Rem. Model 788, 30-30 Win.
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Ah, the Rem 788. Big Green has REALLY blown up the 700 bolt rifle line with niche-chasing and nonsense. My thoughts? Remington would be well-served to shrink their bolter offerings to the 788 and the 700 Classic series, with a heavy-barrel option for the 700 in some calibers. The permutations of the 700 Varmint are some of the most accurate bolt rifles ever mass-produced, and the standard-barreled 788s are a very close second place. I'm partial to controlled round feeding a la Mausers and Winchester M70s, but I will put up with push-feeds that shoot well.
788s have shot wonderfully for me. 2 in 22-250 and another in 243 have been GREAT. The present 22-250 got re-tubed with a Pac-Nor 1-12" twist in a bit heavier contour than the OEM barrel had, bit not quite a truck-axle either. It is a tack-driver.
Ah, the Rem 788. Big Green has REALLY blown up the 700 bolt rifle line with niche-chasing and nonsense. My thoughts? Remington would be well-served to shrink their bolter offerings to the 788 and the 700 Classic series, with a heavy-barrel option for the 700 in some calibers. The permutations of the 700 Varmint are some of the most accurate bolt rifles ever mass-produced, and the standard-barreled 788s are a very close second place. I'm partial to controlled round feeding a la Mausers and Winchester M70s, but I will put up with push-feeds that shoot well.
788s have shot wonderfully for me. 2 in 22-250 and another in 243 have been GREAT. The present 22-250 got re-tubed with a Pac-Nor 1-12" twist in a bit heavier contour than the OEM barrel had, bit not quite a truck-axle either. It is a tack-driver.
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CWLONGSHOT
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I had a 22/250 that was a shooter!! BUT was super duper tight/short chamber. Factory showed flat flat and cratered primers!!! I simply hand loded it lighter and it killed coyotes just as nice!!
good rifle for the$$
CW
good rifle for the$$
CW
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That new barrel has similar traits, and I had to basically start over with load development. Like every other 22-250 I have ever owned (2 now, 6 over the years) it shoots the affordable but uber-accurate Sierra 60 grain HP/flatbase into the .5"-.6" 5-shot clusters I have come to expect. THAT was a pleasant surprise (again). The usual fuel drop for these loads has been 36.0 grains of H-380, giving about 3500-3550 FPS. This is about 5% under book max loads. Case life is pretty good. I backed powder off about 10%, and worked back up slowly in the new barrel. Tighter chamber, shorter throat (not "Weatherby-ed" like the old barrel was), fresh bore. No scary indicia all the way up to 36.0 grains, but I did gain about 50 FPS with the fresher conditions internally.
I had the throat cut so that RCBS #22-55-SP just kisses the leade when loaded. Those will be my next mission.