, he may have answered them. But they get them in the required configuration already. Not like me. Lol. I'm just after the action.
And this will eventually be an M40A3 or M40A5.
I am just on the hunt for parts, and I am responsible for getting it all together and shipped to him for the build. He hasn't been on lately, so he may be indisposed. Which is why I am asking the questions. Otherwise, he may have answered them. But they get them in the required configuration already. Not like me. Lol. I'm just after the action.
And this will eventually be an M40A3 or M40A5.
I dunno, if I were looking for a "bargain" action in an M700 foot print, I'd just get a Stiller (the cheapest after market 700 clone I can think of at the moment). I wouldn't go through the trouble of tracking down a stock action, only to put a bunch of work into and swap out a bolt, et.
How close to the real deal do you want to build it? That will affect your receiver choice.
Go to Walmart and buy a 243 or 22-250 etc for $420 and strip it and sell off the scraps. Best way to get yourself a new rem action.
If that were true, then you wouldn't be looking for an action.
Both versions have fairly small serial number ranges. Finding a close serial number available to the public will be the hard part.
+1 on that.
You mentioned starting with a short action set up for .223. Aside from the bolt face, you would have to change the feed rails as well. At that point it's really not worth it when one can find an action as common as a R700 with a .473 bolt face.
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