odies dad Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Not a Mauser, but a good project none the less. Remington 700 SA BDL with a 243 Win varmint contour barrel, Boyds thumbhole varminter stock, Centerpoint 4-16 scope. This rifle started out life as a skinny barreled 22-250. A friend (Thanks Tim) who has more experience with Remingtons and all the neccessary tools, helped me swap barrels. The headspace was a little loose, so we swapped in a thinner recoil lug and it headspaced perfectly. The only flaw is the barrel stamping is upside down, but I can live with that. The barrel was a gunshow find. It appears to be in really good shape. I was out of Tru-oil, so I used some spray on laquer on the stock. I thought it turned out pretty good. Much faster, easier, and less messy than truoil. I used this on another stock and liked the results. I need to get some ammo loaded up and hope to give it some range time tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odies dad Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Took it out for a trial run today. I am impressed. 3 shot group in less than 1/2" at 100 yards with 90gr Nosler balistic tips over 34gr of Varget. This is the first time I've shot this rifle, I haven't done any shooting in a couple weeks, the stock has not been bed yet, and this is the listed starting load in the load manual. There may be room for improvement, but I don't see much need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken98k Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Looks like a fun gun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron J Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 1/2 moa with the first load? Methinks it needs a nice Minnesota buck in the crosshairs more than bedding! Nice goin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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