REmington 700

blvedere · Apr 2, 2013

Remington 700 in 6 mm remington. This is a truly beautiful rifle and is in like new condition. Is very accurate with handloads ( I don't buy factory ammo). Redding dies and some brass included with sale $650.00 ftf with ID in Vancouver area.

blvedere · Apr 10, 2013

Spitpatch · Apr 11, 2013

A correction, Sir. This gun was most probably manufactured much later than 1964. Machine cut checkering and the squared-off forearm cap are the indicators.

This is no dig on your fine gun. It caught my eye (especially the good caliber), but alas! The river seperates us.

blvedere · Apr 11, 2013

Thanks for the info. I checked the markings on the barrel with the Remington site and came up with that year. Will post barrel marking tomorrow . Please let me know what you come up with.. Thanks.... Tried to add pic of number but couldn't get it to go, but it is stamped XLFG Ser# B6512xxx

Spitpatch · Apr 12, 2013

Cut (by machine) checkering (as seen on your gun) appeared on the 700 series I believe about 1975-1976. Prior to that, and due to economical reasons, checkering was of the "rolled-on" or "pressed-in" variety (of very little functionality for grip, I might add). Also, checkering in the 700 BDL of early manufacture was of "fleur-de-leis" design (curvy, flowery trim). Early guns show a forearm cap of a more conventional design, rounded, rather than the wider type with sharper corners exhibited here, which matches the design change in the forearm itself to a more "beavertail" contour. These newer stocks sit on sandbags ever so much better than the old design, and the checkering actually works as a friction source for handling. I believe the "skip-line" machine cut checkering seen here is even a more recent feature. My BDL of 1976 with cut checkering was not skip-line, and I had a .300 Magnum BDL lurking around here in year 2001 or so (that was almost new) that showed identical checkering to your gun.