new remington 40x owner still grinnin

[donniedee]

just got my like new in the box U.S. marked remington 40x b made in 1955 soon as i figure out how ill post pics up think im going to love this rifle but man she weighs a ton anyway im a grinnin like the town idiot

what ammo match type do they like best for the most part

 

[Joe40x]

Re: new remington 40x owner still grinnin

Best ammo? Depends...Each rifle is different. I have two 40x rimfires. One likes Eley black box and the other likes Remington subsonics![the horror, the horror]
Get a few boxes of various ammo and give them a try. If nothing else you will have fun trying!

 

[Joe40x]

Re: new remington 40x owner still grinnin

Try reading the second topic in this section. There is a lot of good information about ammo accuracy and cleaning there.

 

[Rifleman1]

Re: new remington 40x owner still grinnin

You got a like new 40X? All I can say is.......I hate you!

 

[donniedee]

Re: new remington 40x owner still grinnin

well it has afew rack dings but very little crown and barrel are like new as well as the bolished blue ordered a bi pod and target scope awhile ago eyes too bad i think to try to use peeps

 

[RicosRevenge]

Re: new remington 40x owner still grinnin

Mine loves the higher end stuff. I shoot exclusively RWS R50 now but it also shoots Eley Match and Federal GM Ultra Match exceptionally well. There really isn't a "bad" match grade ammo out there for it but there are some that stand out.

 

[n64atlas]

Re: new remington 40x owner still grinnin

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: donniedee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">just got my like new in the box U.S. marked remington 40x b made in 1955 soon as i figure out how ill post pics up think im going to love this rifle but man she weighs a ton anyway im a grinnin like the town idiot

what ammo match type do they like best for the most part </div></div>
If it's a 40xb it can't be made in 1955. the 700 action on which the b was made, didn't
get made till the 1960's. A US marked wouldn't have a factory box either. It would have a CMP book though.

 

[donniedee]

Re: new remington 40x owner still grinnin

I stand. Corrected looks like it was made in the early 60's has new style bolt and 40x on the side us up top then at the end of the serial number has a b heavy barrel is floated as Checked with a dollar bill all the way back too the action

 

[donniedee]

Re: new remington 40x owner still grinnin

ok the letters on the left side of the barrel are.... W P M and looks like either a B or an 8 any ideas on when it was made?

 

[168BTHPM]

Re: new remington 40x owner still grinnin

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: donniedee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">just got my like new in the box U.S. marked remington 40x b made in 1955 soon as i figure out how ill post pics up think im going to love this rifle but man she weighs a ton anyway im a grinnin like the town idiot

what ammo match type do they like best for the most part </div></div>

Glad to hear you got a nice rifle, they are fun to shoot.

I have quite a few 40-X and 40-XB rifles, they all shoot well with Wolf Match or Match Extra and the SK Jagd equivalents, they really like RWS R-50 and my 40-XR is lights out with Lapua Master L. I have not had good luck with Eley in my 40-X's, my 37 doesn't like Eley either.

 

[D_TROS]

Re: new remington 40x owner still grinnin

http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthre...828#Post2685828

here a thread I did last spring on ammo for my rem 40xr. it liked lapua the beast as well and that is what I shoot. but for budget (ish) wolf and sk match are really good.

regards,
DT

 

[donniedee]

Re: new remington 40x owner still grinnin

update... i was told by the barrel letters it was made in aug of 1967 im putting a bsa target scope on it soon just to have fun with it and try out match ammo see what it likes, as i save up for a 16x unertl THIS IS GONNA BE FUN

 

[donniedee]

Re: new remington 40x owner still grinnin

Got my 2nd base set and high rings to mount my new BSA 36x44 target scope on to run a ammo trail on see what she likes. I plan unertl 16x scope on. Ut ha e to use the BSA till I get funds oh also mounted a Harris bipod on the rail let's see how she shoots!!!!!!! I know people say these scopes are crap but hey it's a 22 I dought you can Blow out a scope with a 22