Model 725 280 Remington
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Then I decided to see how BBCs would print next to the Sierras and Partitions.
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So, I ended up just zeroing up the BBCs and will give them a whirl on deer this weekend. They shot pretty well and I know they’ll work excellent. The Partitions shoot plenty close enough I can use them to refine a longer zero and just check it with a BBC or two.
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So, I ended up just zeroing up the BBCs and will give them a whirl on deer this weekend. They shot pretty well and I know they’ll work excellent. The Partitions shoot plenty close enough I can use them to refine a longer zero and just check it with a BBC or two.
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Nice find Scotty. Looks like it's going to shoot well. Good replacement for the one you sent off to become a 9.3x62.
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Yeah, I like it Gerry. It isn’t original since it has a recoil pad (that doesn’t work for beans) and has been bedded, but the metal is nice and the stock ain’t bad. I think they were only made from 58-61 so it’s sort of a rare bird. Love the safety on it though.
wvbuckbuster
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That's a neat old rifle that groups well. Hope you get that deer this week with it. Dan.
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Beautiful rifle Scotty. You are getting excellent velocity and accuracy with the 140 gr BBC. I hope you get the chance to hammer a big buck this weekend. You will be pleased with the performance of the 280 Remington on deer. It doesn't get any better.
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DrMike
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Every 280 I've owned managed to shoot quite well. The cartridge seems created for that 7mm pill. Neat find, Scotty.
elkeater2
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Aaah, the upgraded 721, made to compete more directly with Model 70's. A friend has it's twin, and it shoots just as well. I think Remington put a little more care and effort on these. EE2
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Cool rifle... in a great caliber.
Back when I bought wood/blued rifles.... I found that a lot of the older rifles I bought, with wood stocks that had been bedded, shot better once I dug the old bedding out and re-bedded them.
I betcha I could have that purdy stock looking like a fence post in a couple WA big game seasons.
Back when I bought wood/blued rifles.... I found that a lot of the older rifles I bought, with wood stocks that had been bedded, shot better once I dug the old bedding out and re-bedded them.
I betcha I could have that purdy stock looking like a fence post in a couple WA big game seasons.
6mm Remington
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Wow Scotty what a find! That was made when Remington was really making superb rifles and the 280 Remington is one of the best cartridges out there. (No bias on my part!). What is wrong with you though?????? WTH weren't there some 140 grain Accubonds shot through it? That's just sacrilegious on your part!
Hope to see success photo's soon.
Hope to see success photo's soon.
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Wow Scotty what a find! That was made when Remington was really making superb rifles and the 280 Remington is one of the best cartridges out there. (No bias on my part!). What is wrong with you though?????? WTH weren't there some 140 grain Accubonds shot through it? That's just sacrilegious on your part!
Hope to see success photo's soon.
Hope to see success photo's soon.
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Awesome boom stick Scottie!
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Nice find Scotty and it looks like it was taken care of and. If it doesn't have the Rem poly finish it may have been refinish also. They came with a metal butt plate that was aluminum .
Some say it was the best Rem bolt action made.
The 725 was my first bolt action rifle and was chambered in 30-06. I bought it used for $75 back in the day. it had a history where it had been stolen from a local shop and found in a creek where the thieves had tossed it when they got scared. It was sticking out of the mud when some kids found it and gave it to the state police who returned it to the shop.
I bought it and cleaned the mud out of it and shot it so much I burned the throat out.
It accounted for my first rack buck and many more before I had it rebarreled in 257 Roberts.
The short little Roberts functions great threw the long action with no feed problems.
the 725 also known as the Kodiak action and is built like a tank and I think it was intended for the new magnum cartridges that Winchester was coming out with but I could be wrong.
Some say it was the best Rem bolt action made.
The 725 was my first bolt action rifle and was chambered in 30-06. I bought it used for $75 back in the day. it had a history where it had been stolen from a local shop and found in a creek where the thieves had tossed it when they got scared. It was sticking out of the mud when some kids found it and gave it to the state police who returned it to the shop.
I bought it and cleaned the mud out of it and shot it so much I burned the throat out.
It accounted for my first rack buck and many more before I had it rebarreled in 257 Roberts.
The short little Roberts functions great threw the long action with no feed problems.
the 725 also known as the Kodiak action and is built like a tank and I think it was intended for the new magnum cartridges that Winchester was coming out with but I could be wrong.
Guy Miner
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Looks good, shoots good.
What more to ask?
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