Another Rem 700 Question

[STiLife]

thank you for posting that link for grabagun. I purchased that weapon today! Finally in the bolt action scene!

[kcjr1125]

Grabagun also has a new financing option.

[Forrestchump]

I'd caution you against the conversion only because the .243 is a pretty great round which is very capable. What do you want the .308 for?

If you are looking to rebuild it then you'll want to find a gunsmith, this is not an at home project unless you already know how to do it, own a lathe and know how to chamber a barrel. They can source everything for you. Barrels run the gamut from $75 pull offs on gunbroker to $400 cut rifled and custom profiled barrels, you need to know what you want to do with it first.

I have two 700's chambered in 243. One is nice, and one is old and ugly. So if one becomes a 308, its not like I'm not ditching my coyote gun......diverssify, ssee.....And I don't have a .308. I was thinking of going the route of the op, but if I already have one, what the heck.
I did see the 700 adl for $399 at sportsmans warehouse today.

[STiLife]

The weird thing is that if you click on the link for the r700 on the second post it shows up on the site but if you go directly to the site and search for it I can't find it

[Forrestchump]

Still let you buy it though right?

[STiLife]

Yep. Got a confirmation order # so I'm sure its fine.

[ar15barrels]

Although if it were me, and I was going to re-barrel a gun, I'd go to Remington 6mm or 6.5mm before .243. Just because the 6mm stuff has a bit longer barrel life than .243.

WTF?

243 amd 6mm are the same bore size...

[TMB 1]

Actually the 6mm Remington is slightly hotter than the 243 Winchester. Enough hotter to effect barrel life IDK?

[Exodus343]

grab a gun just cleaned house
a lot of their inventory is not on their page anymore

[hermosabeach]

CDNNINVESTMENTS has Rem 700 take off barrels in stock...

Download the catalog and you can see what they have...

[STiLife]

did I just buy the last r700 sps 24in in .308? lol its a project gun so don't care about that barrel too much. Probably going to switch it out in the future. I hope I didn't buy it before they updated their inventory. I guess ill know in the morning

[ar15barrels]

Actually the 6mm Remington is slightly hotter than the 243 Winchester. Enough hotter to effect barrel life IDK?

The 6mm Remington is a long action cartridge that burns more powder than a 243 winchester and wears out barrels faster with only a small gain in velocity.

A 6mm barrel groove size is 0.243".

[kendog4570]

Actually the 6mm Remington is slightly hotter than the 243 Winchester. Enough hotter to effect barrel life IDK?

They are both overbore cartridges. Barrel life is minimal compared other rounds, like the 308. You will be fortunate to get 2000 rounds out of either before the barrel gives it up.

[STiLife]

the link was taken down after my order was placed. I hope I got one of the last ones....

[TMB 1]

The 6mm Remington is a long action cartridge that burns more powder than a 243 winchester and wears out barrels faster with only a small gain in velocity.

A 6mm barrel groove size is 0.243".

I already knew 6mm & 243 used same bullets. I have a Remington 660(short action) in 6mm Rem. It wont gain anything on the 243 with same 20" barrel except muzzle flash. With 24" barrel it has a slight gain. In a long action seems it would gain even more because of ability to seat bullets longer?