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rem 700 SA into pistol???

Well i'm not to worried about the ability part but i can't decide whether i want to start out small and work my way up or just go full bore right off the start. 243 w/1in8 or 300wsm...decisions decisions...
 
I went with the 7wsm and love it. I'm pushing a 168gr bullet to 2850 with a 17.75" barrel and couldn't ask for better preformance!
 
Well i guess i don't have to do a 20" barrel to get speed then... i just want to shoot 1k at pds to antlope maybe elk if i go 300wsm and i'd be happy its alot but i don't see why not
 
Awesome picture post Matt!

I have a 19" cut down factory sporter barrel in 300WSM on a Savage Striker action.
Velocities are from memory as data is packed and I haven't watched the video for some time. All loads are with reloader 17.

130gr Barnes 3360ish
150gr Sierra 3250
168 Barnes 2975
Neal
 
I have 4 Remington 700 actions that are registered as pistols. I purchased these actions as actions from Remington. They are not rifle brake down parts. Midway and Brownells sold these actions for a few years until Remington quit offering them. If you can find one of these actions they are no different then a Stiller,Bat,Nesika or any other action they can be registered as a pistol as long as the number on the action was never registered as a rifle. I contacted the BATF 3 times to make sure it was legal and they said the Remington action was the same as any other action and it could be used as a pistol. Ross
 
Ross
If you take one of those Rem 700 actions and screw a long barrel in it that would put the length with say a Russo stock at over 26", is it not then a "Rifle" by ATF standards? And can you then put a barrel on it that would make the overall length less than 26" making it a pistol again?
The ATF rifle vs pistol is very confusing and it seems that even the ATF cant give you a consistent answer.
Dave
 
I contacted the ATF with several questions and I was referred to 3 different locations. I finally spoke to the office in Virginia where the legal end of the rules are written. They told me that in order to be legal as a rifle it needed to be 26" overall lenght with a 16" barrel. When I asked about taking a 700 action and making a pistol on that action they said if you purchased it as a receiver that it was just that until you put a barrel on it and made it a operational firearm. At that point it was a rifle or pistol. They said that was the rules. The guy also told me that the rules were intended for people buying a rifle and then cutting the barrel off and turing it into a pistol. I asked him about buying a Savage target action and making it into a pistol and he told me it is the same rules no matter what action you use. I have 4 Remington 700 actions that are pistols and registered as such. Ross
 
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