Plain old 721 B 30-06 w/Unertl Hawk

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28 November 2011, 14:26

DocEd

That is a beautiful piece of wood. The "B" models did have the upgraded wood but, I've never seen one that nice.

01 December 2011, 01:11

45-70 shooter

Yup all AC and B models were factory checkered.

01 December 2011, 04:17

p dog shooter

My Dad had a 722b 257 roberts with nice wood also one of the grandsons is the proud owner now.

04 December 2011, 23:47

Jim C. <><

Remington's engineer Merle "Mike" Walker designed the 721/722 towards the end of WW2 to supply the returning GIs who would want to go hunting with a nice rifle selling at a modest price; he did good too. That's a beautiful stock, Mike would be proud of it. And he would approve of the old Unertl scope too! (I bought a 1 1/2" Unertl 12x target scope from Mike about 15 years ago. Put it on my original .22-250 Browning medium heavy barrel Safari grade for use as a walking varmint rig - love it.)

I never cared for the original stamped bottom metal (or the very hard alum butt plate) but it was a reasonable concession to cost.

I like the LOOKS of Mike's later design 700/40X bottom metal but dislike that it's an alum alloy casting. Ah well, can't have everything ... unless we are willing to pay a lot more for it; I'm too cheep for that!

05 December 2011, 23:09

Atkinson

"A shame to checker it" wow! I have always thought a uncheckered rifle was like a picture without a frame, a slick grip is not condusive to good shooting under some circumstances. An uncheckered stock with pretty wood is an example of a quasi stockmaker who obviously cannot checker.

06 December 2011, 15:33

DocEd

Ray, I'm sure glad you aren't in charge of all my gun buying affairs.
Opinons are like a$$holes. Everybody has one and, most of them stink!

06 December 2011, 19:10

swampshooter

Congratulations on owning such a beautiful rifle. I agree with Ray though, unless it's a range queen, I would want it checkered.

06 December 2011, 20:43

vapodog

quote:
Originally posted by Atkinson:
"A shame to checker it" wow! I have always thought a uncheckered rifle was like a picture without a frame, a slick grip is not condusive to good shooting under some circumstances. An uncheckered stock with pretty wood is an example of a quasi stockmaker who obviously cannot checker.

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06 December 2011, 21:27

bartsche

quote:
Originally posted by vapodog:
quote:
Originally posted by Atkinson:
"A shame to checker it" wow! I have always thought a uncheckered rifle was like a picture without a frame, a slick grip is not condusive to good shooting under some circumstances. An uncheckered stock with pretty wood is an example of a quasi stockmaker who obviously cannot checker.
+1

I can live without checkering on good looking wood but still can appreciate a fine checkering job on plain Jane wood. JMHO.

roger