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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Wetwoodshunter on May 18, 2015, 08:22:30 AM

Title: Rem 700 going to the gunsmith.
Post by: Wetwoodshunter on May 18, 2015, 08:22:30 AM: 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!
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Post by: Mongo Hunter on May 26, 2015, 08:09:29 PM: 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.
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Post by: jasnt on May 31, 2015, 05:52:45 PM: :yeah:
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Post by: shorthair15 on May 31, 2015, 06:17:13 PM: 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.
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Post by: Wetwoodshunter on June 01, 2015, 10:27:12 AM: 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.
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Post by: huntnphool on June 01, 2015, 10:36:35 AM: :tup: Can't wait for the results.
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Post by: lazydrifter on June 02, 2015, 12:00:00 PM: Brad's a good guy. I've had both him and John do alot of work for me. They do great work.
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Post by: Stein on June 03, 2015, 05:40:36 PM: What does he charge for the blueprinting?

I have an olive/black spiderweb stock and they look pretty sweet.
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Post by: Wetwoodshunter on June 04, 2015, 09:17:49 PM: 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
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Post by: opdinkslayer on June 05, 2015, 06:35:24 AM: 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. :)
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Post by: Stein on June 05, 2015, 08:09:21 AM: 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.
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Post by: Wetwoodshunter on June 05, 2015, 09:30:09 AM: 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.
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Post by: Wetwoodshunter on June 15, 2015, 08:53:46 PM: 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.
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Post by: Wetwoodshunter on June 16, 2015, 02:01:36 PM: 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.
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Post by: Blacktail Sniper on June 16, 2015, 02:16:07 PM: :tup:

Now just waiting on the range report!
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Post by: Wetwoodshunter on June 20, 2015, 07:55:03 AM: I picked it up last night here are some more pics.
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Post by: Wetwoodshunter on June 20, 2015, 07:56:33 AM: The break
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Post by: JimmyHoffa on June 20, 2015, 08:34:57 AM: That thing is looking good.
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Post by: Chesapeake on June 20, 2015, 08:42:52 AM: Whats that pipe with all the holes in it on the end of the barrel for? LOL!
Nice looking rig. But what are the specs? Barrel length, throat length, twist rate, type of rifling, weight, trigger pull, ect...
Your scope looks to be missing dials. What reticle you running?
Rifle loonies want to know!
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Post by: deerhunter_98520 on June 20, 2015, 10:28:25 AM: Sweet lookin rifle!
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Post by: Wetwoodshunter on June 20, 2015, 11:08:00 PM: The barrel is a 26" McGowan 1:9 twist. The trigger pull is set right now at 2.3 lbs. Throat length, no idea yet, I didn't ask. Weight, slightly heavier than it was :tup:. I'll weigh it later.

The scope is a Vx-2 3-9 50mm obj. with a duplex reticle. There are no dials on it but I may be getting a new scope, possibly a CDS dial just added on, for this gun as soon as I can afford one to help unlock the guns potential.

I shot about a box through it today, I had 6 rounds of federal fusion in 150 grain that the gun seemed to like. I also had a new box of Hornady super performance in 139 grain sst and I could not get the gun to group as well 3 shot groups at 1 1/2 inches. I'm hoping that my gun will like at least one of the partitions, accubonds, interbonds, (berger vld :o are they worth it?) in the 160 grain range. I'll be picking some stuff up soon and work up a elk/ black bear load.
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Post by: Wetwoodshunter on June 20, 2015, 11:12:35 PM: I shot three two shot groups sighting it in with fusions.
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Post by: Biggerhammer on June 21, 2015, 04:43:37 AM: Well done! 8) A guy can't help but like sub 1/2 moa with factory ammo, from a rifle that wasn't pushed for 5K+. :tup: