She's Home!

ColColt

ColColt

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Apr 27, 2014
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I went by the dealer today and picked up the Remington 700 Classic in the marvelous 35 Whelen. It was actually better looking than the photos on the website showed. In fact, it looks like it has barely been used at all...most pleased. The bore looked as new and so did the Weaver 4X that came with it Bright glass and no marks of any sort.

This and the 7x57 just recently bought and haven't got to shoot yet will give me an incentive of getting out of the hospital late next week after the surgery and hopefully get back to the range soon. I think I'll spend tomorrow loading some Nosler 225 and 250 gr Partitions for it and the Hornady 200 gr Spire Point. If this doesn't make a feller want to get well, he's hopeless. :)




 
For sure you have some great incentive to push through your medical procedures. The Remington Classic is a handsome rifle. Chambered in 35 Whelen, it is appreciated by gun cranks everywhere.
 
First off, best wishes to you for a speedy recovery. I hope you can get home and on the mend so you can go do some load development. The 700 Classic 35 Whelen is a beauty. Ii have the same rife and its a shooter. I had a pretty good run with the 35 Whelen a few years back and shot quite a few deer and a bear. On game performance is impressive.

JD338
 
Thanks for the well wishes. I just want to get it done and over with so I can walk that 100 yards back and forth to the target frame again.

An odd problem and one I haven't encountered yet is when you close the bolt there's a squeaky sound, more like close to the shroud. I've oiled about every place I usually do but it's still there. Maybe I haven't hit the right place.
 
It's saying shoot me !! Hope ya get well soon as that is a beauty as well and I hope the scope install worked out better for ya this time!
 
Try taking the bolt apart so you can clean it and properly lubricate it.

JD338
 
I'll probably be changing out the mounts and rings as I'm not a great fan of Weaver mounts but for the initial first outing I'll probably leave them on. Strange, I found the reticle to be a little fuzzy and adjusted it till it was sharp but now looking at objects 100-150 yard away don't appear as sharp. This is the first scope I've had in years that didn't have an adjustable objective.

I'm not sure how to take the bolt apart on a Remington but I can figure it out and oil it good.
OK-figured it out but it made no difference after a cleaning an light oiling. It still squeaks. If you close the bolt slowly it won't but closing it normally it will. Hmmm...may have to work on this one a little.
 
I finally got it. I put some Lubriplate on the locking lugs and it went away. I had put a little oil on them but no grease. Apparently that's what they wanted.
 
There ya go!

What a great looking rifle!

Those Weaver mounts may not be the sleekest thing, but they hold well.
 
I took the action out because the trigger was atrocious at nearly 6 pounds and got it adjusted to a tad over 2 1/2. The two guard screws couldn't have had more than 5 in/lbs holding it together so, not knowing exactly the proper torque I adjusted both to 25 in/lbs. I sure would like to take it out before that surgery but that may not be in the cards. I sure plan on it afterwards.

The lubriplate didn't work long. After adjusting the trigger little by little and working the bolt to check the trigger pull it started squeaking again. This time I brought out the heavy duty stuff...wheel bearing grease. So far so good.
 
I am in the same boat, having two hernias repaired with mesh next week. Not serious but it will keep me from walking 100 yards at the range for a couple of weeks. Good luck on you surgery Col Colt.
 
I have a hernia on the right side that I never got repaired. That's a long story so won't go into it other than to say it's still there but doesn't really cause any problem.

I can't say it enough how I appreciate all the well wishes. There's a fine group of folks on this forum I've yet to encounter anywhere else and it's most refreshing.

I hope my boney shoulders can withstand the recoil of this rifle. It's got a pretty good recoil pad and if all else fails I have a Magnum Past pad I can always use. I can imagine those 250 gr Partition bullets will have a fairly hefty recoil. I need to slug the bore to see what the groove diameter is before I order a mould. I'd like to blindly go ahead and do that thinking the measurement will be .358" but I don't know for sure. I think the smallest lead ball I have is .452". Accurate Moulds make some fine molds in three different materials, aluminum, iron or brass and Tom will make them to your measurements if you want to change from the usual patterns.
 
gerry":1s3353xo said:
That is a beauty, Remington needs to make more like that.
Click to expand...

I would think such a move by Remington would transform sales.
 
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