![]() ![]() No matter which model of 700 you may be dealing on I think the roughness can be dealt with quickly enough.īest of luck - what ever you decide to do - I wish I could be of more help to you. I have only seen the Rifle once but it looked very good to me. He further relayed that he only removed the finish from the SPS's bolt and barrel and the action lug runways were already smooth enough for his desires. So, I also guess that I disagree (but not with a lot of certainty) that the Remington SPS finish is not due to heavy bead blasting but to the applied finish itself?Īllen, I just got a return call from my friend Jack - he relayed that indeed the SPS rough finish is applied and not built in or sandblasted on! It took less than a minute to look up my 1973 Model 552. I have only owned the one SPS but am familiar with many more that belong to Varminting partners and the crude finish on these doesn't seem to hamper their accuracy or usefullness afield? REMINGTON ( Customer Service (1-80 & follow the prompts) will look up your serial number and verify the age of your firearm. I could get the particulars on the process he himself did to the Rifle - if you are interested. I believe that Rifle was in caliber 17 Remington Fireball! My good friend Jack from Yelm, Washington bought an SPS-V some years back and simply polished off the "rough finish" of the bolt and action and had a "shiney" (but smooth) Remington 700 Varmint! I own a "G" prefix Remington 700 SPS-V in caliber 22-250 Remington and the action works just fine for me. If you could look at the barrel again and get those letters I can date it for you.Īs far as I know you can not get an accurate month/date of manufacture by the serial number letter prefix? Hemiallen: Remingtons are more easily/readily "dated" by the two letter barrel code on the left side of the Remington factory barrel. ![]()
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