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Post by sabotloader on Aug 12, 2009 22:45:42 GMT -5
Well, today was get-away day for the State Trail Cat - He took his machine and is headed north to work on another Forest. So! I am retired again - but I gotta admit it was really fun getting out in the timber again. Got to see a few Moose, a bunch of elk, and whitetails all over the place - they really looked good. But back on topic - I picked up a 700 ml for Grouse awhile back and have been trying to get it ready to go shoot - but work has delayed the project. I have put a Cabelas 3x9x40 Powder Horn ML scope on it and tonight I finished the last part of the project - I got the new hammer installed in the bolt and the new Canadian nipple in the breech plug. It is ready to shoot. It is 45 cal, which really should suit Tom well as he is a 45 fanatic and for whitetail why would you need anymore? The Remington has a 1/28 twist slightly faster than a 45 cal Knight, so both he and I are hoping it will shoot the Lehigh .40/200 very well. Here is what it all looks like... First pic shows the Rem SS/Black composite 45 cal. It was used but it was used very lightly... Second one shows it with the Cabelas installed... Third pic shows the copper weather shield installed on the end of the bolt. For shooting BH-209 with this pluger style gun the shield is added protection for both you and the scope, even with T7 it is a good thought. Now that I am retired again I am hoping to sneak out in the morning and touch a few rounds off - at least get it sighted in...
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Post by yankee on Aug 12, 2009 23:32:07 GMT -5
well aint this just peachy running into you ;D ;D hey goodluck with the 700 i bet it'll drive tacks once you find the right combo that it like stuffed down the barrel
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Post by Al on Aug 13, 2009 3:10:18 GMT -5
I had one last year and it was very accurate with BH and the 200gr prepacked Hornadys. Remington sure had a nice gun with those 700's, just wish they would've put some more thought in the ignition system.
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Post by smokeeter on Aug 13, 2009 7:23:49 GMT -5
I had one last year and it was very accurate with BH and the 200gr prepacked Hornadys. Remington sure had a nice gun with those 700's, just wish they would've put some more thought in the ignition system. That's not a problem any more is it Al.
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Post by sabotloader on Aug 13, 2009 9:48:02 GMT -5
yankeeHey Yank! - good to see ya over here - I am really new here so I will be considered a rookie... which is sometimes a whole lot of fun... This is the 3rd Rem in the family - even though it really isn't mine. And you are right they are great shooters... This is a target from my oldest 24" Remington... I call it my "woods gun" It can really shoot... ALIn those days when the Remington came out - the plunger style gun was the accepted norm. Tony Knight and White made the plunger famous. I am sure had Remington been able to continue making the 700 ml (cost them to much to compete with foreign guns) they would have by now changed the ignition system to a more modern type. The government made then grind the locking lugs off the bolt so it could not be converted to centerfire by simply un-screwing the barrel and screwing a rifle barrel on. There is also a possibility of correcting that ignition problem. The Canadian 209 conversion goes a long ways in starting that correction but - I have a couple of ideas that would be very easy to incorporate and might just rival a new gun.
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Post by mike3132 on Aug 13, 2009 13:05:56 GMT -5
Those weather shields are very interesting indeed. Thanks for posting the pictures. Mike
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Post by yankee on Aug 14, 2009 0:01:43 GMT -5
yankeeHey Yank! - good to see ya over here - I am really new here so I will be considered a rookie... which is sometimes a whole lot of fun... This is the 3rd Rem in the family - even though it really isn't mine. And you are right they are great shooters... This is a target from my oldest 24" Remington... I call it my "woods gun" It can really shoot... ALIn those days when the Remington came out - the plunger style gun was the accepted norm. Tony Knight and White made the plunger famous. I am sure had Remington been able to continue making the 700 ml (cost them to much to compete with foreign guns) they would have by now changed the ignition system to a more modern type. The government made then grind the locking lugs off the bolt so it could not be converted to centerfire by simply un-screwing the barrel and screwing a rifle barrel on. There is also a possibility of correcting that ignition problem. The Canadian 209 conversion goes a long ways in starting that correction but - I have a couple of ideas that would be very easy to incorporate and might just rival a new gun. by far no rookie, theres some good knowledge sitting on this board though, ive been sitting in the shadows for the most part, reading through em all
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