eyeballjr
Well-Known Member
My girlfriend has a Remington 700 .264 win mag that she inherited from her grandfather. Unbeknownst to her, the gun had some stress put on it in the past. At some point in it's history it had a 7mm mag shot through it. Her Grandfather died suddenly and her grandmother gave her the gun several years ago. She wanted to hunt with me this year, she wanted to take her first deer with her grandpa's gun. She had never shot it. I sighted the gun in for her and she ended up taking a buck with it. When she posted the picture on Social Media, her uncle said something like, "OMG that isn't that .264 is it. You should never shoot that gun, it is like playing russian roulette. He says that a 7mm mag was jammed into it some time ago, and shot. I'm not sure if the bullet exited the barrel or not, but they had some trouble getting the bolt to open. I've looked at it, and visually there is nothing wrong with the gun, it shoot really accurately. She wants to keep shooting it if at all possible. What do I need to do to ensure the gun is safe to shoot? I would hate for such a beautiful gun to be nothing more than a wall hanger. Does it need x rayed for stress fractures or anything? I probably shot half a box of ammo through it before I knew its history.