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I know this sounds dumb and cheap, BUT. I was told that with a very minor cut to the depth of thread a Remington 700 barrel would fit a Ruger action. Does anyone know if this is true? I guess it would give a poor boy a cheap take-off barrel solution.
Dave
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It is true. I had a custom 250 AI barrel for a Remington 700 that I bought for a song fitted to my tang Ruger 77. Shoots like a house-a-fire too!
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It is true. I had a custom 250 AI barrel for a Remington 700 that I bought for a song fitted to my tang Ruger 77. Shoots like a house-a-fire too! Remington 700's have a barrel thread of 1-1/16" x 16 tpi,Ruger 77's are 1" x 16tpi,as are Win 70's.Remington 700 barrels can be rethreaded and rechambered to fit Ruger 77's and Win 70's quite easily.
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Why??? For what it would cost to recut that nasty factory tubes threads to make 1" x 16 TPI from the Remmnys 1.0625" thread. You may just as well get a good barrel.
I dont know of any smiths personally that would even do that.
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Daveh,
I have found that the Winchester Push Feed barrels fit right on the Ruger Push feeds.
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I've heard a rumour this can apply to older Sakos too. Is this true? (Remington take-off barrel onto Sako L61 action?)
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You still have to check headspace.
I had a Rem barrel on my Win 70 push feed. I just took it off, because it is in poor shape. I bought it used, already installed. The original owner took a Rem 25-06 barrel and rechambered it to a 25-308. Just for fun,I screwed in a Ruger 77 MkII .223 Rem Take off barrel I have. It fits too, but a little loose.
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Before I had my Sako L579 action barrelled I had a M70 barrel here. It screwed right in, no problem. They are both a 1" x 16 tpi thread.Not sure about other Sakos,although I may find out soon , when I take the barrel out of my AII.
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I recall a magazine article,upon this very subject.
It has been a spell and my memory banks are clouded,but I believe it were a 40X tube slammed upon a Ruger 77 MKII. Can't recall what chambering precisely,but it mighta ended up as a 22BR.
You boys help me out here,as it mighta been in VH?..................
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Yes, it was in Varmint Hunter Magazine. Dogzapper could fill you in, he did the article.
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