Need Remington experts to ID a rifle I bought

I found this rifle in a local gun shop. It is a heavy barreled 22-250 Remington 700LH. I thought it might be a custom shop rifle by the appearance of the stock. The owner had it on consignment and did not know the history of the rifle. The barrel has the caliber stamped on the side, but the proof marks are underneath the barrel out of sight when the stock is in place. Check out the pictures and let me know.

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Looks to me like a custom shop rifle. (AKA: C-Grade) Usually the clues are: Rosewood fore-end and P/G cap. Upgrade wood, of course. And the caliber stamp on the rear of the barrel near the action. And no Remington barrel address midway down the barrel.

I have owned five Remington Custom Shop C-Grade rifles and all of the above applied to all of them. (Still own three of them...)

I've never seen one with a fore-end tip that long, tho'...

Grasshopper,

Does the custom shop glass bed the rifles as well? This stock has been glass bedded. It looks to me like Devcon steel putty.

I really can't answer that either way. I've bought all of my used except for one .375 H&H. And that one I didn't own very long... AAMoF, I didn't even know it was a Custom Shop gun until just before I sold it. It was a std sporterweight. And way too light for that kind of power...

They have a list of options about as long as your arm, so I wouldn't be surprised if it may be bedded right from the factory.

Altho' "Custom Shop" is really a misnomer... A true Custom Shop should make you anything you want. And you can get anything you want from Remingtons ... As long as it's something they offer.

But if you want something they don't offer, your pleas will fall on deaf ears!

In recent years I have seen guns for sale on Gunbroker that had the words: Custom Shop noted on the barrel. I own nine 40-X's, four Custom Shop Mod: Sevens, and C-Grades in: .243 Win, .280 Rem, and .375 H&H. And none of them have "Custom Shop" noted on the barrel. Some day, I'd like to visit Remington and take a tour of the "Custom Shop"... (If it's possible...)

GH

I would say that is a step up from a c grade if t is from the custom shop

nice find

Originally Posted by Grasshopper

I really can't answer that either way. I've bought all of my used except for one .375 H&H. And that one I didn't own very long... AAMoF, I didn't even know it was a Custom Shop gun until just before I sold it. It was a std sporterweight. And way too light for that kind of power...

They have a list of options about as long as your arm, so I wouldn't be surprised if it may be bedded right from the factory.

Altho' "Custom Shop" is really a misnomer... A true Custom Shop should make you anything you want. And you can get anything you want from Remingtons ... As long as it's something they offer.

But if you want something they don't offer, your pleas will fall on deaf ears!

In recent years I have seen guns for sale on Gunbroker that had the words: Custom Shop noted on the barrel. I own nine 40-X's, four Custom Shop Mod: Sevens, and C-Grades in: .243 Win, .280 Rem, and .375 H&H. And none of them have "Custom Shop" noted on the barrel. Some day, I'd like to visit Remington and take a tour of the "Custom Shop"... (If it's possible...)

GH

Thanks for the information. It really confused when I saw it in the gun shop, since there was no writing anywhere. They had it priced cheap since they thought it was a rebarrel and not a custom shop gun. I thought it was worth the price just for the stock. I guess I got lucky

BTW, I too would like to visit the custom shop some day.

Thanks, Gene. I am a sucker for a pretty piece of wood.

barm - so's my wife (a sucker for fine grain figured wood). She once told me never to bring home a wooden stock rifle better looking then her dining room table. Homesteader

Originally Posted by Homesteader

barm - so's my wife (a sucker for fine grain figured wood). She once told me never to bring home a wooden stock rifle better looking then her dining room table. Homesteader

Now that there's funny!

Homesteader,

Initially I wasn't going to buy the rifle because it was left-handed and I shoot right-handed. When I got home later that evening I told my wife I saw a beautiful wood stock and the shop was selling it for a song. She wanted to go look at it. When we were at the shop, I looked at her and said, "What do you think boss?" She said, "Buy it." I am so glad she loves it too.

Those are all Remington barrel markings. The REP stands for Remington English Proof. My guess is also that it's a "C" grade from the custom shop, possibly with the "upgraded wood". I currently have five custom shop models and one of them has "Remington Custom Shop" or something along those lines on the top of the barrel about 1/2 way back from the muzzle. It's a later version.

Looks like I'm not the only one around here who's a sucker for good looking wood. Nice snag.

Thanks for the information about the proof marks. I didn't know what they meant. I used to own a bunch of synthetic stocks and still have some, but a pretty piece of wood just feels right.

Some lefty's would like to ID that one as "theirs"....nice buy.

Originally Posted by navlav8r

Those are all Remington barrel markings. The REP stands for Remington English Proof. My guess is also that it's a "C" grade from the custom shop, possibly with the "upgraded wood". I currently have five custom shop models and one of them has "Remington Custom Shop" or something along those lines on the top of the barrel about 1/2 way back from the muzzle. It's a later version.

Looks like I'm not the only one around here who's a sucker for good looking wood. Nice snag.

I have always wondered what that "REP" stood for. Thanks for posting that. Of all the Custom Shop rifles I have owned, I have never seen one (in the flesh...) that had Custom Shop noted on the barrel.

I have come to believe that from Remington Custom Shop about anything is possible. (But don't bet on it...)

GH

I looked at your photo of the barrel marks again and noticed the "BI" along with the other stamps. I'm guessing that "BI" indicates an assembly date of January, '88 with the first letter indicating month and the second, '88.

On most factory rifles, there is a two or three letter code of the ass'y date and it is usually located on the left side of the barrel, just above the wood line and forward of the recoil lug.

There were a few years when they didn't date mark normal production rifles or custom shop versions. One of my custom shop 700's and one of my 40-XB's have no date marks. If you call Remington and ask for the historian, they can give you a ball park date (year) of mfg. based on serial number but the serial number just shows when the receiver was made, not when the rifle was assembled.

Originally Posted by navlav8r

I looked at your photo of the barrel marks again and noticed the "BI" along with the other stamps. I'm guessing that "BI" indicates an assembly date of January, '88 with the first letter indicating month and the second, '88.

On most factory rifles, there is a two or three letter code of the ass'y date and it is usually located on the left side of the barrel, just above the wood line and forward of the recoil lug.

There were a few years when they didn't date mark normal production rifles or custom shop versions. One of my custom shop 700's and one of my 40-XB's have no date marks. If you call Remington and ask for the historian, they can give you a ball park date (year) of mfg. based on serial number but the serial number just shows when the receiver was made, not when the rifle was assembled.

Thanks. I wasn't sure how to decipher the markings. I will call Remington with the serial number to see when the receiver was made.

I have the Remington book. What range is the Serial#? According to Remington select 700 receivers were pulled up to several years before building them. The triangle mark to the right of the proof mark is the magnaflux stamp.