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Mine is is the 788 long action. Ran into this problem when I was ordering the scope base on my first 788. As far as the barrel dimensions I think that they are similar to my Sendaro's or VLS that I have. I am not for sure but I think they go from 1.2? to .95 or some thing like that and...

As I mentioned in another thread a couple of friends and I are building a gun based on a Remington 788 .308 action. Our idea is to build the gun with minimal modification to what comes out of the box to see what kind of shooter we come up with. I came across a good deal on a .308 788 Remington...

Thanks for the input. The bolt face was pretty much my only concern with the change over but I knew that I could always fall back to the 243. I am looking at using a Hornady 87 grain V-Max. What are your concerns with using the 22" inch barrel vs the 24" as you suggested. I am trying to make...

Rebarrel from.308 win to 6 mm Rem I have a Remington 788 in .308 Winchester. (I own 2 of these BTW) I am thinking about rebarrel to 6 mm Remington. My question is will I need to modify the bolt face to accommodate this round? From what I read above if I change to a .243 it will not be...