My new used 722 in 300 Savage

waco

waco

Springfield, Oregon
IMG_1534.JPG IMG_1535.JPG IMG_1536.JPG IMG_1538.JPG IMG_1539.JPG IMG_1543.JPG So I was able to pick this up today from my local gun shop for $225. I've never owned a Remington model 722 but this one seems to be fairly nice. Someone had put a manlicer stock on it and jeweled the bold and the boat handle and added an aftermarket trigger that is quite nice. It wears an old Weaver K4 scope. The bore is bright and shiny and only took a little cleaning to get the remaining copper fouling out of the barrel. I am hoping this will be a dedicated Cast Bullet rifle if I can get it to shoot well. I am not quite sure when the rifle was made maybe one of you guys could help me out on that. The serial # is 258xxx
My dies and brass should be here tomorrow so I can started assembling some loads for her. On a sidenote, the stock is kind of interesting it has a metal for end and I'm a little concerned because the barrel seems to touch parts of the stock from the front of the receiver all the way down towards the muzzle. This could be problematic but I suppose I just need to shoot it and find out. I'm not 100% in love with this stock so if I have to get a new one that will not be the end of the world. I just hope it shoots well.
 
Brad

Brad

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That is awesome. You should find a good load pretty easily.
 
RicinYakima

RicinYakima

High Steppes of Eastern Washington
You are right!! Shoot if before you start cutting on the stock! The metal tip is suppose to be in 100% contact with the barrel with about 5 - 8 pounds up pressure.
 
Ian

Ian

Notorious member
Like the M1/M14 rifles, strung like a bow between action and end cap. Very nice rifle.
 
waco

waco

Springfield, Oregon
RicinYakima said:
You are right!! Shoot if before you start cutting on the stock! The metal tip is suppose to be in 100% contact with the barrel with about 5 - 8 pounds up pressure.
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Really? It is obvious that someone really liked this rifle. The action is like butter and the trigger breaks around 2 pounds with zero creep.
 
Ian

Ian

Notorious member
Definitely looks like she was someone's pride and joy, likely built by someone who knew what they were doing.
 
fiver

fiver

Well-Known Member
that stock say's Bishop to me.
if it don't shoot bed the full length of the barrel, after trying a piece of card stock under the metal cap.
but I have a feeling it will shoot just fine.
 
I

Intheshop

Banned
Cool Waco.

The assumption is that skinny barrels start to walk the group as the shot count goes up.If you buy into that,to whatever degree,which is NOT my point......how or why does a stock pressure point change that in your expectations?

And that's not as funky a question as it sounds.Sporter barrels( pressure point or no),......do,"this",in some folks minds.Yes each brrl is an equation upon it's self.But generally,sporter brrls aren't known as tack drivers over long strings.

From a wood engineering,repeatable science standpoint.....whilst kicking a loaded hornets nest down the lane.IMO,"one" not so small reason manufacturing puts pressure pads on is to keep the skinny cross sectioned fore end straight during inventory time.

Take two "new" rifles on a rack,from a management standpoint.The one with better brrl to stock gap is gonna sell better.Being it's more observed by the casual buyer.In the realm of selling s car with fresh paint.....never mind the mechanical condition,"look at that paint".
 
I

Intheshop

Banned
"Deep hole drilling" is not a perfect .......(insert expletive here) op.Bull brrls,and OMG,flutes are workarounds for slightly curved bores.And helps to explain why "some" sporter weight brrls can hold their own on a bench(rest).If it happened to come with a straight bore.
 
quicksylver

quicksylver

Well-Known Member
She plain looks like a lot of fun.. Got a feeling she'll be a shooter...If it doesn't I'd probably be looking at the cartridge neck thing before I would the stock...

Why 'cause if you cut the last two or so inches off a 1903 or 03a3 barrel you'll have a " Mannlicher stock....

Nice looking piece....very period..lots of work done on it .....

Just think..IF you sold the scope for $100.00 you would only have $125.00 in the rest of the gun..that's crazy...
 
waco

waco

Springfield, Oregon
My brass and dies should be here anytime. I'm not real sure what molds I have that might work well in that short neck. I just fired up the lead pot and cast out 50 of the
Lee C309-113-F bullets. The other night I melted down 50 pounds of reject bullets that have been collecting for a few years. Mystery metal.
I water dropped them and they weigh around 112.5gr give or take. I'll PC these and probably go ahead and GC them as well for good measure. These little guys should fit well in the 300 savage neck.
Universal and SR4759 will be my starting points.

We are headed out tomorrow to set a few trail cams out in the woods. I might take her along in hopes to put a few down range. If not I'll be out in the desert over Labor Day weekend and she will get shot then for sure!

I'll put up some pics later after I PC the little pills and get some loaded.
Waco
 
waco

waco

Springfield, Oregon
IMG_1547.JPG IMG_1548.JPG IMG_1549.JPG IMG_1550.JPG The Lee 113gr soup can does not seem like a good choice. I went with the Lee 312-155 to start. 10gr Universal and 17gr SR4759
 
quicksylver

quicksylver

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Is that how deep you had to seat them ?...or did you just go to the crimp groove to start...thought the throat would be a lot deeper than that..

Nose is probably big with the PC...it's big to start with...
 
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