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Resurrecting Grandfather's Gun
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<blockquote data-quote="frogfan" data-source="post: 1485836" data-attributes="member: 71660"><p>All,</p><p></p><p>I would appreciate any advice or opinion regarding the resurrection of my grandfather's mule deer rifle. I came to posses this rifle upon my grandfathers passing many years ago and have finally decided to do something with it. The rifle is a 60's vintage Remington 700 BDL in 300WM. While not abused the gun was well used in the New Mexico and Colorado mountains. This is not going to be a go to rifle for me as I am left-handed and the rifle is right, but I have every intention of using it occasionally as a tribute to my grandfather. If fact, I am in the process of scheduling a late winter Nilgai hunt where I intend to this rifle.</p><p></p><p>After cleaning the rifle and giving it an additional inspection I took it to Alamo Precision Rifles and had the below work completed.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cerakote barreled action in Graphite Black, leaving the bolt and iron sights uncoated. The jeweling on the bolt was still very much intact and looked good. <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Clean up and adjust trigger.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Reinstall factory iron sights.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Engraved my grandfathers name through Cerakote on barrel.</li> </ul><p>I am very happy with the results and am now looking to restock the gun and get some glass on it. I have contemplated HS, McMillan and Grayboe stocks, but am leaning towards HS or Grayboe to save a little money since this will not be a primary hunting gun. I find the dark brown color Grayboe very appealing but am undecided on the Outlander or Terrain.</p><p></p><p>I am also undecided on optics but generally feel a BDC type scope may be the best compliment to leaving the iron sights in tact. I have had good luck previously with the Zeiss HD5 scopes and RZ reticles considering the reasonable price point. One point of concern I have is an possible issues with scope mounting due to the iron sights? I have generally used Talley lightweight rings in the past and planned to use them on this project.</p><p></p><p>Again, any advice or opinion is appreciated and I would be interested in seeing any photos of revived rifles or scoped rifles with iron sights.</p><p></p><p>Thank you,</p><p></p><p>Clint</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="frogfan, post: 1485836, member: 71660"] All, I would appreciate any advice or opinion regarding the resurrection of my grandfather's mule deer rifle. I came to posses this rifle upon my grandfathers passing many years ago and have finally decided to do something with it. The rifle is a 60's vintage Remington 700 BDL in 300WM. While not abused the gun was well used in the New Mexico and Colorado mountains. This is not going to be a go to rifle for me as I am left-handed and the rifle is right, but I have every intention of using it occasionally as a tribute to my grandfather. If fact, I am in the process of scheduling a late winter Nilgai hunt where I intend to this rifle. After cleaning the rifle and giving it an additional inspection I took it to Alamo Precision Rifles and had the below work completed. [LIST] [*]Cerakote barreled action in Graphite Black, leaving the bolt and iron sights uncoated. The jeweling on the bolt was still very much intact and looked good. [*]Clean up and adjust trigger. [*]Reinstall factory iron sights. [*]Engraved my grandfathers name through Cerakote on barrel. [/LIST] I am very happy with the results and am now looking to restock the gun and get some glass on it. I have contemplated HS, McMillan and Grayboe stocks, but am leaning towards HS or Grayboe to save a little money since this will not be a primary hunting gun. I find the dark brown color Grayboe very appealing but am undecided on the Outlander or Terrain. I am also undecided on optics but generally feel a BDC type scope may be the best compliment to leaving the iron sights in tact. I have had good luck previously with the Zeiss HD5 scopes and RZ reticles considering the reasonable price point. One point of concern I have is an possible issues with scope mounting due to the iron sights? I have generally used Talley lightweight rings in the past and planned to use them on this project. Again, any advice or opinion is appreciated and I would be interested in seeing any photos of revived rifles or scoped rifles with iron sights. Thank you, Clint [/QUOTE]
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