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I'm not sure it's possible to make a bolt gun look any cheesier than the one in that GunBroker ad. My God, what an abomination. By all means buy a M700, just not that one.
Seems the common thread these days when dealing with firearms that have been around for awhile is to buy the oldest one you can afford. This holds true for the M700 as well. The nicest one I ever owned was an original first year BDL in 7mm mag. I still kick myself for selling it. It was not only beautiful, it shot 150 grain Sierras and Noslers (seated over a stiff charge of H4831 or RL22) into the same ragged hole at 200 yards all day long.
The newer ones I've had have all been sold with no regrets. Fit, finish, and accuracy never matched that old 7mm mag. Even Kenny Jarret, of "beanfield rifle" fame, quite using M700 actions about ten years ago. Of course he's not worried about the same things I am as far as fit and finish, since he is only using them to build his own rifles, but he became dissatisfied with them from the standpoint of precision. It just wasn't up to previous standards anymore. Quality had slipped and they needed too much work to clean up. Remington are resting on their laurals. If you can't find a '60's or '70's M700, buy the Savage instead.
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Jeff
'72 911T 3.0 MFI
'93 Ducati 900 Super Sport
"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
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