Rem 700 info

hoyt shooter 16

January 25, 2013 05:08

i have a remington 700 in 22-250 with a heavy barrel blued finish. this is an early model i think somewhere in the 80s my grandfather bought it new back in the day. it has the hard recoil pad and not rubber. my ? is there is no makrings on the barrel such as calliber and all the orhter usal marking on the 700 barrels. was wondering if anyone can tell me why as i am about 95% sure this is a factory barrel my grandfather did have it bored out to an ackley when he bought it

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  charliemeyer007

  January 25, 2013 05:40

  My guess is gramps shot out the factory bbl and hand a replacement fitted. Perhaps who ever did the rechamber messed up bad and required a new bbl instead of setting it back a thread or two.

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  gary wray

  January 25, 2013 05:45

  Went deep into the safe to dig out my Rem 700 Varmit Special heavy barrel (#640xxx) from the early 70's with my old Weaver V12 on top. Lots of "critters" have fallen to that .22-250. Anyway, the barrel is clearly marked on the left side with the Rem Arms info including the caliber so if yours is not, something is "up" so it must have been rebarreled but why the caliber was not put on it is beyond me. Wouldn't shoot it until I ran it down. Great rifle, by the way.

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  Hawk Carse

  January 25, 2013 05:56

  Have you had it out of the stock?
  
  The proper way to convert to AI is to set the barrel back and get a clean chamber with minimum headspace. That might have rotated the barrel more or less than a full turn and put the markings on the bottom.

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  SwanKong

  January 25, 2013 06:34

  quote:Originally posted by Hawk Carse
  Have you had it out of the stock?
  
  The proper way to convert to AI is to set the barrel back and get a clean chamber with minimum headspace. That might have rotated the barrel more or less than a full turn and put the markings on the bottom.
  
  
  Good point, to index the markings would cut WAY more than needed to get the desired throat and chamber for AI...

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  bambambam

  January 25, 2013 06:37

  Either way, any gunsmith should know better to mark the caliber on a gun.[V]
  
  If the markings aren't turned to the bottom, it needs marked!

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  hoyt shooter 16

  January 25, 2013 06:48

  thanks for all the info. i am 100% its a 22-250 ackley as i have put about 600 rounds through it i have owened it since i was 12 years so 13 years i have had it and for some reason today i grabed it to head out and put some fur down and realized it had no markings on the barrel will pull the stock off after i get done hunting to day and see if the markings are moved

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