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<blockquote data-quote="Jud96" data-source="post: 960628" data-attributes="member: 69478"><p>I could just lap and break in the chrome moly barrel. I broke in my factory Remington 700 .243 varmint rifle by shooting a round, then cleaning the bore with Hoppes Benchrest solvent, a wire brush, and patches then repeated this process for ten rounds. The bore didn't look bad from the factory, actually looked like a mirror but just wanted to be on the safe side and give this barrel breaking procedure a try. So far I have only forty seven rounds down the barrel including those ten, but plan on doing a lot of shooting this summer with it. For factory barrels, Remingtons have always shot for us and this one is proving to be no exception. I figure a Shilen or even Douglas barrel would be the same or better. </p><p></p><p>I'm most likely going with a Shilen Remington 700 pre-fit barrel from Brownells that is already done just needs headspaced and mated to the action. Brownells doesn't offer a Shilen Select Match barrel that is a pre-fit only the standard chrome-moly match and stainless match. I could just get a blank, but my Uncle has a lot of projects going on right now, so his lathe is pretty much backed up so one of these prefit barrels would just be a lot easier. If I was going to buy a blank and do it all from scratch I would probably just get a Hart because that's what I'm putting on my .308 Norma. My Dad and Pap have used Harts exclusively on all of their custom builds and have had excellent results with them so I might as well continue using them since we haven't had any problems. My Uncle is a Shilen man and his track record is the same as ours with the Harts so I would feel comfortable with one of them for sure since he's used thirty or more of them.</p><p></p><p>My next option came to life today, I could skip all of this hassle and buy a Remington 700 Long Range in 7mm Remington Magnum! I really like things to be simple and stick with just a few calibers like I have now the .243, .277, and .308 but the 7mm sounds like a good idea. It can use the supply of IMR 4831 and 7828 that we already have and I can actually find this chambering in stock for this rifle. I know this isn't a unique round because a lot of guys have them, but it will do what I need done and could be a good candidate for another big 7 magnum cartridge down the road.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jud96, post: 960628, member: 69478"] I could just lap and break in the chrome moly barrel. I broke in my factory Remington 700 .243 varmint rifle by shooting a round, then cleaning the bore with Hoppes Benchrest solvent, a wire brush, and patches then repeated this process for ten rounds. The bore didn't look bad from the factory, actually looked like a mirror but just wanted to be on the safe side and give this barrel breaking procedure a try. So far I have only forty seven rounds down the barrel including those ten, but plan on doing a lot of shooting this summer with it. For factory barrels, Remingtons have always shot for us and this one is proving to be no exception. I figure a Shilen or even Douglas barrel would be the same or better. I'm most likely going with a Shilen Remington 700 pre-fit barrel from Brownells that is already done just needs headspaced and mated to the action. Brownells doesn't offer a Shilen Select Match barrel that is a pre-fit only the standard chrome-moly match and stainless match. I could just get a blank, but my Uncle has a lot of projects going on right now, so his lathe is pretty much backed up so one of these prefit barrels would just be a lot easier. If I was going to buy a blank and do it all from scratch I would probably just get a Hart because that's what I'm putting on my .308 Norma. My Dad and Pap have used Harts exclusively on all of their custom builds and have had excellent results with them so I might as well continue using them since we haven't had any problems. My Uncle is a Shilen man and his track record is the same as ours with the Harts so I would feel comfortable with one of them for sure since he's used thirty or more of them. My next option came to life today, I could skip all of this hassle and buy a Remington 700 Long Range in 7mm Remington Magnum! I really like things to be simple and stick with just a few calibers like I have now the .243, .277, and .308 but the 7mm sounds like a good idea. It can use the supply of IMR 4831 and 7828 that we already have and I can actually find this chambering in stock for this rifle. I know this isn't a unique round because a lot of guys have them, but it will do what I need done and could be a good candidate for another big 7 magnum cartridge down the road. [/QUOTE]
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