Remington 700 stock and barrel coating question

[TeacherMan]

I've got a Remington 700 Stainless .338 RUM that I would like to spruce up a bit. For one it's to shiny. I'd like to get the barrel and metal painted or coated olive green how do I go about that.

Second the stock, not being a gun smith can I change it out. Not sure if ADL or BDL. It does have the door in front of the trigger to empty it. I'd like to just put a stock to match the barrel color maybe camo. The guns about 7 yrs old. When all said done I'd like a 4.5-14x50 Leupold on it, it's topped with 4-12x40 now that I think I'm going to put on my .243.

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[Huntbear]

Go to duracoat.com..

You can get practically any color or camo pattern you wish in DIY kits.  It is good stuff.  I think the kits run 30.00 plus shipping, and it is normally enough to do two guns.

Yes, you can swap out the stocks yourself.  I would get some acra gel and bed the action to the new synthetic stock, just to make sure it shoots straight. 

You have a BDL if it has the floor plate to empty the magazine.   

That scope you want should be a good one.... I would recommend the one with the dials for shooting long range with that big caliber..

If you have any questions on the how to parts, send me a message.. 

[MadHatter]

The .338 RUM is a long action magnum on the action length, I have also seen it called XL L/A on the Rem700's.  Just make sure when ordering or buying a stock that it is made for that action length.  The model you have is a BDL, so you would need to get a stock that with fit the bottom metal from your rifle right out of the box, or have a gunsmith do some inletting on it for you.  I know some of the stocks are ADL only, so if you don't use the drop plate all that often, you could covert it to a ADL.  The difference is that there is no hinged floor plate to drop out, its all internal and the only way to unload would be to cycle the bolt with the safety on, or off depending on how you roll...

As for getting the stainless coated, there are some guys around here that do a really good job.  I would honestly do cerakote, which is a ceramic coating that you spray on and then bake.  You can do it yourself, but it can be tricky, but not impossible if you have the right tools and patients.  Just google cerakote kits.  They come with the mixes for the paints and instructions.  You would need to supply the airbrush or paint gun and compressor.  Would also need an oven to cure it in.  I know most of the stuff out there can be cured in your kitchen oven.  I would recommend getting it professionally done though as anything that you want coated would need to be sand/bead blasted for the coating to stick.   But once applied the stuff is unreal for wear and holds up to anything.    Duracoat is another good one, although I have heard some complaints about the actual durability of it.

[700xcr]

I've got a Remington 700 Stainless .338 RUM that I would like to spruce up a bit. For one it's to shiny. I'd like to get the barrel and metal painted or coated olive green how do I go about that.

Second the stock, not being a gun smith can I change it out. Not sure if ADL or BDL. It does have the door in front of the trigger to empty it. I'd like to just put a stock to match the barrel color maybe camo. The guns about 7 yrs old. When all said done I'd like a 4.5-14x50 Leupold on it, it's topped with 4-12x40 now that I think I'm going to put on my .243.

Thanks

As far as the stock I would look here. That way stock would be in a beding block and barrel free floated. Can get them in olive green to match your barrel and action.
http://www.stockysstocks.com/servlet/StoreFront

[high country]

I use cerakote h, which is a heat cure that most smiths are spraying....but you can use cerakote c too. C is ambient cure, which takes as long as a couple weeks to get full hard from what I hear ( I've not used c series ) but you can speed it up by heating the gun with a heat gun at any point along the line. The key to making cerakote stick is blasting with ao or garnet in 100-120 grit (although I know a couple big shops use 80 with good results) you can get the blast media for about $30 delivered and use a cheap gravity pot if you don't have a blast cabinet. Whatvever coating you choose a full detail strip must be done. If you have never fully stripped a bolt, there must be a YouTube video to see if you want to mess with it.

[MDGrand]

I did exactly what you are looking to do.

I replaced the stock and duracoated my 300 RUM. From factory it was a Rem 700 XCR II.

Stockys is the perfect place to find a stock. That is where I found mine. As mentioned before, be sure you get a long action stock that fits the BDL or ADL you currently have.

Most of the stocks from B&C, HS Precision, etc.. are just drop in replacements with full aluminum bedded blocks... super easy to replace.

For the Duracoat.. I bought the Shake and Spay kit.. and it worked pretty well! I recommend adding a little more hardner than recommended.. about 1.5x what the directions say and practicing on an old wrench or something first to get the feel for how it works.

Good luck!

[high country]

Here is what you are looking at to do it right....this is just parts of the bolt.

 

[TeacherMan]

I'm looking at local gun smith now to get it done , lol.

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