So I have been talking about this Remington 722 in 300 Savage for a while now, I finally got my grubby hands on it. The stock has been chopped/unchopped (not the best work I have seen), some minor rust spots here and there on the rifle nothing major. The action is soild and the bore is amazing nice and shiney, and the redfield peep works with easy after a few drops of 3 in 1 oil, trigger isnt a lawyer trigger breaks clean at around 3 pounds with no over travel. It should be a fun project.
It is stupid because my dad and I went to the range for our Sunday afternoon shoot like always, I threw together some light loads with a standard 10.0gr of Unique, common starting load for all my cast bullets, 173gr GC Ideal mold 311413 pointed bullet, with a tuff of pillow stuffin over the powder just because. 50 yards with the open sights from a bench the dang thing shot a 1.5" group for 6 shots. Thought to myself "self what is going on here", went back to the line and started shooting again, went and check the group, *** here I am thinking I will have a fun rifle to spend alot of time on making a load that will shoot good, but I have a rifle that will shot 1.5" at 50 yards with open sights with a "trash" load, just something I threw together.
Might as well sell it I can already tell this rifle isnt going to be any fun.
Things to come for this rifle:
Target Globe front sight,
alot better stock,
and refinishing of the metal and general clean up.
Heck of a rifle for $200, all week I was thinkin about how if it doesnt shoot well I am money ahead because I could always make a custom target rifle built on the action. It will stay a 300 Savage if it keeps up with the groups I am getting with it.