Remington 788
I have a picture of my dad from 1973 holding an antelope and the rifle he shot it with. He wrote on the picture that the antelope was shot with a 6mm. The rifle he is holding looks exactly like a Remington 788 except it looks like it has a stainlees(or stainless color)bolt and trigger gaurd. The clip is black or is bluing like on a regular rifle as I know 778s to be and the barrel is also the bluing as on a regular rifle. The wood on the rifle has a blond colored finish.
Did Remington 788s ever come with a stainless or stainless colored bolt and trigger gaurd?
Did Remington 788s ever come with a stainless or stainless colored bolt and trigger gaurd?
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I have a Remington 788 in 22-250. From what I read Remington quit making the less expensive 788 to sell more expensive 700's. The 788 was and is a very accurate rifle. I can attest to the rifle's accuracy as my 22-250 is a TACKDRIVER. With the proper handloads it easily shoots sub moa groups. At some point I am going to shoot the barrel out of this gun. Has anybody heard of anybody making custom guns off of this action? or rebarreling a 788? Is that possible due to the way the barrel/action was manufactured? 0 -
No, not to my knowledge. It could just have been worn off maybe? Or just the way the light was striking it? Couple of thoughts. 0 -
Nope it is easy to see that it is silver or stainless color. It would have been a fairly new rifle if not brand new there would have been no wear.
Is there another rifle that looks like the 788s that have a clip and barrel that is regular bluing and have a stainless bolt?0
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