Remington 700 Receiver

[cre34]

[pacrat]

The "gouges" shown are machine marks left in the "lug recess" when the receiver was manufactured. They are on a "non bearing" surface. And not an issue.

[cre34]

Machine marks, really?

Thanks!

[ar15barrels]

Those marks are from when the receiver raceway was broached.
Almost all 700 receivers have them until the threads are re-cut oversized as part of a real truing job.
If you are keeping your bolt, you can't really true the reciever as the reciever bore will get bigger, making the bolt even sloppier in the reciever than it already is now.
A real truing job will require an oversized bolt to take up the slop.
People used to sleeve bolts to remove the slop but it costs more to re-work a factory bolt now than to just get a new one custom made to your desired dimensions.

[Hateca]

Don’t get all hung up on truing a receiver for accuracy. I’ve built hundreds of rifles and you would be shocked at how screwed up a receiver can be and still shoot better then the nut behind the bolt. Your accuracy is going to come from a good barrel cut with a straight chamber and machined properly.

[kendog4570]

This.

[cre34]

Thanks a lot guys! I appreciate the advice. I’m just now getting into gunsmithing so I’m learning as I go.

[LynnJr]

To true a 700 cost $1100 for the truing kit and most gunsmiths won't spend the money to do it correctly.
Your best bet if you decide to have the action trued is Greg Tannel at Gre-Tan Rifles.

[divingin]

To true a 700 cost $1100 for the truing kit and most gunsmiths won't spend the money to do it correctly.
Your best bet if you decide to have the action trued is Greg Tannel at Gre-Tan Rifles.

And you'll have paid as much, or more, than buying an already-trued custom action.

[cre34]

Damn! That’s crazy expensive.

[Hateca]

And not even close to being needed.

[ar15barrels]

To true a 700 cost $1100 for the truing kit and most gunsmiths won't spend the money to do it correctly.
Your best bet if you decide to have the action trued is Greg Tannel at Gre-Tan Rifles.

I do the receiver work just like Tannel does but I don't charge anywhere near that much as I recommend getting a replacement custom sized bolt instead of reworking the original bolt.

[MSwanSD]

I would sell the receiver and bolt and just go custom. You’ll only end up spending a little more than truing what you have and you won’t have to worry if the gunsmith knows what they’re doing or not. I was in your same spot. Trust me that you will not regret. I went with a Curtis Vector

[ar15barrels]

I would sell the receiver and bolt and just go custom.
You’ll only end up spending a little more than truing what you have

I went with a Curtis Vector

That's deceiving.
Figure on $250 for a custom made bolt and $250 to true a 700 action.
You can sell the old bolt for $150 leaving you around $350 cost.
That's nowhere near the $1400 plus tax and DROS for your custom action of choice even if you sell the old 700 action and bolt for $350 to offset the new action cost.

https://xtremegunsandammo.com/shop/custom-rifle-actions/curtis-custom-for-sale/curtis-custom-vector/

[pacrat]

That's deceiving.
Figure on $250 for a custom made bolt and $250 to true a 700 action.
You can sell the old bolt for $150 leaving you around $350 cost.
That's nowhere near the $1400 plus tax and DROS for your custom action of choice even if you sell the old 700 action and bolt for $350 to offset the new action cost.

https://xtremegunsandammo.com/shop/c...custom-vector/

But for $1,399 you get free shipping.