Rem 700 going to the gunsmith.

[Wetwoodshunter]

I picked up a Remington 700 ADL in .300 win for next to nothing so now I'm having one of my buddies do some work to it. He will be blueprinting and changing the caliber to 7mm Rem mag. The stock barrel is going to be replaced with a McGowan barrel. He will also be putting in a jewell trigger, screw on muzzle break, over-sized recoil lug, and dropping it all in a H.S. Precision stock in O.D. Green with black web.

I'm hoping that when it is done I have a significantly sub MOA rifle in 7mm Rem mag.

Stay tuned, the work should be done in around 6 weeks!

[Mongo Hunter]

NICE! Keep us posted. I have two 700's and they are fantastic. I know lately its been the cool thing to trash Remington but I have never had an issue with their equipment and will continue to buy their stuff. Rifle sounds awesome man.

[jasnt]

[shorthair15]

have one in 300 rum had it customized. kept the factory stock on it will change it some day bedded to it. so im in no hurry the thing shoots like a dream has the break and everything. spent a good penny on it. i shoot 180 grains accubonds out of it. holes are touching at 100 yards when i sighted it in shot it three times and that was enough i reload for it. did not need to tinker with it. had to check the group to make sure i did not miss when i sighted it in. had the gun  coated black and the bolt jeweled as well. kept the factory trigger no complaints.

[Wetwoodshunter]

A;; my components are in now. Brad told me that he will most likely have the gun done by mid to late next month depending on when they are doing a batch of bluing. The gunsmith I am using is Brad Elmer out of Port Angeles, WA. I have looked at his work before and it is top notch.

[huntnphool]

  Can't wait for the results.

[lazydrifter]

Brad's a good guy.  I've had both him and John do alot of work for me. They do great work.

[Stein]

What does he charge for the blueprinting?

I have an olive/black spiderweb stock and they look pretty sweet.

[Wetwoodshunter]

For blue printing it's around $200 + tax. Well worth it if your getting s new barrel put on. I know when I get this I will have a rifle that if I miss a shot it was the "Me" factor.

Can't wait to see this beast. Looks like it could be done in a few weeks at the earliest I was thinking the end of this month but he said he made it a priority and scheduled it in an earlier batch for bluing.

Here is his contacts if you need anything done. He is top notch from what I have seen, I have a friend shooting one of his rifles that dropped an elk at 700 yards this year.

Brad Elmer
360 417 6847
B.e.gunsmithing@gmail.com
The shop is in Port Angeles, WA

[opdinkslayer]

Had John redo my grandpas sporterized 03 Springfield and Brad do some trigger work for us. Good dudes and they do good work. My Springfield is now sporting a McGowen 280 barrel an is too damn pretty to shoot.

[Stein]

Mini-hijack if you don't mind.  I have the factory barrel on, is it worth blueprinting?  I have a Timney trigger and aluminum bedded stock and was thinking that might be the next place to go to wring a bit more accuracy.

[Wetwoodshunter]

Stein,

It depends on what your trying to do. If you want the best accuracy possible in the gun its worth having the work done like I am doing. I figured its time for me to get a rifle that hopefully I will be able to keep and shoot forever. Also, it is a lot less expensive to get everything you want done at once to keep the labor costs down. I suggest that if you have it blue printed you get a better barrel put on at the same time, then your gun has a zero round count and is better than any factory new rifle you can find. Right now according to Brad barrels are at an all time low and he is getting smoking deals on some great brands.

If your happy with the way that your rifle is shooting I don't see a need to get it blue printed and have a new barrel put on. If you want your rifle to take the next step up in accuracy blueprinting or getting better glass and rings are logical steps.

[Wetwoodshunter]

My rifle is getting blued tomorrow! This is what my gun looked like going in to the shop in the first pic.

The second was the original position of the locking lug seats. Third is after they were adjusted to seat perfect.

4th pic is my receiver being trued to .001 in.

Last is the bolt lugs after they were perfectly squared.

Should have pictures up of the rifle and a range test sometime this weekend.

[Wetwoodshunter]

It's finished! I need to take some time and go pick my rifle up from Brad. Here is the picture that he sent me.

[Blacktail Sniper]

 

Now just waiting on the range report!