I have a 700VS 22-250 s/n 66944xx with 26: bbl. It was manufactured 1/1992. Also had a 22-250VS #C68624XX which I sold. Bill Hicks & Co is a wholesale distributor in Mn. I purchased some Remington 700 VS models from him in the late 1990's. He would special order 250 at a time from Remington (per a salesman at the time). He had 700 VS models with blue round barrels, fluted blue bbls, and VSSF bbls. The calibers that I know about were .220 Swift, .223, 22-250, 308 and 7 Rem Mag blue fluted. These were mfg from 1992-2004. I think the company is still a family owned business. Every rifle that I saw was very accurate.