Yet another 223

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William Suter

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I have a weakness for 22 caliber rifles or so it seems. I picked up another 223 this weekend. Its a Remington 700 and suppose to have a Lilja barrel. I bought it from a guy walking the floor at a gunshow. He said it had a Trigger Tech trigger but I knew right off it wasn't. I told him it wasn't and then he said it was a Timney. I have a few of them and knew it wasn't Timney either. It's in a McMillan stock with molded in camo and all the metal is ceracoated a tan color. It has a tactical knob on the bolt and its also spiral fluted. The barrel is heavy, which I like, and threaded fora suppressor or break. I pulled the bolt when I got home and it has a Sako extractor, another plus!! I finally got around to pulling the action out of the stock and it was TIGHT with a very nice bedding job. I can't scope the barrel but I used my OAL modified case and a 55 grain VMax and touching the lands was easy with an OAL a little less than 2.250 so I think the throat is going to be fine.
 
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You're a brave man buying a used rifle like that from someone who either doesn't know what they have or they intentionally misrepresent what they have.

With that said, I hope it shoots well... I too have a soft spot for .223 bolt guns.
 
I knew right off this guy was blowing smoke. He said a gunsmith that I was personal friends with built it. It wasn't his work and I knew it right off. He's been dead for a few years now. The barrel is fluted and it didn't look like the tooling he used and the markings on the barrel wasn't his. He couldn't stamp a straight line if his life depended on it. From the get go I figured if the barrel is trash the stock and action was worth what I paid for the rifle. I ran some patch's through the barrel and it cleaned up really quick with little to no copper fouling. I'm waiting on a scope so I started checking OAL on several bullet types and weight and touching the lands was easy on all the bullets I tried so I'm thinking the barrel is in decent shape. A range trip will tell the tale. The rifle came with a nice braided sling and a set of TPS rings.Just another little plus. Buying used guns at a gun show is always a roll of the dice. I've bought some that look great and turned out to be junk and some that look like junk and are tack drivers.

Bowhntr6pt- I know what your saying and there are occasions that I get stung, but, that's what I do. I buy,sell and trade and shoot them until I get bored, then swap them off. I'm old, kinda single, and live alone. Guns, gun shows, gun shops and the gun club is about all I do until hunting season rolls around and I don't do a lot of that anymore. Killing deer is fun. Dragging them out, not so much. I don't drink and to old to party. Firearms are my hobby and has been for many years. I use to shoot a lot of 3-D archery but it kinda died out around here so I gave it up. Damn, I just gave you my life story. LOL
 
Hello everyone, My name is William.
** group says** Hi William !

I have been a gun-a-holic my entire life. My addiction started at an early age,with just a bb gun, then a 22 lr. Soon after that I'm walking in gun shops and then the gun shows ,looking for my next fix ! Soon buying 1 rifle at time isn't enough ! Then I'm at the gun club lusting over other peoples guns , I just couldn't help myself !
Someone suggested group therapy for my addiction . So here I am, but I'm not exactly sure this is the group therapy they had in mind.

Once again my name is William and I am an addict . :cool:
 
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William Suter said:
Bowhntr6pt- I know what your saying and there are occasions that I get stung, but, that's what I do. I buy,sell and trade and shoot them until I get bored, then swap them off. I'm old, kinda single, and live alone. Guns, gun shows, gun shops and the gun club is about all I do until hunting season rolls around and I don't do a lot of that anymore. Killing deer is fun. Dragging them out, not so much. I don't drink and to old to party. Firearms are my hobby and has been for many years. I use to shoot a lot of 3-D archery but it kinda died out around here so I gave it up. Damn, I just gave you my life story. LOL
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LOL... all good Sir.

I miss 3-D Archery, I use to shoot it a lot in the early to mid 90's and it seemed to just slowly die out. I use to go to events that had fifty to sixty plus people.

I'm getting up in age too and yep, dragging a deer out by yourself sucks.

As far as the rifle, looks like you evaluated the sum of the parts... that's a good strategy.
 
The bad part of buying a gun at one of our local shows is they tie the bolt closed with a zip tie. If your a dealer with a table you get extra ties so you can check things like the barrel and bolt condition. If your just a guy like me, just walking around trying to sell your rifle, you don't have an extra zip tie. So, its a roll of the dice. I've been pretty lucky, most of the time, but I have gotten stung on a couple of occasions.
 
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