today's find

[jonboy 69]

found an old classic on the rack today. a pretty clean old remington 700 bdl "varmint special" in 222 rem. i've had one of these on my bucket list for a while but you don't see them all that often. here in the last 2 weeks cgrutt was talking about getting the boy a classic chambering in 22 hornet in like a cooper. i kinda chuckled at the cooper, out of my realm but brought to mind of still finding one of these fine old guns. the varmint series was pretty darn accurate right out of the box and the 222 is a great round. i reload and have all the components and dies so no worries. i think i have a spare leupold straight 12x to throw on top. we'll see how it shoots when the weather breaks and dries up a bit.

[usmcveteran]

awesome find and can't wait for a range report when things finally warm up and dry out

[thughes]

Beautiful man! Wish I could stumble across an old 700 in .308.

[Gunner57]

I see that your therapy is going well, huh?

Great find. Bath or Painted Post?

[Cgrutt]

Sweet rifle I'd jump at that. Good luck.

[masterswimmer]

Beautiful piece. I'll 2nd the range report.

GL with it. Stay safe.

[prambo]

That's a right purty rifle; I like going with the 12X Leupold - sort of "retro". A Unertl would really be the bee's knees on that.

[Pissed Off Patriot]

Nice find!

[jonboy 69]

thanks for all the nice replies guys. i really like all the old "retro" stuff. this 700 was made in feb 1971 so 44 years old last month. i own a few tupperware guns but not many, just like the old stuff a lot more.

[jonboy 69]

I see that your therapy is going well, huh?

Great find. Bath or Painted Post?

i wore the straight jacket most of dec, jan and feb, pulled a houdini this week.

it was a consignment in bath. there's a clean hi power (belg/port) there but a bit pricey.