It does sound like your custom Model 700 is a really good weapon - I am envious - but you'll pardon me if I prefer my old '14..
Semper Fi
“...It does sound like your custom Model 700 is a really good weapon...”
Nothin’ wrong with the 14 for sure. It’s a proven rifle, both in battle and in competition. But I like my .264.
I was taught to shoot a Winchester 22-02 single shot at the early age of 5 by a WWII Marine BAR rifleman (my father). I’ve been “plinking” ever since. BTW, he recently (last month) was the recipient of the Congressional WWII Medal for his service during the invasion of Okinawa. He’s 87 now. As far as we know, he’s the last surviving member of his unit.
I shoot left-handed so my 700’s action originated from a brand-new youth model LH .243. I pretty much copied the rifle on page 7 in the link on my first post. I had the lugs and barrel facing surfaces machined true and built the rest of it myself. I installed a Jewel trigger, Benny Coolie muzzle brake drilled for LH, a 3-groove Lilja barrel (waited almost a year for that thing. Rumor was Navy Seals had first dibs. Not sure if that was just a rumor or true. Waited long enough for it to be true....lol), HS Precision stock (waited forever for a LH one, but finally got it), Night Force scope, and the list goes on. I hand-load every round precisely the same for this particular barrel. This rifle likes the 123-gain Lapua Scenar at 3000 fps the best. It’s low recoil and the ballistic coefficient of the .264 123-grain Lapua makes even this blind old man shoot good...lol. I just don’t get as much time as I would like to these days, but still enjoy it when I do. Sometimes, I wish I had this rifle when I was younger and could see something.