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It'd take something way more exciting than an old beater like that to tempt me into risking serious domestic disharmony. This is the direct opposite of thinking with your winky; thinking against your winky.
They were great $100 rifles in 1967, and still are.
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When I was a poor starving college student, I wanted a .223 bolt action for varmint shooting. Not being able to afford a shiny new Remington Varmint Special, I settled for a 788 in .222. The plan was to rechamber it to .223. I bought a box of Winchester factory .222 ammo to establish a baseline, and was simply blown away. Shooting off the hood of my car using an old Weaver 6X scope, I was printing 5-shot hundred yard groups you could cover with a dime. Needless to say, it did not get re-chambered.
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When I was a poor starving college student, I wanted a .223 bolt action for varmint shooting. Not being able to afford a shiny new Remington Varmint Special, I settled for a 788 in .222. The plan was to rechamber it to .223. I bought a box of Winchester factory .222 ammo to establish a baseline, and was simply blown away. Shooting off the hood of my car using an old Weaver 6X scope, I was printing 5-shot hundred yard groups you could cover with a dime. Needless to say, it did not get re-chambered. Nice!
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I have a 223, 22-250, and at one time had a 243 carbine. All of them are good shooters including the carbine but sold the carbine because of the noise. That thing was crazy loud.
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I had a .223 and .308 in 788. The .308 was left-handed. They both shot well. Like a dummy I got rid of them. The only problem with a 788 is that parts are REAL hard to come by, now.
It is too bad that there is such a lack of rifles in 6mm. I have an old model 700 that is a tack driver and has killed over 100 white-tailed deer.
That is not a bad price on that rifle from what I have seen around. There isn't a real shortage of 6mm Remingtons... anyone can get one just like I did.. an action ( 700 LA), a 6mm barrel ( 1 in 7 twist on mine), and a good gunsmith... mine was done by John Noveske before he got into the AR stuff, when he was operating out of the garage behind his dad's house, here in town...Stainless steel Pac Nor reject barrel, threaded and chambered for $75 including the price of the barrel..... sounds real trailer park ghetto, but it happens to be the most accurate rifle I own... back on topic.. the only 788 I'd want is one chambered in 30/30...or 35 Rem if they ever made one of those...
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Brass is the problem.
I always wanted a 6mm, but finally settled for a .243 so I could actually shoot the thing. Not much practical difference, except maybe barrel life for those that shoot a bunch. That 7mm/.257/6mm case just looks right, like the .222 and '06 family.
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I had one in 6mm years ago, and it shot just fine. In addition I have also owned 788s in 243, 30-30 and 22-250. All of these shot just fine too but truthfully I have never found the magic in the 788. They shoot good but not any better than say a savage 110 or a ruger 77 or a remington 700 or winchester that I have owned. The first 788 I bought was $90 new in the box and was about all the $ I had as a young newlywed. However for nearly $500 used I think there are better buys out there than a 788. I think in another thread I saw where close out Ruger all weather Hawkeyes are being sold for $499. No contest IMHO. I just recently bought a nos Weatherby vanguard I for $305 again no contest IMHO, so there are better buys to be had if you look around so don't put yourself in a $$ bind or in dutch with your wife for a 788. I still won't patronize ruger for past sins... Every 788 I've shot or bought has shot better, easier than about almost every 700 until I started messing with the 700s... I had only one, a 22-250 that shot really well from teh get go to be as good as the 788s... But to be fair their triggers suck, but dang they tend to shoot unbelievably well and who cares what they look like in case thats brought up. If only comparing factory ammo, then I could see the possiblity of others shooting as well as 788s... our first 788 would put Rem corelockt bullets, 5 of them into groups you could cover easily wiht dimes... consistently... in 243.... I had not seen a 700 that would do that without work until the 22-250...
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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I have a set of 6mm dies if you end up needing a set.
What did you decide?
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He went to the SHOT show in Vegas and closed the shop down until the 28th. I have some time to figure it out but I will let you know if I get it as dies would be a good thing to have.
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Cabelas has the same gun, in lesser condition and without a scope, for $575. I feel $450 is very fair. Actually,its simply less than Cabelas want for theirs, but it has nothing to do with the value. I bought one for my son for his first gun 40 years ago. I wish i had bought a lefty 6mm for myself back then. But that was then and this is now and i wont pay far more than a gun is worth just to own one.
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Possibly your next post. I won't get laid again for two weeks and I'm already sweating this out because I want it.
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Possibly your next post. I won't get laid again for two weeks and I'm already sweating this out because I want it.  That's great! LOL!
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