Recent content by richv

That happened to me twice in the 15 years I owned and shot a Remington 700. Once was when I accidentally depressed the trigger while closing the bolt, and once the trigger was stuck in the depressed position. On the second case, a quick pass with a stone over the trigger's mating surfaces solved...

Back in the 70's-80's, I shot weekly. I always cleaned my guns as soon as I got home. One day, an emergency arose, and it was 3 days before I was able to clean my guns. All showed early signs of barrel pitting. I took them to a friend who was an FFL licensed gunsmith, and he said the pitting...

My father bought a 6mm Remington in a 700 BDL in the late '70's because he wanted to go target shooting with me. That was one of the sweetest-shooting rifles I've ever seen, and with a Hornady 87 grain BTHP bullet it would drive tacks at 300 yards. I was already into hand-loading, so I worked up...