looking at a older rem 700 in 300 win mag with a blued SS barrel

[eastbank]

I,m looking at a older(11-70 I think) 700 Remington BDL in 300 win mag in ex condition with a blued SS barrel , it will be up for sale soon and I will have the first chance to buy it. what would be a good price for me to pay? I,m some what interested in it to add it to my Remington collection.. eastbank.

 

[MachIVshooter]

with a blued SS barrel

Stainless steel can't be blued. It can be treated to change colors, but bluing requires iron. Some grades of SS have some iron content, but not enough to actually blue them. If you did have enough iron content to get the color, it wouldn't last.

 

[joed]

Remington did indeed offer a stainless barrel that was blued, I had to refresh my memory on it though. The belted magnum barrels were roll stamped Stainless Steel starting in 1963. The magnums were equipped with stainless steel barrels through 1970. The barrels were plated with copper and then with iron so they would take a blue finish.

That is a pretty unique rifle.

For more information on it go to Remington Society of America.

 

[eastbank]

thanks for the info on the rem 700, I,m looking at 550-600 for the rifle and may be a scope. eastbank.

 

[joed]

That's probably a pretty fair offer. I bought my first 700, a BDL Varmint Special in 1978, cost $235, can't even imagine what that rifle cost in 1970.

 

[LoonWulf]

Id say a very fair offer, especially if it comes with a decent scope. Ive SEEN one of those old stainless gun years ago, one of the guys who used to come hunt our farm carried one for a few years, never seen another.
I really LIKE the 700 for cartridges like the .300 which should be housed (IMO) in a action longer than the .30-06 Standard. Should you want to have it for more than a collectable, i think that gives you some leeway in loading with the newer super pointy bullets, as most of the .300s ive shot had throats that usually did better with either blunt bullets, or longer than standard coals. Again not that they are really necessary, but I like them.

 

[MachIVshooter]

The barrels were plated with copper and then with iron so they would take a blue finish.

That makes sense. Bonding ferrous metal would be the only way to legitimately blue it, although I'd still wonder about the finish durability.

 

[LoonWulf]

as long as the copper under the iron dosent start to oxidize id think it would be pretty sturdy?

only experience ive got with anything like that is trying to strip a chromed paintball gun. The copper or what ever they used to stick the chrome to was oxidizing under the chrome and causing bubbles....or maybe it was the aluminum oxidizing...i got mad at it, and thru it away.

 

[paulsj]

Last one I examined was in excellent original condition and sold for $650. It was chambered for 7mmRM which is more desirable caliber in Remington 700 rifle.

 

[haywoodhunter]

No idea what it’s worth but my father in law has one in 7RM. Good shooter and made me do a double take the first time I looked at the barrel and saw it said stainless steel.

 

[PabloJ]

The mating of then new 7mmMagnum to new rifle with more oxidation-resistatant barrel would make Model 700 more desirable. I heard they're both very accurate and trouble free with no bolt-handles with knobs falling off. Can't say anything fall off new ones because I have not owned one, but I read stories on the internet so as you proly already know those stories must be true?

 

[jmr40]

The 1st production run of 7mm RM's had such barrels. I've not seen or heard of other calibers though.

 

[joed]

The stainless barrels actually started in 1962 with the introduction of the 7mm RM and the model 700, but I think for awhile they weren't marked "stainless steel". One day I'm going to have to research this more. In one of my old firearm blue books that I finally threw out I believe the stainless steel barrel value was worth at extra 10 or 15%.

I've heard reports of these barrels showing up after 1970 but I've never seen one.

 

[redneck2]

as long as the copper under the iron dosent start to oxidize id think it would be pretty sturdy?

I know that chrome won't bond to steel. So, for the older cars with real chrome bumpers, they would copper plate, then chrome plate.