mdwest
AH ambassador
Shoot a 700 enough, you will absolutely wear out an extractor…
A good buddy of mine that was an instructor at the army’s sniper school used to keep a couple of extractors in his pocket at all times… he swapped them out on the school house guns regularly..
I’ve personally had to replace extractors on a Rem 700 in 308 as well as a Rem 600 in 308 (has the same extractor only the 600 uses a rivet to retain it)…
I love an old school 700… have owned a lot of them over the years… when well maintained they can be stellar rifles… accurate, reliable, and sturdy… and…they are affordable…there is a reason the 700 action was the basis for the primary sniper rifle for the Army and the USMC for decades…
But it wouldn’t be my first choice (or even 5th) for a DG rifle…
There are just too many other options that are better in the same price range..
A good buddy of mine that was an instructor at the army’s sniper school used to keep a couple of extractors in his pocket at all times… he swapped them out on the school house guns regularly..
I’ve personally had to replace extractors on a Rem 700 in 308 as well as a Rem 600 in 308 (has the same extractor only the 600 uses a rivet to retain it)…
I love an old school 700… have owned a lot of them over the years… when well maintained they can be stellar rifles… accurate, reliable, and sturdy… and…they are affordable…there is a reason the 700 action was the basis for the primary sniper rifle for the Army and the USMC for decades…
But it wouldn’t be my first choice (or even 5th) for a DG rifle…
There are just too many other options that are better in the same price range..