Originally Posted by
Savage_99
Sell that old design and get a new rifle with a soft pad, 3 way safety that controls the firing pin and maybe even CRF!
The Kimber, Ruger and other rifles are not all that expensive.
Nobody wants push feed like the M700 and the weak extractor and brazed on bolt handle that they have.
I guess that makes me a Nobody as I have 2 Rem M700s that have each been to Africa twice where they killed 34 African animals including the Cape Buffalo in my avatar. I've also used them for Montana elk and antelope and Canadian caribou and Musk ox, two of which made the B&C record book. Yep, those M700 rifles are terrible and Nobody wants one.
Oh, and my .300 Weatherby Vanguard is also push feed and has a two position safety just like the M700 Remingtons. It is getting ready to make it's second trip to Africa where it will add to it's list of animals that also include a couple of Montana bull elk, a New Zealand Stag and Tahr and ...