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Return the gun and get your money back. The chamber is not normal. So called AI's are a waste of time and money Instead shop for a better design rather than that Push Feed with a poor trigger and safety. Look at M70's, Mausers, Kimbers.  ![[Linked Image]](http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss45/thmsbrownlee/24HRC/stupiditburns_zps69367805.jpg)
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And they ran out of truly classic cartridges about 4 years later... The 300 Savage is pretty classic, and it was late in the series.
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I owned the 7X57, 257 Roberts and 300H&H. Nothing after that caught my interest.
I wish I had kept the H&H.
Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!
Stolen from an erudite CF member.
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The Classic was a standard line item before they went to the yearly production. However, I don't think that it was in the lineup in 1973. I think they started in 1981.
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The first reference I see to a Model 700 "Classic" is in the 1979 Gun Digest. It was offered in .22-250, 6mm, .243, .270, .30-06 and 7mm Rem Mag.
"Features: A "classic" version of the M700ADL with straight comb stock."
IOW, it got its name from the so called classic style stock as opposed to the Model 700's s normal monte carlo style stock.
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery.
Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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The barrel is coded 1973 & I think it was the model that was replaced by the mountain rifle & before the 1 cal per year series. I think this model was made in 223,243,270,7mag,308 30'06. I shot 1 group with it using 55 gr bullets that went about 2". have some 100 Hornady's loaded up so I guess can shoot few of them & see how it does. The unlimited production M700 Classics ran from 1978-1985, available in 7 different chamberings. The 243 was one of those chamberings. The limited production, one caliber per year, M700 Classics ran from 1981 thru, I think, 2005. Either somebody put an older barrel on and AI'ed it, or screwed a stock from a Classic on the rifle (most likely). The first M700 regular production Mountain Rifles didn't appear until the late 80's. Casey
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Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively...
Having said that, MAGA.
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As I said, they didn't exist in 1973.
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The caliber is suspect. 243 aI ? Were there pictures of scantily clad women in the box ?
You can't hit the target if you don't take the shot.
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243 improved OR 243 Ackley Improved ---
Need to measure fired case before investing in dies ----
What is barrel marked ????----
Thx
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The barrel is coded 1973 & I think it was the model that was replaced by the mountain rifle & before the 1 cal per year series. I think this model was made in 223,243,270,7mag,308 30'06. I shot 1 group with it using 55 gr bullets that went about 2". have some 100 Hornady's loaded up so I guess can shoot few of them & see how it does. Negative on the mountain rifle and Classic dates of 1973. Barrel code tells you about the barrel. You are correct I rechecked the dating & it is "9XV90" so it must have been made in December of 1979. Thank you for your help.
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During the past 50 years, the Model 700 family has grown from those first ADL and BDL models to dozens of variations, some still with us, others long gone. Also introduced in 1962, the Safari version in .375 H&H Mag. and .458 Win. Mag. was quite similar to the previous Model 725 Kodiak and differed from the standard BDL grade by its heavier 26-inch barrel, additional reinforcement in the action area of its stock and fancier wood with cut checkering. Integral muzzle brakes on the barrels of early rifles became an extra-cost option in 1964. The Model 700 Custom came along in 1964 and for about the following 20 years was offered in grades ranging from �C� at the bottom to the highly engraved �Premier� at the upper end. Introduced in 1967, the Varmint Special in .222 Rem., .223 Rem., .22-250 Rem., .243 Win. and 6 mm Rem was Remington�s first standard-production rifle with a heavy barrel. My wife, who shoots a rifle from the other side, received for her birthday in 1973 the very first left-hand Model 700 in .270 Win. to appear at a gun shop in our area. That was also the year impressed checkering was finally replaced by cut checkering. The Model 700 Classic with unnecessary adornments�such as a cheek rest, grip cap and forearm tip�missing from its extremely handsome stock came along in 1978, and it was followed in 1984 by a Model 700 economy-grade version called Sportsman 78. It was priced at $300 compared to $421 for the Classic, $464 for the BDL, $793 for the Safari and $4,474 for the Custom in Grade V. Other milestones include the first synthetic-stocked Model 700 (Custom KS) in 1986, the do-it-yourself Kit Gun (1987), the MS (Muzzleloader) in 1996, the ill-fated EtronX (2000) and the Titanium in 2001. There have been many others but the 6-pound Mountain Rifle (1986) and the Sendero (1994) with its medium-heavy, 26-inch barrel round out the list of important variations http://www.americanrifleman.org/article.php?id=13302&cat=3&sub=5&q=2
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Return the gun and get your money back. The chamber is not normal. So called AI's are a waste of time and money Instead shop for a better design rather than that Push Feed with a poor trigger and safety. Look at M70's, Mausers, Kimbers. More wisdumb.... 
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Return the gun and get your money back. The chamber is not normal. So called AI's are a waste of time and money Instead shop for a better design rather than that Push Feed with a poor trigger and safety. Look at M70's, Mausers, Kimbers. Was this meant to be sarcastic? I hope so. Nope. This is everyday stuff from Don...
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I have a redding full length bushing die set i' sell, if interested PM me
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You can also use the standard .243 Win LEE Collet die for neck sized duties.
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Everyday you are one day closer to assuming room temp. HAR!
The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.
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gahuntertom, You got a .243 'cause you wanted one. You lucked out.....the .243AI is just as good, only better. Shoot 70's faster than the std. 243 shoots 60's. Fireforming loads are much faster than a std. 243 and just as accurate. What's not to like? Shoot it and enjoy it. The Rem. classic stock is a really nice one. And this guy keeps on being dumb. Return the gun and get your money back. The chamber is not normal. So called AI's are a waste of time and money Instead shop for a better design rather than that Push Feed with a poor trigger and safety. Look at M70's, Mausers, Kimbers.
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i keep feeling sorry for him because guys are hard on him but damn, he just keeps posting stupid crap EVERY time...
lol no more feeling sorry
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