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Rifle/Caliber Dilemma - 308 win vs Magnums
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<blockquote data-quote="500yd" data-source="post: 727772" data-attributes="member: 27428"><p>Buy a used Remington 788/.308 in good shape and restock it if you like, as I've done. This is a Boyd's laminate I bought on closeout, unfinished, for $100. Some sanding and a can of Valspar spray poly finished it. Ultra rigid receiver, great accuracy. The rear 9 lug 60 degree bolt vs the 700's front 2 lug 90 degree setup, is stronger, and faster due to shorter movements. 788 receivers have been used extensively over the years in custom benchrest rifles due to their rigidity and finer barrel threading. I've had this one 25 years, restocked it 3 years ago. Great shooting rifle. If you get one with a worn barrel that doesn't shoot that great have a new med/heavy target tube installed. You'll have less than $600 in it if it has a good tube, maybe slightly more if it needs a new barrel. Depends on how much you have to give for the rifle.<img src="http://www.hardwarefreak.com/web/500yd-doe/gallery/resized/resized.dscf0152.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.hardwarefreak.com/web/500yd-doe/gallery/resized/resized.dscf0155.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="500yd, post: 727772, member: 27428"] Buy a used Remington 788/.308 in good shape and restock it if you like, as I've done. This is a Boyd's laminate I bought on closeout, unfinished, for $100. Some sanding and a can of Valspar spray poly finished it. Ultra rigid receiver, great accuracy. The rear 9 lug 60 degree bolt vs the 700's front 2 lug 90 degree setup, is stronger, and faster due to shorter movements. 788 receivers have been used extensively over the years in custom benchrest rifles due to their rigidity and finer barrel threading. I've had this one 25 years, restocked it 3 years ago. Great shooting rifle. If you get one with a worn barrel that doesn't shoot that great have a new med/heavy target tube installed. You'll have less than $600 in it if it has a good tube, maybe slightly more if it needs a new barrel. Depends on how much you have to give for the rifle.[IMG]http://www.hardwarefreak.com/web/500yd-doe/gallery/resized/resized.dscf0152.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.hardwarefreak.com/web/500yd-doe/gallery/resized/resized.dscf0155.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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