remington 700 sleave....

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Anyone know where I can find a sleeve for a 700 short action? I have an older 700 that looks pretty rough. It's functional, but has some pitted areas on it. I was thinking of sleeving it and building a rifle with. Not really a BR gun, just something for some informal target shooting varmint hunting. I know SG&Y used to make them, but they are out of business last I heard. I could make one myself, but haven't ever done it before, and didn't know if anyone was currently making one or had one in stock as they don't seemed to be used much. Thanks. ~Jackson
 
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Jackson~in~GA said:
Anyone know where I can find a sleeve for a 700 short action? I have an older 700 that looks pretty rough. It's functional, but has some pitted areas on it. I was thinking of sleeving it and building a rifle with. Not really a BR gun, just something for some informal target shooting varmint hunting. I know SG&Y used to make them, but they are out of business last I heard. I could make one myself, but haven't ever done it before, and didn't know if anyone was currently making one or had one in stock as they don't seemed to be used much. Thanks. ~Jackson
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Was asked on one of the forums recently. Do a search in the archives here, I'm sure you will find out.

Most will steer you away from sleeving an action and direct you to buying a used rifle that is made for the shooting you want to do. This is good advice.
 
Jackson--try Mickey Comeman @ Coleman rifles, If he can't do it he can tell you where to go...
 
Why not sleeve?

I'm just wondering, what is the disadvantage (or advantage) of using a sleeve? I have one sleeved 700 long action. It's for a 6.5/284 prone gun and this rifle drives nails. I do wonder if the sleeve makes any difference. The only tangible advantage I know of is that the weaver rail built into the top of the sleeve is handy for slapping the scope on when I make that occasional switch from iron sights. Now that I'm thinking about it, I believe the other advantage is supposed to be the increased bedding surface.

I remember way back when I asked for this sleeve because it "made the action stiffer" or at least that is probably what I read in Precision Shooting. (It may have been in the legendary articles on Canyon Shooting and that really makes me wonder why I did it.) Does it really?:confused: And if so, is this really an advantage? I have long wondered if the wonderfully trued 700 long action wouldn't have worked just as well without the sleeve.:eek:

Thanks!
 
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Rem 700 sleeved or not ?

I have one Rem 700 short unsleeved and one 700 long sleeved. Both have been trued and sqared with match barrels as good as they get. The short one is chambered in 25-08 Improoved McMillan stock and slightly lighter than a Sendero. It shoots better than can be expected for a gun capable of taking down game up to elk. I have never shot 5-5 aggregate with it as that never was the purpose of the rifle but judging by the numerous 3 shot groups in the 2s and 5 shot groups in the 2s and 3s I would belive it is a honest sub .500 rifle. The sleeved one is chambered in 25-06 Improoved with laminated wood stock in BR configuration and Basix 2-5 oz trigger. It has a full diameter HV barrel. It shoots pretty good but then again it should, given the advantage of BR stock and trigger. I might perhaps get a bit smaller aggregate with it but basically it doesnt add anything to the short one as a varmint or hunting tool. Ballistic it surprisingly close 75 gr bullet at 3900 from the short one 4000 plus with the long one 100 gr bullet 3300 fps from the short one and 3600 from the longer action rifle.
So is it worth wile to sleeve an action ? I would say no. Firstly one probably would not feel the difference in accuracy except perhaps in a Benchrest rifle in a Benchrest caliber and nowadays nobady builts a Benchrest rifle on a sleeved 700. The cost of sleeving such an action is $400 for the action $200 for the sleeve and $200-300 for having it trued and sleeved Total of about $800-900. And you still have only $400-500 action. Building a custom varmint or target rifle one could use Remington clown for $700 and be no worse off or in case of building Benchrest rifle use Panda or any other state of the art custom benchrest action and only have to add $200 and that action would have resell value of some $500 more than the sleeved Rem. For most part I think that sleeving an action is an outdated tecnic and practice. On the other hand if one has a spare 700 action laying around and can do the job himself it might change the equation slightly. Just my $0,02 worth.

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of the action makers make 700 clones that drop into Remington bedding. They come with nice bolt stops and are true and easy to mount scope bases to. They have good bolts and handles vs the Remingtons. Just an easier better way to go to build a rifle in my opinion
 
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Brownell's is selling the old Speedy sleeves which are now made by John Loh at J-J Industries.Davidson sleeves are still sold by Haydons and Bruno's.
Rick Beginski in Washington make a multi-faceted sleeve as well and Haydon's can help you out with that as well.
Click on this link and scroll down to see a Speedy sleeve. www.dragoman.4t.com
Lynn
 
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