1970's era Rem 700 ADL questions.

Zoning,

Years ago lots of firearms were finished "in the white", meaning no blue at all. If you are religious about keeping your rifle oiled, then bead last is an option. Consider a flat coating as well.

Ray

You could have the receiver plated to somewhat match the barrel. I wouldn't. If mine I'd have the receiver done in one of the matte "duracote" type finishes. I'd also not waste my time trying to use the factory wood stock with a target barrel. This is the time to upgrade to a quality synthetic. No use spending money on a quality barrel and putting it in a stock that won't let it live up to its potential.

^^^^ +1. Jet fuel in a Pinto don't a fast car make.

What do you intend to use this rifle for? Is it an all-weather hunting rifle, ordinary hunting rifle, varmint rifle, target rifle or what? If it's all-weather hunting rifle then I'd go the stainless barrel and coated receiver route with a synthetic stock. If it's a target/varmint rifle I'd personally leave the receiver blue and replace the barrel and stock with whatever you wanted. If this is a sentimental rifle that you hunt with I'd leave the receiver and stock alone and either go with the two tone look or just put a quality, carbon steel, barrel on it. If you like the original stock then keep it unless you plan on regularly hunting in wet weather or extremely humid climates. Otherwise, hunting rifles have been getting the job done with walnut stocks for hundreds of years and I suspect that they will continue to do so for a while longer. The last thing I'd do is bead blast the receiver and leave it in the white. Why have a stainless barrel and a rust prone receiver?

If it isn't shot out leave it alone. It's going to be a $500 barrel before the work. You can get a new rifle for same money.

The below rifle is an older Remington 725 action that was originally chambered in 222 Remington with a pencil barrel in walnut. I saved the original stock and barrel and rebarreled the rifle using a stainless bead blasted fluted heavy barrel. I liked the finish the way it came out so left it alone as a sort of two tone rifle.





I would just leave the receiver alone, but that is just my taste. Unless the existing barrel is shot out I would not even mess with the rifle. I did mine when I did simply because I had the new barrel and needed tools. I also had the stock.

Anyway, you can get a rough idea of what it would look like.

Ron

Cerakote the bolt/receiver graphite black.