A while back I bought a Remington 700 Varmint, built back in 1990, and chambered in 7-08. Back then, the Varmints had a great gloss blue, and came with a nice stock, if you were into high shine, with the ebony forend tip and grip cap.

Once I got this home, I could see that it had been shot very very little. Bluing still on the lugs, no wear on the bolt, and virtually no build up of carbon ahead of the case mouth. I bet there wasn't but a box or two down the bore. Plus the overall bluing was as close to 100% as you could get in a "used" gun. Just a couple of scratches on the BDL floorplate was the only blemish I could find.

This one got the stock replaced with a newer 1st generation 700 varmint stock (H-S Precision), with the aluminum bedding block. I decided to not bed it and see what it'd do first.

I happened to have an extra Nightforce with rings, and 20 MOA base laying around, so I got them mounted up, sat back and waited for the snow to get gone.

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