One year after it was announced, the new Remington V3 shotgun is finally on the market, and it feels like a winner. Explaining the V3 requires visiting its big brother, the Remington Versa Max, a semi ... New for 2013, Mesa Tactical announced availability of its Urbino Tactical shotgun stock for the new Remington VERSA MAX shotgun.

Understanding the Context

Developed for the specific needs of law enforcement and military ... My old rifle has an original Remington 700 action with an 0.532 bolt face and chambered in 300rum, with a far too expensive chassis on it. I might keep that bolt and simply get it rebarrelled in 300winmag. Replacing the scope, scope mount, and chassis.

Key Insights

Remington 700 (both ADL and BDL models) receiver/actions were produced starting in 1962 with serial number 1000 and ran to serial number 387347 in November of 1968. The barrels with their own date codes told the actual date of firearm assembly or close-to date prior to shipping. These early... A Donor This project began as a bone stock Remington 700 Long Range model, chambered in 25-06 Remington. While there was nothing wrong with it, it still featured similar barrel design features to the original.

Final Thoughts

Mainly it used a slow barrel twist rate like a 1:10, and the steel barrel was a little heavy for mountain hunting. Remington 1100 released 1963; your receiver doesn't have a letter pre-fix in the serial # so was produced between 1963 and 1969. The first 1100 pre-fix letter code after the 1968 Gun Control Act was letter "L". While that doesn't help you for exact year its early production. A good very good friend who is a retired Remington Dupont employee, in fact he hired Scott Haines (Nitro27) and have ...