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Any recent experience with the quality of the inletting coming out of Richards for a 700 action? They advertise a 99% inlet for a 700, but I’m curious if that’s actually the case. I don’t mind sanding and finishing the stock, but I’d prefer for the action to fit well from the get go. | ||
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I would plan on bedding it from the get go. less head aches. | |||
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I am definitely going to have it pillar and glass bedded. But just want to make sure it would even be worth the time to do that. | |||
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I use lots of them; they are not drop in; you do not want that anyway. Just get out your inletting tools and black, and spend a few hours on it. Few dozen I mean. If you want a tight fit that is. If you want a "one size fits all" then that it won't take as long. | |||
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I heard an old joke by gunsmiths; 99% inletting means 99% of the easy part is done and 99% of the hard part is left.  Mike Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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I just hog out enough to have plenty of room for the glass bedding. And end up with a perfect fit. | |||
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I have bedded plenty of stock by "hogging out" an action and glass bedding. I also have a lot of custom guns long range rifles bedded by pros; the difference is you can't see the bedding material when done by a smith, nor are there Dremel tool marks on the outside of the stock (oops). | |||
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i've used a few richards stocks - never been happy with them - much better off finding a nice blank and sending it to paul(ramrod 340) to have it duplicated - much much better work plus better wood and very little price difference | |||
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My experience is that you will definitely get get better wood at a good price from Richards. For example their xx walnut is less than $200, shaped. I only have my own patterns because Richards does not have the ones I like such as the original Rigby and Oberndorf ones. | |||
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Haven't used Richards for years. But, since I charge $125 to duplicate and I've done work for dpcd I would feel comfortable taking his word for it. As usual just my $.02 Paul K | |||
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I definitely in the camp of more worried about how they shoot then look. And saving money | |||
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Hog it out fill with glass simply make a tight fit the top 1/16" No bedding showsAs usual just my $.02 Paul K | |||
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Inletting is the easiest part of stock making, just go slow and scrape out the black part and know some tricks!  I taught a 14 year old kid to inlet while he was hanging around wanting to build a stock for himself, he did a great job, built a number of stocks then moved back East. His father was a military man..great kid, lost track of him some 30 years ago. I used a few of Richards stocks, usually the Obendorf design in a higher quality wood, He did good by me on them..For a simi finished stock they were excellent, but I didn't use his drop ins.. But, I prefer to send my pattern and stock blank to Dennis Olson or just do it myself on a mill and over work myself with inletting tools and a rasp. You can take wood out but you can't put it back..Ive never seen a simi finished stock that was correct, but they can be excellent using, hunting rifles. CNC seems to have added a new dimension to pre turned stocks, or so Ive been told..In my case its an old hobby and I enjoy starting from scratch most of the time..and that adds greatly to the price. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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