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Alvaro Piqueras Alonso-Lamberti

I´m thinking that this will be my next improvement to my rifles, if time, money and wife permits.

But here is difficult to find a good gunsmith to do that so, before to make the effort and investment, want to know your thoughts and experiences.

It seem to be a good idea to truing the action. But I think that square the receiver can help only if the lug and barrel are allso squared. Maybe that´s the reason to buy an aftermarket recoil lug (like Nathan´s M700 in the "7 practical" article). Otherwise, I don´t know the benefits of an aftermarket recoil lug. And never hear about barrel being trued. I know that the threads were recuted, but what about the "faces" of the barrel (inside the threads and the part wich contacts the lug)?

Im thinking in get a PTG truing kit (https://shop.pacifictoolandgauge.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=74_75&products_id=215), bt don´t know if this can be "easy" done at home, by hand, or the result will be not better (even worst) than before. It´s better to do it on a mill?

Some of you know thaqt i´m having troubles with a M700 sendero rifle, some of them concerning the action/bolt. Is an aftermarket bolt a good improvement? If so, why?

Last, there are aftermarket M700 bolts featuring a sako style extractor. Or gunsmiths that upgrades factory bolts. What are the benefits of this stractors?

Nathan, have you thinked of this to add to your accurising services? I know trueflite trued your M700, why you didn´t do that at home?

Lots of questions, i know, but maybe very usefull to some.