I finally had the chance to visit home this weekend to get away from my college, and gave the new Bass Pro (Portage, IN) a visit. After oogling at all the nice (slightly overpriced) handguns, I found myself looking at the tiny rack of pre-loved long guns. A few American shotguns, a Savage in .300 WSM for $300 with accutrigger (would have piqued my interest if not for the caliber), and lo and behold, I spot a neglected Rem. 700 in .270 for $220. A few dings here and there, but the barrel crown is okay, and the rifling looks pretty good, so I said "wrap her up".
She's not really anything special, but came with a HUGE damaged Swift scope, scope mounts, and a front sight. Just a standard synthetic stock, and a blind mag, so no bells or whistles here. After all my surplus experience (I'm a cruffler), the trigger is very crisp, albeit a bit on the heavy side. I cleaned most the rust off, and got some oil everywhere to keep it at bay until I get the time to take some steel wool to it. To my astonishment, the bore cleaned up amazingly with very bright rifling. I'll have to get a good, budget scope for her. I'm thinking Burris, Bushnell, or Nikon in a 4-16 magnification.
Unfortunately, I have to leave my guns and go back to school in a few minutes, so no pics. How did I do? The gun was originally on sale for about $350, so it probably sat there and rusted for a bit. Being a surplus guy, I just can't say no to the diamonds in the rough. I'll have to buy some dies and get to putting her to work. Wish me well.
She's not really anything special, but came with a HUGE damaged Swift scope, scope mounts, and a front sight. Just a standard synthetic stock, and a blind mag, so no bells or whistles here. After all my surplus experience (I'm a cruffler), the trigger is very crisp, albeit a bit on the heavy side. I cleaned most the rust off, and got some oil everywhere to keep it at bay until I get the time to take some steel wool to it. To my astonishment, the bore cleaned up amazingly with very bright rifling. I'll have to get a good, budget scope for her. I'm thinking Burris, Bushnell, or Nikon in a 4-16 magnification.
Unfortunately, I have to leave my guns and go back to school in a few minutes, so no pics. How did I do? The gun was originally on sale for about $350, so it probably sat there and rusted for a bit. Being a surplus guy, I just can't say no to the diamonds in the rough. I'll have to buy some dies and get to putting her to work. Wish me well.
