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721/722 Standards, "A"s, and "B"s.

The majority were Standards and came with "period" walnut and no checkering. The "A"s came with checkering but questionable on any improvement in the figure in the walnut. This is based on my own observation of my 722 .222. IIRC, my stock is marked "A" in the barrel channel. The "B"s came with checkering and "select" wood.

I think there were even rarer, fancier grades at the time... "peerless"... prices went up quite a bit above the "A"s and "B"s!

Most people were still pretty practical back in those days... products of WWII and the Great Depression. They were glad to buy a functional, accurate rifle for less than a Model 70 of the era by 30 or 40 bucks!!! We are still living on their coat-tails, IMHO!

Early on I thought the 721A (or 722A) was the standard grade, while the checkered model was the 721AC (722AC). The 721B had upgraded wood and was also checkered. D and F models were the peerless and premier grades.

TeeBone,

You may very well correct on the AC designation. I have not had my .222 out of the stock in some time but remember it being "stamped" in there.
That would make sense as well wrt the "standard" "checkered" combination in the AC. There is certainly nothing magical about the figure in my gun's wood figure.

Thank-you ....

Mine is one of the checkered ones in 300H&H, but not marked "B".

For ten bucks on eBay, the lucky bidder can have a 721/722 reference, suitable for framing. (not my ad, BTW)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1749413216...sU%253D%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2047675


I suspect more than a few rifles had custom checkering added by the owners, which adds to the confusion. A lot can happen in 70+ years.

Some reference guides, such as the Standard Catalog of Firearms, list ADL and BDL models. I always believed that this designation was introduced with the Mod 725, but apparently not.

Just looking online for pics of some of the 721/722 high grades... found one source citing a Remington reference on 700s saying that only 13 721D(Peerless) and F(Premier) grade guns were produced. There were NO 722 Ds or Fs!!! Rare birds for sure. Both were pretty heavily engraved, hence the prices even back then.

A few pictures of a 721F on safari search images. I'd be happy with a 722B!!!

Likewise. Interesting numbers for sure. As enjoyable as the rifles are, I wouldn't have much enthusiasm for paying a professional to adorn that stamped bottom metal with engraving.

My buddy received one from his father. It's a great rifle to have. Remington makes great gun IMO

Just got here a few hours ago

The stock has been cut, there's a 1/2" Pachmayr pad under the leather pad, either a 2.5 or 3X Weaver, & the bore is super shiny. Shooting it tomorrow or Friday. Barrel code is "O" ZZ (July 1953)??

A late buddy of mine had a 721 in .300 H&H- it didn’t have a recoil pad on it. I remember thinking the recoil wasn’t bad but it wanted to slip off my shoulder in a hurry when I shot it!

Those are the nicest 721's I've ever seen. Nice work!

X2 ..... I like the top one. The grip angle is better.

Thanks for the comments. The 721 in the top picture is chambered in 30-06. In the bottom picture, the rifle at top is a 300 Savage, with barrel shortened to 20 in. The 722 at bottom is a rebore to 338 Fed, originally a 222 Rem.

All have re-shaped factory stocks. Years ago I bought several to feed an ongoing desire to learn how to carve stocks and checker. They seemed like good candidates as they were common and cheap. At the time, clean ones sold for about $350, so not a lot at risk. Most importantly, regardless of how they look, they're pretty useful rifles. The little 300 Savage goes hunting more than any other rifle in my safe.

Quite frequently I get comments about the ugly bolt handles and bottom metal, though I don't feel compelled to "fix" them. As the market seems to be going, I'll probably soon regret doing anything with them.

Nice looking rifle, curious to know how it performs.

Love those old Weaver fixed power scopes.

This is a great thread. Great old guns and glad so see so many of you appreciate them.

I have a friend who bought his 722 300 Savage when he was still in the Marines sometime in the late 50's & I think it was a PX of some sort in Germany. Still has the Pecar scope on it. The guy has a few hundred rifles but first morning each deer season he has that 300 with him. From all of the comments on here & after all these years, they just seem like the practical go to rifle.

Well the old girl will be 70 years old in July. I loaded 4 rounds with 47.0 gr. of 4064 & had a few Speer 150 gr. flat base SP bullets left in a box. I shot one round at 50 yd. on a clean barrel and hit 1" high dead center & then I shot three shots at 100 yd. The scope is a really low power & the crosshairs covered the big diamond @ 100yd. It should do a lot better when I put a higher magnification scope on it. It came from a gun shop in Arizona, looks pretty good for it's age & I'm happy with the way that it shoots. The trigger pull is perfect, no creep, & breaks @2-1/2 lb.

That ought do your needs in a fine way.

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That is cooler than the other side of the pillow!