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Posted By: Magnum_Man M700 m/l - 03/26/11
Any of you guys have any experience with these you would share? How are they twisted? will they shoot rd ball or are they a sabot& pistol bullet shooter? Maxiball type? reliability issues? Looking at a used one. Magnum Man
Posted By: Tom264 Re: M700 m/l - 03/26/11
1-28" twist (.50)

I shoot sabots but it will shoot just about anything.

Very reliable just a pain to keep clean...after shooting you must take the bolt apart to get it thoroughly clean.

Accurate as any MZ I've ever shot.

My load is 250 grain Barnes, 150 grains of Pyro pellets and a CCI #209

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Posted By: ShortMagFan Re: M700 m/l - 03/26/11
I would like one of these in the carbine version with a 20 inch barrel. I think i have seen them before but may have dreamt it

That is a hell of a group for a muzzleloader tom
Posted By: Mull Re: M700 m/l - 03/26/11
I've Had Several with 20" Barrels, They Where All Blued And Youth Stocked[12 5/8 LOP}.I Don't Think Remington Ever Made a Full sized Stocked 20" Gun. I've owened 8-10 And The All Have Shot Well. But as Tom Has Said, They To Be Full taken Apart To Be Cleaned..
Posted By: ShortMagFan Re: M700 m/l - 03/26/11
I cant decide on one of those, which i would probably have mcmillan do a stock for, or a t/c custom shop
Posted By: rick59 Re: M700 m/l - 03/26/11
That's some real nice shooting!

I just picked a 700ml-SS last month with intentions of doing a smokeless conversion but after looking the Remington over I think I may shoot it for a while in factory form, I'm hoping for some good things from this muzzleloader.
Posted By: Swampman700 Re: M700 m/l - 03/27/11
The 700ML is the most accurate muzzleloader I've ever owned or fired. It will shoot a .490 patched round balls over 80 grains of Pyrodex or 3f GOEX into one hole at 50 yards. The T/C Cheap Shots also shoot great over 80 grains of 3f GOEX.

I don't think they are hard to clean.
Posted By: Tom264 Re: M700 m/l - 03/27/11
Originally Posted by Swampman700


I don't think they are hard to clean.
Not hard to clean...just time consuming.

But maybe hard to someone who doesnt regularly take guns apart.
Posted By: Magnum_Man Re: M700 m/l - 03/27/11
I appreciate you guys imput. I am looking at both a blued one and a stainless model they are both 50 cal .The stainless one appears to be converted to 209 primer and the blued one stock ignition. Which is preferabble and why? I have plenty of reg BP and some pyro but I like BP best. Magnum Man
Posted By: ratsnakeboogy Re: M700 m/l - 03/27/11
The conversion in the link below will take care of most of the blowback, and will solve having to take the bolt apart to clean. It's $90 shipped, takes less than an hour to install, and comes with a new breechplug with removable ventliner. It is the bomb! Hope this link works.

http://www.tndeer.com/tndeertalk/ubbthre...e=1#Post2313582

Posted By: ratsnakeboogy Re: M700 m/l - 03/27/11
for some reason the link won't work here, but it works a page or two back on this forum on another post about Rem 700ML's.

Top of page 2, titled: question about Remington 700 ML

by Swampboss

Check it out.
Posted By: Tom264 Re: M700 m/l - 03/27/11
I'll tell you my experience on my "conversion"

My gun started out the #11 caps and when I first got it I went to the range to work up some loads...while shooting I noticed a bit of hesitance between the time the trigger broke to when the gun fired...I didnt like that.

Now the accuracy was there, just I didnt like the hesitance.

Anyway I then went ahead and grabbed a small drill bit and opened up the #11 a bit more and it helped but now I was getting some spray back.....didnt like that either.

So after seeing that they offered a conversion to a #209 shotgun primer I thought that would do the trick.

I ordered one and the next time I went to the range I was much much happier.

Now I cant tell you if my groups tightened after I installed it because I found my current load after I got the #209 but I would think so.
Posted By: ratsnakeboogy Re: M700 m/l - 03/27/11
Originally Posted by Tom264
I'll tell you my experience on my "conversion"

My gun started out the #11 caps and when I first got it I went to the range to work up some loads...while shooting I noticed a bit of hesitance between the time the trigger broke to when the gun fired...I didnt like that.

Now the accuracy was there, just I didnt like the hesitance.

Anyway I then went ahead and grabbed a small drill bit and opened up the #11 a bit more and it helped but now I was getting some spray back.....didnt like that either.

So after seeing that they offered a conversion to a #209 shotgun primer I thought that would do the trick.

I ordered one and the next time I went to the range I was much much happier.

Now I cant tell you if my groups tightened after I installed it because I found my current load after I got the #209 but I would think so.


If you liked that regular 209 conversion, this new one would make your year. I have four of them, it comes with a true firing pin not a spring plunger. It seals out almost all the blowback, and the pain the butt taking the bolt apart is solved.
Posted By: Tom264 Re: M700 m/l - 03/27/11
Really!

Yes I would be interested...you have a working link?
Posted By: Tom264 Re: M700 m/l - 03/27/11
Found it!

Awesome.

Thanks.
Posted By: ratsnakeboogy Re: M700 m/l - 03/27/11
No problem, glad to help. If Remington had put this conversion on when the guns left the factory, nobody would have bought anything else, and nobody would have ever sold the one they bought.
Posted By: Tom264 Re: M700 m/l - 03/27/11
I agree.

Thanks for posting that info up..I will probably order one here in a few weeks.
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