quicksylver
Well-Known Member
I've been looking for one of these for a couple of years...the prices have been running little above what I wanted to pay for them...both in the stores and on line..
The Remingtons 700 V or VS chambered in .222 have been going for $1000.00 and over....sans scope ... the Sakos even more..
I was also looking at the 722's chambered in .222...nice rifles more reasonably priced unless they were "B" grades...then they went up to $1000.00...
So..I more or less gave up the search...THEN IT HAPPENED!!
I was called off to look at a job that was about thirty miles from the shop..( and a couple of miles from two guns Shops)...so after straightening out couple of issue at the job site..I headed for the GS....
I only expected to spend a couple of minutes eyeball some candy ...but the first piece I laid my eyes on was a HB Remington 700 that looked to have some age on it..pulling it off the rack the first thing I noticed was that the hole in the barrel was small!!...IT COULDN"T BE !!!
YUP IT WAS !!!.... right on the side of the barrel .222 Remington...and it sported a Weaver K12 w/ fine cross hairs..and the front block for a Lyman or Unertal...HUMMMMM...nice..
OK now let's see what the tag says...$749.. not too too bad....so now the sales person comes over .." can I help?", he says?...I reply "yes you can, I need to get the trigger lock off so I can check the barrel and can you tell me what the real price is ?
He goes off then comes back with the key and says I could have it for $649.00....looking it over more I guessed its birthday was about 1971 and had spent most of it's life as a safe queen.... you could almost put a hang tag on it and sell it as new ...dried oil and dust that was it...
OK I'll take it....then I find out it came with stocking stuffers..case, sling, dies ,brass, bullets, loaded rounds etc..I'm happy!!!
But now I need advice on a mold!!!!! any suggestions?.... Oh and I believe it's birthday is Feb ,1975.
The Remingtons 700 V or VS chambered in .222 have been going for $1000.00 and over....sans scope ... the Sakos even more..
I was also looking at the 722's chambered in .222...nice rifles more reasonably priced unless they were "B" grades...then they went up to $1000.00...
So..I more or less gave up the search...THEN IT HAPPENED!!
I was called off to look at a job that was about thirty miles from the shop..( and a couple of miles from two guns Shops)...so after straightening out couple of issue at the job site..I headed for the GS....
I only expected to spend a couple of minutes eyeball some candy ...but the first piece I laid my eyes on was a HB Remington 700 that looked to have some age on it..pulling it off the rack the first thing I noticed was that the hole in the barrel was small!!...IT COULDN"T BE !!!
YUP IT WAS !!!.... right on the side of the barrel .222 Remington...and it sported a Weaver K12 w/ fine cross hairs..and the front block for a Lyman or Unertal...HUMMMMM...nice..
OK now let's see what the tag says...$749.. not too too bad....so now the sales person comes over .." can I help?", he says?...I reply "yes you can, I need to get the trigger lock off so I can check the barrel and can you tell me what the real price is ?
He goes off then comes back with the key and says I could have it for $649.00....looking it over more I guessed its birthday was about 1971 and had spent most of it's life as a safe queen.... you could almost put a hang tag on it and sell it as new ...dried oil and dust that was it...
OK I'll take it....then I find out it came with stocking stuffers..case, sling, dies ,brass, bullets, loaded rounds etc..I'm happy!!!
But now I need advice on a mold!!!!! any suggestions?.... Oh and I believe it's birthday is Feb ,1975.