2005 SPS receiver machining is acceptional... square within .0005 - .001 on all dimensions i measured on bolt and receiver... threads were tight and in the lathe everything was pretty concentric and had less than .001 runout. bolt only touched on one lug though... had to lap them together. rebarrelled with a Douglas XX Tube in 35 Whelen AI, just finished the gun up this past weekend except fitting the recoil pad... has about 80 rounds through it and keep shooting better and better with each round of 5... gun was cleaned up and blued, as delivered it was pretty rough...
When i picked up the barrelled action i had blued last friday i traded my sig 229 even up for a Grice commissioned 700 CDL in 35 Whelen.... i have not shot this gun yet but appearancewise... it meets or exceeds my older classic and BDL. the bore is pretty smooth and chatter free... i have not had a really good opportunity to do any trigger work, stock fitting or lug lapping... it is as it came from the box less some new Leupold QR bases... maybe this weekend we'll get a chance to begin breaking the barrel in
Thanks for the info looks as if they are going back on the right track. I think the CDL as well is gorgeous and looks like a rifle should.