Remington 700 bdl help

[hung4wheeler]

my dad gave me his remington 700 bdl he bought back in 1969 its a 7mm mag. my problem is iam trying to find out what bases he has on it. so i can get new rings anyone know who makes these bases?
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[BradfromND]

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That's a pretty horrible picture, but it looks like Leupold bases to me. I would suggest just getting new bases to match your new rings and then you won't have any issues.

 

[hung4wheeler]

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yeah i know the picture sucks. i just couldnt find the bases anywhere on the web to find out what they wer

 

[105amatt]

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I would agree, looks like a leupold base. However, you would be better off to get a fresh set of bases and rings. Standard rings and bases are pretty reasonable compared to the tactical kind. If want a deal, I have a used matte finish set, but looks like your gun is glossy, still would look fine though.

-Matt

 

[GasLight]

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Look like standard dovetail base, but hard to tell with that picture. perhaps you can take a better picture and get one of both front and rear base? If it is standard dovetail bases, I can set you up with a set of rings pretty cheap.

Dave

 

[hung4wheeler]

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[hung4wheeler]

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sorry my camera sucks.

 

[GasLight]

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well definitely not a standard dovetail base set. It might be easier to buy new bases and rings. Wish I could see them in person, not sure I have seen a set like that before.

 

[hung4wheeler]

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my dad said he bought the rifle when they first came out in 1969. in 7mm mag. so i dont know if there is anything special about this action or not.

 

[GasLight]

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they almost look like bases that would take lyman/unertl style rings. Typically those kind of bases are mounted on the barrel, but maybe they had something like that for the action back then? Just brain storming some

 

[GasLight]

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the earliest 700s had a slight height difference on the rear bridge, but other than that, nothing different than a standard long action today. Typically they used dovetail style rings and bases, have seen a few different variations of that, but nothing like in your picture. A better picture may help, but will keep looking.

 

[GasLight]

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how wide are the mounting points? Will they take a standard weaver ring, or perhaps a .22 style ring that is 3/8"?

 

[ShtrRdy]

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Back in those days, the Redfield bases and rings were the hot ticket. I've got a one piece base on my 1965 Rem 700.

 

[hung4wheeler]

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sorry for the bad pictures . this is one of the old rings and it held 0ne inch scopes he had a 3x9x40 on the gun
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[GasLight]

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that looks like a 3/8" or .22 ring, I would think you could just use any .22 rings?

 

[hung4wheeler]

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i already tried a set of 22 rings off of a remington 597 and they didnt work. this one has me stumped . i am really thinking about just changing the whole base. . i have another question though . my gun has the 6 digit serial number the first 2 numbers are 29 . how do i really tell how old my gun is?

 

[GasLight]

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the best way to tell the age is to find the date code on the barrel, this is only good if it has never been re-barreled but that is how they age them.

I think changing the base would be much easier, you will want to make sure you get the right height rear or a one-piece that has the proper heights, or you can also shim the rear base too.

 

[GasLight]

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if you are going to take them off anyway, you might check for markings on the bottom, even a number might give a lead to who made them. How wide are the mounts? Are the .22 rings too big or too small to clamp on there?

 

[hung4wheeler]

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the 22 rings wer to small. iam just confused over it thats all. i plan on redoin the whole gun i just orderd a nice boyds rifle stock for it.

 

[GasLight]

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I can understand hahaha, I have never seen a base like that, and have been searching like crazy, and I can't find anything even close to go on. I think if you are going to redo everything anyway a new set of rings and bases is the ticket.

 

[hung4wheeler]

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the scope that was on it was a leupold . so i even tried searching bases from them and didnt find nothing. something is tellin me this gun is gonna be fun to build. iam also lookin into getting a bottom medal kit so it is clip fed instead of the bottom feed it has now

 

[hung4wheeler]

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didnt find nothing

 

[GasLight]

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I didn't find anything either, you should try to get clearer pictures, and when I talk to guys who know those older guns I will ask them if they have seen anything like those before.

 

[Little Z28]

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I can't offer any help in the ring/base department, however if my Dad gave me a rifle that he had for so long, I would definitely consider keeping it in it's current form. I would clean it up and shoot it as is. If I was wanting to change stocks and bottom metal I'd certainly pick up a newer rifle or someone elses rifle and start there. Keep that one the way it is and give it you your kids when they get older. Just my opinion...