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Here for your pleasure is my pair of 1963 700 Carbine 20" rifles in 222 Rem & 222 Rem Mag. Both have 4 digit serial numbers. Both have Leupold 2 piece Dual-Dovetail bases with medium rings and a Leupold VX-1 2-7 Gloss scopes.

1. 222 Rem mounted in a McMillan Edge / sporter barrel channel that I received in trade from another member. Weight is 7 pounds 1 3/4 ounces. 1/2" recoil pad.




2. 222 Rem Mag which I purchased at a local shop. This rifle was missing the rear sight. The wood stock needed a make-over but blue was excellent. Purchased this McMillan Mountain Rifle, Edge Tech, sporter barrel channel stock from the McMillan web site. It didn't come with sling studs but it's OK I'll carry it anyways. Weight is 7 pounds 3 1/4 ounces. 1" recoil pad.




Thanks to a few members I now have 400 pieces of brass for the 222 Mag. Both are a joy to shoot. Had a box of factory Remington 55gr ammo to sight in the scope. Edit to say that I purchased a period correct rear sight for the 222 Rem Mag on Ebay for $40.00 which made the rifle whole again.

Ken

Nice.

I'm about to trim 4" of two 700's, one 17Fireball and the other a 222 Rem.

Very nice restoration work. You've got some appealing and useful rifles there. Good job.

For some reason those old 60s sights really suit me. I have several 60s Rems and the iron sights settle in near perfectly for my old eyes. Never thought much about why - they just do. That may be of less concern on your varmint rifles. However it's important to me, for example, on my M660/350RemMag which gets used sans scope for big game sometimes.

I've been shooting the triple deuces for many years as my "go to" varmint guns. They work quite well out to 200 for the purpose and most are accurate. For a while I even had a box of 222mag stuff I got incidentally at a auction - in a box with other stuff I bid on. I almost gave it away to a gun shop to get it gone.

Enjoy your new old shooters.

I really like those, thanks for sharing.

Cool old Remingtons, Ken.

If you ever decide to move the standard .222, let me know...

Those are neat guns and kind of a rarity as far as 700's go.

Love both cartridges, but the factory twists are stinkers!

You really did them up right with the Edges.

Snagged a couple of nice ones there Ken. Over the last couple of years I've bought two four digit 700's, both .30/06's. The first I found at a local gun/pawn shop while looking for a foul weather rifle; couldn't pass it up when I saw the SN. I refinished the beat up stock and now it's NOT a foul weather rifle. It was one of the first 1500 made. Another I bought off of G/broker and it is in the first 200 made. Serial numbers started with 1000 according to several sources.

Thanks everyone for the kind remarks. I know these aren't custom built rifles but just the idea of being a vintage 1963 model. It's just hard to believe how I stumbled onto the 222 Rem Mag just sitting there in the used gun rack. When did the shop owner put it there and how many guys looked at it and left it there. The tag said $595.00 and when I brought it to the counter they discounted the price to $550.00 out the door. These 2 carbines aren't going down the road anytime soon.

Thanks for looking and enjoy the view.

Ken

Very nice rifles sir, I have only handled one 700 carbine in
222RM. I saw a carbine in 308 awhile back, it sat for awhile
before it sold. I understand the 6MM is very scarce in the
early 700 carbine.

Always wanted but never held in my hand one of the early 222 mags.

Out of my price ranged IF I find one. lol

Neat. Thanks for sharing.
God Bless

FWIW, when Remington intro'd the M700 on '62, the barrels on all standard cartridges were 20". I had one in '06. The 20" bbl along with the steel butt plate, made it quite uncomfortable from the bench.

Don't recall exactly when Remington decided to go to 22" barrels, but it was only a couple of years, IIRC.

30-06 20" steel butt plate, I can feel that without pulling the trigger. OUCH !!!

Ken