I've always doted on my first year of production Rem 700 6mm. The 20" barrel used to bother me, but no longer. The stamped checkering is no great drawback to a stock that (for me) is perfectly shaped and proportioned. I fondly remember a 485 yard chuck shot, and crows sniped at 300-plus yards. It has always shot under an inch, and I have used it for hunting chipmunks and blackbirds to deer and bear. I have two loads for it, and they serve. A couple of years ago I 'willed' the rifle to my son, but he refuses to take it. Says I'd miss it. He's right. Still, I have a package of reloading stuff and some favorite loads all ready for the day when he says: "Now, Dad." I'm in my 7th decade now, maybe it'll be Fate that says "Now."
