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Vintage remington 700 question

skyhigh_seller
I have a 6 digit 700 and bbl is marked Stainless Steel.

Is the receiver SS also? I suspect it is because the blueing matches the bbl and the bolt has not turned plum.

The blueing has some blotchy spots (receiver mainly)and I want to know if/how blueing can be removed. Can i just bead blast the barreled action and have a nice SS matte finish?

I don't know if I will do it or not but would like to know my options.

Thanks experts.
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  • mrbruce
    I doubt the action is SS, they did use SS on the barrels of a few hot magnums if I recall.
    You can bead blast the complete barreled action, and then clear coat it.
    I did that to a XP-100 years ago and it still fools a lot of folks...
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  • wpage
    Sometimes that coloration adds to the character of a older piece. Whatever you do test match 1st.
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  • robert smith
    all of the old 7 mag remingtons that i have seen with stainless barrels had carbon steel actions.
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  • 5mmgunguy
    Are you saying the barrel is blued? While SS can be blued it never came from the Remington factory that way. The action will be carbon steel. You can bead blast the action but then you will need to protect it by blueing it or coating it with one of the newer hard finishes. As for the barrel, just bead blast and you are done, but if you are coating it with one of the newer coating processes you can coat both the barrel and the action. Some like the Leupold Black Ultra Extreme done by Falcon Finishing are outstanding!
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  • 260
    YES the early 700's in 7 mag were indeed ss. and it came from the factory that way
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  • 260
    i forgot to mention that the receiver is carbon...sorry
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  • TWalker
    All of the vintage M700 magnums with stainless barrels that I have seen had a blued finish on the outside of the barrels. I feel certain that this finish was done at the factory. These were made before bright polished or satin finishes became popular.
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  • Michibay
    Magnum calibers 7mm, 300 and 264 all had stainless barrels until the early 70's. I am not sure about any other magnum calibers.
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  • CapnMidnight
    I have a model 700 BDL in 7 mag that is date coded JP, which is June of 1962, first year of production for both the model 700 and the 7 mag. There is nothing on the barrel about it being stainless, although I didn't take it out of the stock to look. The blueing is still nice and dark on both the action, and barrel. There where several of these early models bought around here by elk hunters back in the day. I remember everyone said the reason they kicked so hard was the stainless barrels. Later we figured out it was the straight stocks that caused the kills at both ends preformance.
    W.D.
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  • Michibay
    CaptMidnight...Perhaps I should have said "some early models"...It is very possible that very first early 700 magnums did not have stainless barrels...I do know there was a time...mid 60's through early 70's...where Remington went with stainless barrels on their magnums. I believe those were all marked stainless.
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