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<blockquote data-quote="green 788" data-source="post: 98444" data-attributes="member: 3781"><p>I'm a fan of the Remington 788. I have found them to be accurate as a rule, and at least they used to be inexpensive. 700's come cheaper these days... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif</p><p></p><p>My second 788 was/is a .243 win, and it had a maple looking stock that looked like it would be more at home on a pellet rifle. These were Remington's "entry level" rifle that would generally outshoot most 700's. But the stocks were very plain.</p><p></p><p>My father-in-law is a hardwood flooring master craftsman, and he was staining some maple wood green one day and I asked him how he got that green stain. "About two parts varnish and one part enamel paint," I learned. So I sanded down my 788's stock and mixed up the concoction and stained it green. The wood grain really came through. It became my "green 788," my favorite rifle to this day.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://practicalrifler.6.forumer.com/banners/practicalrifler.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>That's an old picture I took after I bobbed the barrel to 18 inches. I used it that way a while and then last March I decided to have Douglas install a light target 8 twist 24" .243 win barrel. That allows me to shoot the 105 Hornady's and the 107 grain Matchkings quite well, and I've shot some very good groups at extended ranges with the rifle.</p><p></p><p>So now you know... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif</p><p></p><p>Dan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="green 788, post: 98444, member: 3781"] I'm a fan of the Remington 788. I have found them to be accurate as a rule, and at least they used to be inexpensive. 700's come cheaper these days... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] My second 788 was/is a .243 win, and it had a maple looking stock that looked like it would be more at home on a pellet rifle. These were Remington's "entry level" rifle that would generally outshoot most 700's. But the stocks were very plain. My father-in-law is a hardwood flooring master craftsman, and he was staining some maple wood green one day and I asked him how he got that green stain. "About two parts varnish and one part enamel paint," I learned. So I sanded down my 788's stock and mixed up the concoction and stained it green. The wood grain really came through. It became my "green 788," my favorite rifle to this day. [img]http://practicalrifler.6.forumer.com/banners/practicalrifler.jpg[/img] That's an old picture I took after I bobbed the barrel to 18 inches. I used it that way a while and then last March I decided to have Douglas install a light target 8 twist 24" .243 win barrel. That allows me to shoot the 105 Hornady's and the 107 grain Matchkings quite well, and I've shot some very good groups at extended ranges with the rifle. So now you know... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Dan [/QUOTE]
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