is the reciever on a .243 longer than say a .223 reciever?

I ask cause i purchased a discounted stock and the barreled action inletting in the stock is 5/16" shorter than the .243 barreled action i am planning on bedding into the stock.

I can work around this just would like to know.

arky65

Yep, the 788's made for the 243's/308's were called "long actions" for some weird reason.

Thanks, Fjold, Damn the luck now i have to find a .223 or .222 action to put in this stock.

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Originally posted by arky65:
Thanks, Fjold, Damn the luck now i have to find a .223 or .222 action to put in this stock.

I know where there is a (almost) unfired...new 788 in 222....interested?

Possibly, I have already been in touch with Bohica, about building a .223 AI to put in this stock, he has an action but no bolt. PM me

arky65

Vapodog I'm interested in the 222 788 if it's for sale.

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Originally posted by arky65:
Possibly, I have already been in touch with Bohica, about building a .223 AI to put in this stock, he has an action but no bolt. PM me

arky65

Tell him Jim Wisner is making new bolts for the 788.

I was told this yrs ago and have never really checked into it but someone here I am sure knows. Info was that the 788 was made in 4 different lengths, just repeating and asking so please don't shoot the messenger!!!!

44 Mag
222,223,22-250
243,30-30,7-08,308
6mm

I do know that there was at least 2 different bolt lengths made for .473 case dia.
About 16yrs ago when I still had FFL and did some gunwork a customer brought in a 22-250 bolt with the bolt end ripped out from sticking a case and beating on the bolt (no, this time the handle didn't break off). I had found a bolt listed in Gunlist and lo and behold when it arrived it was about 1/4" to long.
Just wanting to know what is fact and fiction from the 788 die hards!!!!

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Originally posted by Fjold:

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Originally posted by arky65:
Possibly, I have already been in touch with Bohica, about building a .223 AI to put in this stock, he has an action but no bolt. PM me

arky65

Tell him Jim Wisner is making new bolts for the 788.

Fjold any idea about where to locate a trigger guard.
I assume that the floorplate are different as the .243 floorplate was longer than the inletting on the stock i have.

arky65

No idea on the trigger guard. It just screws into the stock and the front fits into a rectangular notch in the floorplate and may or not be different size than the others floorplate. If I was Remington I would have just moved the notch in each different size and used the same trigger guard. If Sarco or Numrich doesn't have them I wouldn't know where else to look except Ebay.

I just did an EBay search and found a trigger guard and floorplate set here but I don't know what size it is. There are also a couple of stocks for sale.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Remington-788-floor-plate-and-trigg...QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It's really just a cheap piece of sheet metal that wouldn't be hard to duplicate.

so those on ebay also but sold before i could find out what they fit.

thanks arky65