Action truing or not?

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Looking for some advice on rebarreling a Rem 700, more specifically if I should be asking that the action be blueprinted/trued when the job gets done.

I have a 223 SPS TAC I’d like to replace with a high quality barrel. How much would I gain, if anything, from spending extra money on the additional work? Is this something I should be asking for, or put top dollar on the barrel and gunsmith and leave the action as is?
 
Definitely blueprint it.

Its amazing the issues many guns, including higher end ones.... have.

If you are going for extreme consistency, the only option is to remove variables, and blueprinting the action is a big step.
 
The vast majority of 700's I re-barrel are first trued (blue printing is a term I don't understand with guns) and the bolt "bumped" and the cocking piece fitted to the sear for the smoothest operation. ($275)

How much does this add to accuracy... I don't know how you would measure it but with a quality barrel fitted and the action bedded properly and a proven scope you know there is nothing left to improve... work a load is it. Depending on the cartridge I would say you get a rifle capable of 1/4... I have seen factory 700's shoot factory ammo in the high .300's... and trued 700's in the .200's... both with the odd group smaller...
 
Noted! I read it first but was looking for very specific info. Thought I’d make a separate inquiry. Thanks
 
Depends on the current condition of the action now. If the surfaces are already true and lugs are making good contact, what are you truing? Some of the newest actions we saw were pretty darn true out of the box... others were well... not so good.

Bolt timing and adding "bumps" will help with lock up as most are sloppy... enough to matter for the average shooter?

Quick way to test condition of the action is to measure how square the fired case is to the case centerline. If it is square, then there isn't much to improve on. If the base is tilted, then it may need alot of TLC.

Proper case sizing will likely be more beneficial in the long run...YMMV

Jerry
 
I should add... I often get an inquiry asking if I could 'check' how far out the action may be before truing... the answer is it actually takes considerably longer to set up and check and measure what is out and where than it takes to simply set up and true it... and I only do Remington 700's...
 
guntech said:
I should add... I often get an inquiry asking if I could 'check' how far out the action may be before truing... the answer is it actually takes considerably longer to set up and check and measure what is out and where than it takes to simply set up and true it... and I only do Remington 700's...
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Makes sense. Sounds like a very thorough approach. Wether it makes a difference is TBD but at least one has the peace of mind in the end.
 
kthomas said:
Money is better spent on a better action, then it is upgrading a Remington.

Not a great value proposition, IMO.
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I don't know if it is always better spent, it certainly is $pent though... the argument I hear the most is the custom action retains a greater value on resale... and it should, it usually costs a lot more... especially in Canada... and may be no more accurate.
 
kthomas said:
Money is better spent on a better action, then it is upgrading a Remington.

Not a great value proposition, IMO.
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Unless there is only so much money to go around.

Where does one get the most bang for the buck? From the barrel or action?
 
guntech said:
I don't know if it is always better spent, it certainly is $pent though... the argument I hear the most is the custom action retains a greater value on resale... and it should, it usually costs a lot more... especially in Canada... and may be no more accurate.
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An action does a lot more then to make an accurate system.

Besides potential resale value, there are a lot of other reasons to pick a custom action over a mass produced factory one.
 
You can still get the odd 700 action for 400-500$...add 275 to true and still a pretty good deal. It will run with all the top dogs. That said I use a bighorn tl3 just cause I can lol
 
I’ve had dozens of custom rifles built with lots of factory actions and custom actions as well, if you have the gun apart to install a new barrel it’s a no brainer, have the factory action trued/squared, why spend the money on a match grade barrel and possibly have the action untrue ? Have it trued up and remove the possibility of issues.

A gunsmith I know says some factory actions are awful and some are really good, he says every custom action I’ve brought him has been excellent.
 
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