Remington 721

I agree about the 721/722's. I have two 722's, one a .257 Roberts the other a .308. The .308 was $300 with a nice lyman 3X. Will be interested in Jackies report on action trueness, etc.


RJM said:
A 700 trigger will fit, but the bolt release spring is different. It's a coil fit into a whole under the bolt release, rather than one hung on the trigger pin in the 700. I rebarreled a 721 to 25-06 with a shilen bank, put on a shilen trigger & an HS stock. Shoot very well. The 721/722's seem to go (around here) for just what you paid & are a better deal than 700's.
Regards,
Ron
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My 722 in 257 Roberts. Used to belong to Mike Walker.
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Jackie, I would highly recommend not using a Sako extractor. Ask Pat Byrne what can happen. Maybe a M16 extractor if you insist on changing.
Butch
 
Jackie is well aware of the dangers in the "Sako" conversion that has been done in the past. It's a terrible thing to do to a Remington bolt. I doubt he will do that. The existing extractor has been good for 60 years... it will probably be good for another 60 years...
 
Dennis Sorensen said:
Jackie is well aware of the dangers in the "Sako" conversion that has been done in the past. It's a terrible thing to do to a Remington bolt. I doubt he will do that. The existing extractor has been good for 60 years... it will probably be good for another 60 years...
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If you look around you can find extractors...I did. It's there as a spare and both my 722's have never been a problem with extractors. --Greg
 
Have sako extractors on all mine never had a problem. What should I be looking for most have been working since the 80's
Joe Salt
 
Joe Salt said:
Have sako extractors on all mine never had a problem. What should I be looking for most have been working since the 80's
Joe Salt
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If you ever have a catastrophic case failure is when the problem begins because with the alteration to the 700 series bolt you have reduced what was the safest 2 lug bolt action made to something quite unsafe when a case fails.

Discussed here: http://benchrest.com/showthread.php?73049
 
Great thread , I pushased one a few days ago that had been rebarreled in 284 , am now having it rebarreled in 30-06 . Thanks for the thread it made me feel good about my purchase . Kenneth
 
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