$108 worth of rifles

[CptnAwesome]

Got my $54 remington 770's dressed up and ready to go. A The top rifle (7mm Rem Mag) just got a Boyd's Spike Camp. I love Boyd's stocks. This is my 4th Boyd's stock but if it had been my first it would definately be my last. One of my previous stocks required a little Dremel work , but this one took well over an hour with the Dremel to get it to fit correctly. All said and done I like the feel of it, just hope the rifle shoots okay.

The bottom (300 Win Mag) stays the same except swapping the factory scope with a Bushnell trophy. Been decades since I bought a Bushnell. I'm keeping my fingers crossed it'll hold up . I know the 300 will group with Federal 180gr Vital Shocks. So now to take em out this weekend to play.

 

[illinoisburt]

770 has its own special challenges of bolt design, but it seems like most all of them are reasonably accurate. Definitely a good looking stock! Hope you really enjoy them.

 

[LoonWulf]

I like that color on the spike camp!

 

[CptnAwesome]

770 has its own special challenges of bolt design, but it seems like most all of them are reasonably accurate. Definitely a good looking stock! Hope you really enjoy them.

You said "special challenges of bolt design"... I like your wording and agree whole heartedly!!! The bolt is... how do I word it... Grabby... Draggy...

Anyway, It's an annoyance to say the least. It's definately the most "budgety" feeling of any budget rifles I've owned. I've read that polishing the bolt may help, I may try that. As long as they can get a 1" group at 100 from my reloads I'll take them out here and there.

And what's with the factory trigger guard design???

 

[CptnAwesome]

I like that color on the spike camp!

That color is called Shady Camo.

 

[Picher]

I bought this Rem 581 N.I.B. in Bangor, ME for $18, in the early 1970s; installed a take-off Shilen barrel $100; picked up a stainless stock blank for an Anschutz out of a barrel at a Kittery, ME sporting goods store for about $20, carved/whittled, filed, sanded, pillar-bedded, free floated, and finished it. I performed a trigger job to reduce the trigger pull to about 1 pound. When doing Rimfire Benchrest program, installed a flat forend and installed a large variable scope. It shoots really good and is a joy at the range. It may not be worth a lot, but I wouldn't sell it for love or money.

 

[CptnAwesome]

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[illinoisburt]

You said "special challenges of bolt design"... I like your wording and agree whole heartedly!!! The bolt is... how do I word it... Grabby... Draggy...

Anyway, It's an annoyance to say the least. It's definately the most "budgety" feeling of any budget rifles I've owned. I've read that polishing the bolt may help, I may try that. As long as they can get a 1" group at 100 from my reloads I'll take them out here and there.

And what's with the factory trigger guard design???

I tried the polishing thing with my 770 - results were *meh*. Not worth the effort. A little moly grease is much better.

I believe that plastic trigger guard was specifically made to whack your knuckles with every shot to punish us for not buying a 700.

I think 1-1/2 moa is probably a realistic expectation. If it does better that's awesome. These were never intended as benchrest rigs. For general hunting purposes out to 300 yards or so they work perfectly.

 

[WisBorn]

Heck ! Just have some fun!!!
Love the Stock!! The scope will help with the accuracy!

I had the clearance Savage Axis rifles out a couple of weeks ago and shot a couple of <3/4" groups with the 243 & 100 grain CORE-LOKs. The Leopold Rifleman scope made a difference for me, just in clarity. About $350 invested.
The 270 needs a few more rounds with only about $100 invested I can spend a little on ammo

 

[Picher]

View attachment 944697

I bought this Rem 581 N.I.B. in Bangor, ME for $18, in the early 1970s; installed a take-off Shilen barrel $100; picked up a stainless stock blank for an Anschutz out of a barrel at a Kittery, ME sporting goods store for about $20, carved/whittled, filed, sanded, pillar-bedded, free floated, and finished it. I performed a trigger job to reduce the trigger pull to about 1 pound. When doing Rimfire Benchrest program, installed a flat forend and installed a large variable scope. It shoots really good and is a joy at the range. It may not be worth a lot, but I wouldn't sell it for love or money.

9/26/2020: (One thing I forgot to mention: When removing the barreled action from the stock, after glassbedding, I had to whack the barrel with a rubber hammer. Well, it came out fast and fell on the concrete basement floor and the end of the trigger broke off. DUH! Well, I had a High Standard pistol take-off trigger in the parts draws, left over from installing a long-reach trigger on my H.S. target pistol. I cut it off and sweated it to the stub of the Rem 581 trigger and it's still working fine.)

 

[CptnAwesome]

** Update **

So I was finally able to get to the range with the two 770's. Tried the 7 Rem Mag in the Boyd's stock first. My reloads were once fired Winchester brass.
145gr Speer SPBT
RL22 starting at 3gr under Speer manual max
CCI 250 primer
Book recommended OAL

First load was easy bolt lift but kind of hard to extract the case with about a 5" group at 100yds. No cratering or flattening of the primer. Now I've been through this hard extraction with the last 2 Remington 700's I bought back before I started reloading. A polishing in the chamber solved the problem with those. So moved up to the next charge,,, first two shots were about 6" apart and brass from the second stuck in the chamber... I used a cleaning rod to pop it out and called it quits with my reloads for obvious reasons.... But I was curious
Decided to try some factory Winchester 150gr pwr points. First 2 or 3 shots the brass was slightly hard to extract with a metal grinding sound but no sign on the case of a burr in the chamber. After about 6 rounds it smoothed out and no more issues. Groups were about 1 1/2". Didn't go back to reloads , I'll prob just buy some DeerSeason XP and use it. I've been very curious about that bullet anyway.

Now on to the 300 Win Mag. I was fairly pleased with the Bushnell Trophy. Glass was fairly clear, 9 power didn't look like a true 9x magnification though. Tracking wasn't precise but it stayed where I put it. Got about an inch group again from Factory Federal 180gr Vital Shok and about 1 1/4" group with 150gr Winchester DeerSeason XP. I'll take it !

All in all I'm happy with them for what I paid. I have dies for both caliber . I may or may not try reloads again in the 7Mag. I want to try em in the 300 now though just for curiosity's sake.

In one of the stands I hunt the longest shot I could take is about 80yds, so I MAY try them there this year. I make it a point to take at least one deer with each (deer) rifle I own but I've got 3 others in front of those two so we'll see.

 

[horsey300]

** Update **

So I was finally able to get to the range with the two 770's. Tried the 7 Rem Mag in the Boyd's stock first. My reloads were once fired Winchester brass.
145gr Speer SPBT
RL22 starting at 3gr under Speer manual max
CCI 250 primer
Book recommended OAL

First load was easy bolt lift but kind of hard to extract the case with about a 5" group at 100yds. No cratering or flattening of the primer. Now I've been through this hard extraction with the last 2 Remington 700's I bought back before I started reloading. A polishing in the chamber solved the problem with those. So moved up to the next charge,,, first two shots were about 6" apart and brass from the second stuck in the chamber... I used a cleaning rod to pop it out and called it quits with my reloads for obvious reasons.... But I was curious
Decided to try some factory Winchester 150gr pwr points. First 2 or 3 shots the brass was slightly hard to extract with a metal grinding sound but no sign on the case of a burr in the chamber. After about 6 rounds it smoothed out and no more issues. Groups were about 1 1/2". Didn't go back to reloads , I'll prob just buy some DeerSeason XP and use it. I've been very curious about that bullet anyway.

Now on to the 300 Win Mag. I was fairly pleased with the Bushnell Trophy. Glass was fairly clear, 9 power didn't look like a true 9x magnification though. Tracking wasn't precise but it stayed where I put it. Got about an inch group again from Factory Federal 180gr Vital Shok and about 1 1/4" group with 150gr Winchester DeerSeason XP. I'll take it !

All in all I'm happy with them for what I paid. I have dies for both caliber . I may or may not try reloads again in the 7Mag. I want to try em in the 300 now though just for curiosity's sake.

In one of the stands I hunt the longest shot I could take is about 80yds, so I MAY try them there this year. I make it a point to take at least one deer with each (deer) rifle I own but I've got 3 others in front of those two so we'll see.

Are your xp the extreme point with the large black polymer tip?

 

[CptnAwesome]

Are your xp the extreme point with the large black polymer tip?

Yes sir they are. Should do some serious damage.

 

[horsey300]

Yes sir they are. Should do some serious damage. View attachment 946522

Yes, those are devastatingly violent, been playing with them in my .270wsm, pretty sure winchester got jealous of the browning bxr and said "we can build a better grenade!"

 

[CptnAwesome]

Yes, those are devastatingly violent, been playing with them in my .270wsm, pretty sure winchester got jealous of the browning bxr and said "we can build a better grenade!"

I've always suspected those two were basically the same bullet. I'm curious to know who makes them for Browning.

 

[WisBorn]

If Browning and Winchester are owned by the same company is both names/ brands of ammo made in the same factory ???

 

[If1HitU]

View attachment 944697

I bought this Rem 581 N.I.B. in Bangor, ME for $18, in the early 1970s; installed a take-off Shilen barrel $100; picked up a stainless stock blank for an Anschutz out of a barrel at a Kittery, ME sporting goods store for about $20, carved/whittled, filed, sanded, pillar-bedded, free floated, and finished it. I performed a trigger job to reduce the trigger pull to about 1 pound. When doing Rimfire Benchrest program, installed a flat forend and installed a large variable scope. It shoots really good and is a joy at the range. It may not be worth a lot, but I wouldn't sell it for love or money.

Wow that is a very nice looking Rem 581 N.I.B. rifle.

 

[Picher]

Wow that is a very nice looking Rem 581 N.I.B. rifle.

Not much is original Rem...only the action, which was way better than it deserved to be for the price I paid. It has very quick lock time and very consistent ignition. My son has an original and it shoots about as accurately as this one.

 

[horsey300]

I've always suspected those two were basically the same bullet. I'm curious to know who makes them for Browning.

I believe the bxr is a different bullet, sintered copper tip, slightly smaller, and usually a boattail.

 

[CptnAwesome]

I believe the bxr is a different bullet, sintered copper tip, slightly smaller, and usually a boattail.

You got me thinking @horsey300 so I did a little digging and found this from American Hunter. Made by Winchester using "the same technology" as the extreme point. So probably not quite the same bullet but fairly close it seems.

 

[Picher]

9/26/2020: (One thing I forgot to mention: When removing the barreled action from the stock, after glassbedding, I had to whack the barrel with a rubber hammer. Well, it came out fast and fell on the concrete basement floor and the end of the trigger broke off. DUH! Well, I had a High Standard pistol take-off trigger in the parts draws, left over from installing a long-reach trigger on my H.S. target pistol. I cut it off and sweated it to the stub of the Rem 581 trigger and it's still working fine.)

One benefit about the Hi Standard target trigger piece added to the 581 is that there's a trigger stop screw that came with the target pistol trigger. Makes a really nice trigger, especially after the work done to lighten the trigger pull to about 2 lbs.

 

[horsey300]

Yes sir they are. Should do some serious damage. View attachment 946522

I can report that at 300 yds (.270wsm), the damage is similar to the bxr at 70 yds(.270 win), absolute detonation, penetration adequate, brutal impact on in.

 

[MachIVshooter]

770 has its own special challenges of bolt design

That's a gentle euphemism.

I would call it the worst design in history. I have one in .308 that I bought to be a shop demo host. Yeah, it puts bullets where you want them, but only if you don't mind fighting with a bolt that the manipulation of is akin to threading a needle. One with a bent eye and frayed thread.