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24 April 2018, 00:46
vapodog
new shoes for an old horse
This Remington 721 in .300 H&H and I go back to the 1980s when I first purchased it....and for a song!!!! But the poor fitting stock wasn't to my liking so I traded it for something alse.....and then as I was visiting Fajen's in Warsaw MO.....I took a detour to the Bishop factory and found a nice stock just for the old work horse.....So I bought it and when I got home the old Remnton 721 was srtill for sale, so I purchased it a second time..this time to restock

I used it on two African safaris with the new stock but with 100 % of the metal untouched. It's been a special gun to me but it started to have some problems with case separation and hard bolt opening. So I removed a thread from the barrel and rechambered it .055 to a snug fit on the go-gage and while the barrel was off (that was quite a job!) I polished the metal, removed two inches of barrel to make it a 24" gun and installed new iron sights.....it also got the 11 degree crown I like.

The forend and grip cap are walnut root wood that was dug out of a river...it's full of sand and is very hard on saw blades!

John Farner (too many tools) did the bluing for me and here it is!
















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24 April 2018, 06:55
lindy2
You missed your calling, Vapodog. Nice work.
24 April 2018, 07:00
bartsche
tu2
Nice lines and clean. Great old cartridge. What game are you targeting? claproger beer


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24 April 2018, 07:57
vapodog
quote:
Originally posted by bartsche:
tu2
Nice lines and clean. Great old cartridge. What game are you targeting? claproger beer

it's my elk rifle these days.....


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24 April 2018, 14:29
p dog shooter
One should be able to kill a lot of stuff with that.
25 April 2018, 08:51
Fjold
Nothing better than finding an old friend and renewing that friendship.


but, "walla"?


Frank



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25 April 2018, 12:01
vapodog
quote:
Originally posted by Fjold:
Nothing better than finding an old friend and renewing that friendship.


but, "walla"?

It's an old expression meaning "and there you have it"....or "cooked just rght"


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26 April 2018, 03:59
vapodog
quote:
Originally posted by thirdbite:
I think you mean voila - pronounced vwa la

nope.....walla....


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26 April 2018, 08:21
vapodog
animal

OK....I changed it..... tu2


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30 May 2018, 23:34
custombolt
Close enough. And the Brits got-
Bob's your uncle.


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03 June 2018, 04:02
hivelosity
It looks really nice. I would be afraid dinging it. Did you do the checkering and is that your own pattern?
Thanks Dave
26 June 2018, 18:36
tc98
Great looking rifle!
I bought one after our last conversation about the 300 HH. Remington 700 Classic!
Haven't shot it yet, but soon!
28 June 2018, 16:23
A.J. Hydell
Very nice 721, and chambered for a classic Old School cartridge.

Great combo ... Congrats! tu2


All The Best ...
25 July 2018, 11:50
vapodog
quote:
Originally posted by hivelosity:
It looks really nice. I would be afraid dinging it. Did you do the checkering and is that your own pattern?
Thanks Dave

Yes....my own pattern and I did the checkering.


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26 July 2018, 01:07
lindy2
Damn nice work Forrest.