New Vintage Woods Rifle

[JD338]

I picked up a new woods rifle, a vintage Remington M660 in 308 Winchester. This will be a dream to carry in the woods, not to mention in the blind or a ladder stand.
Although it currently has a Redfield 2-7x Wildfield set in Redfield rings and bases, I'm awaiting a picatinny rail. I'm going to mount a Leupold VX-3 2.5-8x36mm scope. Plan on shooting the Barnes 130 TTSX so long as it shoots decent. If not, it shoots 165 gr BT well as is and stacks them on the 250 yard gong.

JD338

 

[SJB358]

That sucker is pretty cool.

I tried the pic rail on mine but the darn thing was too tight for my fingers to load it. So I went two piece on mine.

 

[DrMike]

A veritable classic, for sure.

 

[Slimfinn]

Nice, i like it

 

[NMachine]

That will carry like a dream in the whitetail woods!

 

[RL338]

For the price you done very well.

 

[NYDAN]

Nice find. I bet you will love using it.

 

[cloverleaf]

Boy that there is a classic rifle. As has been noted that should be great, quick handling rifle. The Luey is a perfect choice. Do you have plans for the Redfield? CL

 

[Wolfshead]

Beautiful!
I love that stock shape.

 

[diverdown]

Very nice find Jim!!!!

 

[6mm Remington]

Way to go Jim! That should be a great woods rifle.

 

[JD338]

Thanks fellas. She seems to be a shooter.
I'll post updated pics once I get the scope updated.

JD338

 

[badaxeriverman]

I love those rifles. I’ve got an original 600 in 243 from 1967. My buddy who is a Smith I swear has every caliber they made except for 35 rem and 223. His brother picked one up just like mine a few years back out in Arizona and a pawnshop for $300. I know we had to do a little work on it, but it looks like brand new now just like mine. I took mine out the year before last and shot a deer with a 90 grain ballistic tip. That’s the one I posted about here not too long ago. It’s slammed to the ground like a freight train hit it and never moved. Always wanted one in 308 but they’re getting way up there in price for the original 600s like mine with the vented rib. Bought mine and GunBroker about a decade to go for about 440 bucks and it looked like brand new. Put a discontinued aftermarket trigger in it that would use the original safety so you can’t really tell the triggers been replaced. I’ve got it down to a pound and a quarter right now. Originally bought it for a walking predator rifle, but haven’t really used it other than for deer hunting and plinking. First thing I did was float it and glass bed it along with the trigger. It’ll shoot .2 inch groups using a random hand load with those 90 grain ballistic tips that I have loaded for my other rifle.

 

[EOD Diver]

Congratulations on the score, Jim! The 308 is meat and potatoes here in Germany. Seems like just about everyone here shoots one.
V/R,
Joe

 

[PJGunner]

I have the 660 in .308 but the factory stock was long gone early on. I have restocked mannlicher sytle and sometime around 1981/2 H S Preciscion came out with a very lightweight stock for the Remington M7. Their plant was up in Prescott Arizona but they moved elsewhere and Ruger owns than plant now. I drove up and met the owner. Nice fellow. We talks a bit and it was decided it would only take minor alterations to adapt the stoto fit an M660 so I bought one at cost and put the gun into the stock. I still have it although it looks somewhat worse for wear. It has about the nicest feel of any of my rifles and is probably a half to tree-quarters of a pound lighter than the original factory stock and a good two pounds lighter than the Mannlicher style stock. it's one of the rifles on my never to be sold while I'm alivelist.
Paul B.

 

[badaxeriverman]

My dream was just to put mine in an HS precision stock, but they were long gone discontinued when I got mine.

 

[truck driver]

Very Nice Jim, I always wanted one in 6mm but could never get past the asking price when new and could never find a used one at a price I liked.

 

[ReloadKy]

I have killed one deer with the 130gr Barnes TTSX and it ran about 15 yards. My 308 likes BL-C2, CFE 223 and TAC with the 130 TTSX. Good luck and happy hunting!

 

[clearwater]

My dad’s set up was a 600, 308 with the 2 power forward mount scout scope. He was also a handgun hunter with long relief 1 power scope. He practiced quick offhand shots. Watched him shoot a coyote with that rifle, it was like watching a trap shooter.

Carrying that rifle is sweet. You can hold it at the balance point with your hand around the whole gun as there is no scope at that point. Carried with the 18” barrel down it doesn’t drag in the foliage either. He still put a bit of electricians tape over the crown as he hunted slippery hillsides.

 

[clearwater]

My dad’s set up was a 600, 308 with the 2 power forward mount scout scope. He was also a handgun hunter with long relief 1 power scope. He practiced quick offhand shots. Watched him shoot a coyote with that rifle, it was like watching a trap shooter.

Carrying that rifle is sweet. You can hold it at the balance point with your hand around the whole gun as there is no scope at that point. Carried with the 18” barrel down it doesn’t drag in the foliage either. He still put a bit of electricians tape over the crown as he hunted slippery hillsides.

His load was 150 grain round nose with I4320. Mine W760 with150 grain AccuBond. Even the bonded bullet made for a lot of bloodshot at 30 yards. The deer only made one hop tho.