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.

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