Rem Mountain Rifle Ideas/Help

[cjameson28]

For what it is worth I have a Rem 700 BDL that I got the first year Remington released the 7-08, it was a varmit model with a heavy barrel. After shooting it out I re-barreled it with a Douglas #3 air gauged barreled and put it in a B&C Medalist stock. I changed the trigger to a Rifle Basix set at 2.5# and mounted a Ziess fixed 6 power scope. It will consistently clover leaf 140 Nosler Accubonds. It is my go to gun for So Georgia whitetails.

 

[zb338]

Leave it be and build something else. I'm an old man and I have screwed up lots of guns
by messing with them. For example, I had a S&W K-38 4 inch bbl. Masterpiece. It shot
fantastically well. I felt it needed a 6 inch bbl. I did it and the gun was never the same.
Zeke

 

[Lenny Foffa]

I would leave it alone, and enjoy it for just what it is, and shoot it when ever you want to. Then go buy something else. Maybe a used Rem 700 on a Magnum action, and get it barreled, with a 24 inch or 26 inch thin Krieger Barrel, chambered in some super new caliber that kills Deer and Elk in another time zone. That might make you happy. MHO

 

[5gauss]

So I have a Remington 700 DM Mountain rifle chambered in 7mm-08. It is a good rifle with a lot of first and a lot of memories. I've never been extremely happy with the factory wood stock and the pencil barrel. As mentioned it has killed a bunch of stuff and I'd never sell it.

However.....

Do I leave it as is for memories and it "works" OR do I rebarrel and get a different stock for it? What would you do? The factory detachable mag makes stock choices with pencil barrel extremely limited (without spending $700 on a Manners or McMillin).

Thoughts?
Steve

My Ruger tang /pencil barrel 25.06 is just under a minute/angle with my handloads....not great, but Deer/ Antelope at 500 no problem. Coyotes smaller so not so far out there...but super light with Leupold 4.5x15..had it now 40 years...will leave it alone...