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Originally Posted by Interesting
Peregrino,
I am not interested in getting into a flame with anyone here. Maybe I am reading too much into your post. You are. There was a fair amount of "tongue in cheek" in my initial sentences.
Anyways, no you can no longer buy a Rem 721 extractor, nor does Rem make them anymore, Remington gunsmiths confirmed that and in Brownells Gunsmith Kinks, #4 page 342, it says that, " Rem 721/722 extractors are no longer available." Remington is actively engaged in R&D, you're probably going to see the 700 adopt a couple of features from the 721 in the near future. There are several factors that I have looked at that have convinced me that I am not going to mess around with the extractor on this rifle. First and foremost is that without putting out alot of money for a mod to fix it or putting in a sub-standard, but workable part; is just not what I am willing to do with my late father's gun that was handed down to me. The reason I am looking for another rifle is that I want to keep this Rem 721 as original when my dad gave it to me for a family keepsake. Forget everything I said about modifying this rifle - I must have missed the family heirloom portion of your problem statement.
No where in any of my posts have I alluded to that I knew what I was doing. Just asking questions and wanting to know information about precision rifles. I never claimed to be a gunsmith or anything of the sort. I play around doing some of it but ONLY on my rifles, my little hobby. I believe if you can't fix it you should not be using it. I have built both of my AR's and they are great little rifles that shoot just fine. I am sure they out-shoot me. Am I a gunsmith NO, just like fixing/building MY OWN rifles.
I am not looking to do any mods to this rifle at all, hence my OP and asking questions about precision rifles.
Thank you for your time and information Peregrino and most of all, Thank you for your service. It's all good. When you get it, enjoy your new Rem 700 in 30-06 or 300WM or 300 WSM or whatever - and remember - I was serious when I said survival is about the "high percentage" shot. And if you do need to use your father's rifle, a 700 bolt assembly can be made to work in a 721.
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