Gale: You should actually call the process of "truing" an action "UN-blueprinting," since it changes the blueprint specifications for the rifle. No production weapon should be changed so that it will no longer accept replacement factory parts, unless you stamp the vital information into the barrel , receiver and bolt with adequate warnings.
I have read the books, articles and engaged in long discussions with riflesmiths, but to date nobody has come up with an un-blueprinted rifle that shoots better than my out of the box 700. I don't understand why you feel that this alteration is the right thing to do when it bastardizes a rifle. What possible advantage can it have for the shooter? (I can see an advantage for the gunsmith.)
But, perhaps that comes from being primarily a pistolsmith.
[This message has been edited by John Lawson (edited October 23, 1999).]