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  • V-Tach

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    I've had this Remington 700 ADL SA (.223) action in the back of the safe for several years and my Son wants me to build a rifle with it for him. He wants a varmint rifle, so that is where I'm headed.

    Disclaimer:

    I am not a gunsmith or a machinist. I do not do commercial work for hire. No one should use this information as a guide for doing this type of work.




    Most of the work will be intended for accuracy and some will be purely cosmetic. While waiting for additional tooling to arrive I have started getting things prepared.

    My son ordered a Green Mountain HB blank 17 in. with 1/12 rifling (.223) unchambered and unthreaded.

    While inspecting the receiver, I noticed the lug contact on one lug is very poor. Uneven lug contact is an accuracy killer. I don't remember where or who I got the action from, but accuracy was probably a problem with it.



    The receiver.......



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    I made an arbor last night to hold the bolt for doing some mill work......and laser marked it...........



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    How the arbor will be used....


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    Whether the stock will be wood, synthetic or chassis hasn't been decided yet. This will definitely be a learning adventure for me...

    Stay tuned.................
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    If you and when you reface the lug area in the receiver would it be shorter as when you do the same on the bolt? If so how do you correct it? Maybe just replace the bolt? As you can tell I know 0 about any process of this! I guess the headspacing could/would take care of the refacing/squaring?
     

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    Yes I will be taking off a bit of the receiver lug faces and also some off the rear bolt lug faces. Both alone could affect headspace, but since we are chambering a new barrel the new dimensions will be accounted for.

    We are talking a couple thousandths of an inch...
     

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    Some of the tooling ordered came in, but I am waiting for a DRO (direct digital readout) that I ordered for the lathe. After I install the DRO, I will continue work on the project.......the DRO will make my life mo betta.........


    Action block, receiver reamer and receiver tap...........

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    Just finished the install. Had to fabricate my own brackets and scale covers.......what came with the DRO was minimal and not really helpful for my installation......took me two days..........had to mount on the front of the cross slide because my carriage lock prevented the install on the back side...


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    Now............ back to work...................
     

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    Dro is handy.

    A trued up 700 is a solid tool imo. Sometimes it’s not cost effective per say because at the end of the day it’s still just a 700. If you’re like me most guns never leave so it’s a solid investment.
     

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    Bolt face cutter arrived...Pacific Tool and Gage makes great stuff, but if it's not in stock...6-8 weeks wait.......

    So....I recut the bolt face............

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    Rather than buying another tool......I turned a steel insert for the bolt face cutter guide and a brass pin/spring on the lathe to ride on the bolt face to apply pressure for lapping the lugs...


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    I lapped the lugs with 200 grit and then 400 grit lapping compound.......

    Still waiting for the floating chamber reamer holder from PT&G to cut the chamber for the barrel.........................
     
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