Rem 788 worth messing with?

>>>>> STOCKS WERE MADE OF BIRCH <<<<<

Not all of them. Some had walnut stocks. Never saw one myself, but remember reading about it. Mine was sycamore. I expect they used whatever.
 
In my early 20's after apple harvest having saved a little money, I went to the store with my mind set on the Beautiful 700 Varmint Special in 22-250, well I walked out of there with the 700, but bought a 788 in 22-250 as well. The 700 was later sold, practically unfired, the 788 named "Kill Baby" went through 2 barrels, I reloaded 50 gr Sierra Blitz as fast as I accurately could, that gun was great! A buddy of mine said he would like to rebarrel the gun and continue its legacy... I let him have it...gone forever, one of my biggest regrets in all my dealings....
Looking at buying another one now, 61 years old and still miss that little rifle....
 
The Rem 788 worth it? in one word "yes" There are a lot of options that can be done with the action.
 
Going down that road for a friend. PAC nor sells a short chambered prefit. Bugholes said it's not really worth the investment money but I think there's some cool factor that might make it worthwhile. Still in a back burner box for now
 

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Holy thread resurrection batman..

have one in 243 that I've considered rebarreling for some time. I bounce between a variety of ideas from short varmint-deer to a long range bench gun.

Or split the difference and build a short heavy suppressed barrel in 6 creed. Good for vermin-hogs-deer out to 1000 yard paper punching fun.
 
Going down that road for a friend. PAC nor sells a short chambered prefit. Bugholes said it's not really worth the investment money but I think there's some cool factor that might make it worthwhile. Still in a back burner box for now
The first thing I'd do is to drop in a Sako style extractor, new barrel with a good aftermarket stock and you have quite a good shooter I'd think.
 
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I have a 788 in 243 i bought in high school. I graduated in 1978. I believe that I had shot between 6 and 8000 rounds through it after counting the number of pdog hunts we've done. The barrel was shot out. Hada local gun smith put on a Lilja barrel in 6.5 beanmoor. 24 in, heavy sporter, i think. 1 in 7 twist. This gun with a boyd at one stock shoots lights out. Love it.
 

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I grew up with two 788's in the house. A 24" barrel 22-250 and an 18.5" 6mmRem.
They were both tack driving rigs.

I'm always looking for a good deal on one at a gun shop, show or online. JUST for the action.
And the three shot clip is way better than the Tupperware Tikka clip

I remember my dad saying they quit making them because they outshot their target rifles
 
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