First year production Remington 700

[MK20]

I bought this thing from a guy locally for 500 bucks minus scope. All I knew was it was an early clip slotted 30-06 ADL. The gentleman told me that his dad bought it for his mom new in the 60's.

I took it home and it has a barrel code of DJ and is in the mid 28,000 serial number range.

I did some research and it was made in September of 1962. That puts it in the first 6 months of production. The first ads for the model 700 ran in the American Rifleman in July of that year.

Interestingly enough, this rifle has never seen a 4473 in its life. Makes me happy that some things are still as they should be.

@pmclaine as you will like this. Also, if anyone knows where to source a period stock with the aluminum buttplate I am looking for one.

 

[pmclaine]

Very nice.

Did it come with the scope?

What is the scope?

 

[pmclaine]

I’d look on EBay for the stock.

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I have a short action stock coming back at some point from LRI that I 98% fit an aluminum plate to you can have.

It’s not M40 but close.

Picks on my LRI rifle build thread

 

[MK20]

Very nice.

Did it come with the scope?

What is the scope?

It didn't come with the scope. I have a drawer full of spare optics and had an old Redfield 4x in there. The rifle already had Redfield bases on it, so it worked out nicely.

 

[camocorvette]

That's a nice score.

 

[pabrousseau]

That looks like the original stock except for the recoil pad.

 

[Dough300]

The first gen wood just looks better, Congrats.

 

[MK20]

Got her cleaned up. Now I just need to zero.