I recently bought a Remington 788 in 22-250. The overall condition of the gun is great and best I can tell is it is a 1979 model. I have ran into a pile of problems, but here are my main two right off the bat.
-when I chamber empty full length resized brass just to test fitment, it knocks the mouths out of round. Not sure if it is from the chamber or when it drags it down the side of the action during extraction. Anyone have the same problem?
-Second and biggest problem, it doesn’t matter what scope I put on it, the empty casing hits the scope windage cap and bounces back into the action. I have tried my big sightron 4-20x 50, Burris fullfield E1 4.5-14x42 and an old old old leupold vx-II 2-7x32 with coin turn turrets (very low). No matter the scope, it knocks the round back into the action.
Is there a fix for my issues (other than shooting open sights which I will not do) or did I just catch a lemon rifle?
Last edited by shelton573; 07/17/21.
