Legionnaire
Contributing Member
As I have posted in other threads, I really don't need another rifle. In fact, I've sold off a few over the past year. That hasn't kept me from getting bit by the 7mm PRC bug ... and I like to tinker. I am nowhere near as skilled as some of you who can do your own machining, and I'm not prepared to try and chamber a barrel blank, so another Remage is in the offing. I'll post progress here.
I've been assembling stuff for a couple of months. Found and bought a donor rifle in early February: a 1989 Remington 700 ADL in 7mm Remington Magnum. Sold off the scope and ammo that came with it so the barreled action set me back about $420. If I sell the stock and factory barrel, it will be even less. Here's the donor rifle sans scope and rings.
I made a couple of unsuccessful attempts to pull the barrel myself. My problem was I could never get enough purchase on the barrel to keep it from rotating in the vice blocks. Think I'll explore some good aluminum blocks in the future.
Today I took it to a custom gun builder who took about five minutes and $20 to break it free. He did it without marring the barrel. Over the next few days I'll get the receiver all cleaned up.
I have a McGowen "Remage" barrel on order. As this is going to be a hunting rifle, I ordered a 24-inch Remington magnum profile in polished blue with a recessed crown to match the blued receiver. It will probably be a few more weeks before it's done. But the PTG Go/No-Go gauges I ordered in February came in last week.
I've been assembling stuff for a couple of months. Found and bought a donor rifle in early February: a 1989 Remington 700 ADL in 7mm Remington Magnum. Sold off the scope and ammo that came with it so the barreled action set me back about $420. If I sell the stock and factory barrel, it will be even less. Here's the donor rifle sans scope and rings.
I made a couple of unsuccessful attempts to pull the barrel myself. My problem was I could never get enough purchase on the barrel to keep it from rotating in the vice blocks. Think I'll explore some good aluminum blocks in the future.
Today I took it to a custom gun builder who took about five minutes and $20 to break it free. He did it without marring the barrel. Over the next few days I'll get the receiver all cleaned up.
I have a McGowen "Remage" barrel on order. As this is going to be a hunting rifle, I ordered a 24-inch Remington magnum profile in polished blue with a recessed crown to match the blued receiver. It will probably be a few more weeks before it's done. But the PTG Go/No-Go gauges I ordered in February came in last week.
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). A heat gun might have helped. My smith got it loose without heat, though he said that would have been his next step. It's a C-prefix receiver, and he said Remington used LocTite on them, unhappily. I gave away my heat gun before my last move; probably time to invest in another.
