I saw a few of these for sale and wanted to know if they were a better barrel in new condition than the current Rem product? Were they hammer forged or broached or.....? How straight are they? Are they worth the effort to recrown and headspace to a good action? Swede96.

Swede96,

I can't answer your questions, but if you find one in 300 H&H that you don't need I would certainly be happy to buy it. I need a replacement for an original in this caliber for a 721 that I bought with a rechambered (to 300 Wby) and bulged barrel.

Jim

In response to Mbogo375 message, I saw one not too long ago,I will try to find it for you. It was around 100.00 but with a great bore they said in description and 90% bluing. Swede96.

Swede96,

That would be great !!!

Thanks,
Jim

Howdy M''bogo, Swede96,

Swede, if you run across a .257 Roberts bbl in 85% condition or better could you give me a holler? I've got one but the end of the bbl is bulged. I could cut it down, but no guarantee that the gun would shoot and also I'd loose 200 fps over the longer tube.

Thanks,
Gary

In my Son's Rem 721 30-06, I have been able to get groups in the .3" range if that says anything.

I often buy older Remingtons (700, 722 and 721)for their actions and have the barrels removed by a local gunsmith... I leave the stocks and barrels with him for the trouble of the barrel removal. I believe he still has the stocks barrels for some 721's around and would probably off-load them for a very reasonable price. I can provide contact info via e-mail.

From my limited experience, the 721's seemed to have good barrels. When looking at replacements, be aware that the last of the 721's used a barrel smoothly contoured like a 700 WITHOUT the "lump" that the sight sits on.

Anybody know how they were manufactured? Button rifled? I know about the recent ones but i need to know if the older ones were a better quality barrel. Were they also hammer forged? Any gunsmiths have an opinion which are better, New or old? Thanks, Swede96.

I believe that all Remington's barrels are button rifled. Not that they are bad, I used a take off from a 40X in 308 to put together a tactical rifle about ten years ago, and it is a tack driver. - Dan

I'm no gunsmith, but I have owned more than a dozen 721s and 722s and every single one of them shot respectably, and some shot amazingly, even with factory ammo. Most I have since rebarreled (as I bought most for their actions). Anyway, they are good barrels in my experience; on average they shot a bit better than the average of the various 700s I have had.

9.3

Hey Arock, that .270 doesn't have a old raygun looking compensator on it does it?

My uncle had one turn up missing here back in January.

Just keeping my eyes open for him.

Thanks,

Gary

Naah, it's got the plain factory barrel without the muzzle brake like came on .375 H&H and .458WM Kodiak rifles. I picked it up in a card game in the bar of the Limpia Hotel in Fort Davis in far West Texas in 1992. Guy I got it from called me last November looking to buy it back. He's an outfitter who runs hunts on ranches in West Texas. Well known guy. He got two "new" 721 rifles from some guys from back East as part of a deal for a hunt. Through different circumstances he parted with both and now wants one back. Don't know why. When we last talked he told me he got a .270 and a .30-06 from the hunters. The .30-06 (which I would have rather had) he sold to a guy in Lubbock who wildcatted it and won't part with his either. Mine is nothing special it just shoots good. Maybe I'm an unreconstructed lout who likes big round chrome shift knobs but I like that rifle. Anyway the barrel was like new when I got it and the wood, although cheap as they come didn't have a scratch on it. And it's mine. So of course that low dollar plain-Jane forty year old rifle has been treated to everything in the book. Stripped the lacquer off the stock and replaced it with an oil finish, trued the action, bedded and floated it, crisp two and a half pound trigger job, Pachmayr Decelerator, ebony grip cap and right now it's back at the gunsmith for checkering, recessed swivels and BDL bottom metal. Then it's gonna be my whitetail rifle. Oh yeah, from the minute I got it that rifle is a tack driver. Purple blued WWII ordnance steel and all.

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Arock: I guess the deal with the 721-722 series is the fact that they

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Arock: I guess the " deal" with Rem 721-722 series is that they were competing with the Win 70 so had to put a little more hand work into the action and barrel. Every one i ever owned was a better shooter than most rifles i own now. By that i mean factory guns. The Tikkas really suprised me lately, Very accurate for the money. But if you can find an unaltered Rem 721 in any caliber with a great bore and it will shoot! Same with the 722 rifles. Plus you can just feel the quality in the bolt throw. And locking lugs are usually both bearing evenly which is great for accuracy. For the price, You can't beat em!