Re: M40 finish
New from Remington ?
Umm, no.
Look closely....they were assebled at Quantico.
Maybe the newer A5 models are assembled by Remington...I have no idea as I've been out of the corp for quite some time.
All the originals were hand built in Quantico using parts sourced as I'm sure you know...from all over.
Another heads up for you:
No one can honestly tell you exactly what parts were in which rifle. They were sourced from X company, and when that company had trouble keeping up with demand Y company started up chugging out parts, and then Z company, and so on and so on.
I keep hearing about people wanting to build an accurate clone...
Sheesh, go hit a trash heap and gather enough to put together a 700 and it'll damn near be perfectly clone worthy.
I've seen most of them with Douglas barrels, some had Kreigers, some had Hart, I know Shilen made a few.
The only thing they all had in common was a Remington 700 action, and that was it.