I'm looking at a few wood stocked 40x-7.62 Remington repeaters. One has a blued barrel. One a stainless. All the ones I've seen in the past only came with stainless barrels. Even the single shots. Did they come with blued barrels with wood stocks?
Old school 40x questions
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I've seen and have several 40x-r's(22s) with blued factory barrels. I seem to recall a really low serial # 222 that had a blued barrel. Crown looked like someone used a chisel on it 90 degrees to bore! Recrowning dropped group size by 8 inches. Ended up letting Berger rebarrel fo 6PPC. Could be a replacement barrel contoured same as factory barrel.
If you've found an older 40-x, and you can afford it, grab it. Don't get rid of that barrel until you shoot it, and know for sure of its character. 40-x rifles absolutely came blued, and ABSOLUTELY came with wooden stocks. Is the barrel tapped for a front sight, by chance?
Good luck with your search - the older models are great rifles. My 40XB Ser. # 0572xxx came with a synthetic stock, blued receiver and stainless barrel.
