This is a review that I did on the Model 783 Varmint that was recently published online. Remington introduced the Model 783 back in 2013 as an alternative hunting rifle to the venerable Model 700 and budget Model 770 that offered good accuracy for an affordable price. Fast forward to the...
My old rifle has an original Remington 700 action with an 0.532 bolt face and chambered in 300rum, with a far too expensive chassis on it. I might keep that bolt and simply get it rebarrelled in 300winmag. Replacing the scope, scope mount, and chassis.
1st time shooting 1 mile. Self spotting with a Phone Skope. Got it done in 10 shots. I might have clipped it high on my 2nd shot. --Rifle: Completely stock Remington 700 Long Range chambered in .30-06 Springfield. Comes with a Bell & Carlson M40 style stock. 26" barrel. --Scope: $200...
Remington 1100 released 1963; your receiver doesn't have a letter pre-fix in the serial # so was produced between 1963 and 1969. The first 1100 pre-fix letter code after the 1968 Gun Control Act was letter "L". While that doesn't help you for exact year its early production. A good very good friend who is a retired Remington Dupont employee, in fact he hired Scott Haines (Nitro27) and have ...
A Donor This project began as a bone stock Remington 700 Long Range model, chambered in 25-06 Remington. While there was nothing wrong with it, it still featured similar barrel design features to the original. Mainly it used a slow barrel twist rate like a 1:10, and the steel barrel was a little heavy for mountain hunting.