The Model 700 is essentially an update of Remington's M721/722/725 series, a postwar bolt action introduced in 1948 that was intended to be less costly than the Mauser-type rifles most common in the day. It was a push-feed action, which today is more common than controlled-round feed (...
You will get a precise fit when bedded to the rifle’s action and fully understand why a one-piece base is ideal for use with the Remington 700. In fact, this one-piece base is machined to exact Picatinny Mil. Std. 1913 specification rail dimensions. This design is simple and sleek, a...
Announced in 1999 and released in 2000, the .338 Remington Ultra Magnum is one of the four Remington long action ultra magnum cartridges which include the 7mm, 300, .338 and .375 Ultra Magnum cartridges, all loosely based on the 404 Jefferies case design blown out to maximum dimensions. ...
A quick note on chambers and ammunition, 223 Remington and 5.56 NATO chambers and ammunition are not the same or necessarily interchangeable. 223 Remington is a SAMMI specification and 5.56 NATO is a NATO specification. Without getting overly involved, chamber dimensions ar...
Those differences in the external dimensions of the .270 Winchester, .280 Remington, .280 Ackley Improved, and 7mm Remington Magnum do translate into differences in ballistic performance, though probably not quite as much as you’d initially expect. ...
Even though there are some major differences in their external dimensions, the .260 Remington, 6.5 Creedmoor, and 6.5×55 Swede have very similar ballistics. This is due in large part to the fact that most common factory hunting loads utilize the exact same bullets for each cartridge. The adv...