New Remingtons

[MULEFEVER]

I have been told reminton now has (2) new barrels on there model 700's. They make one with a 24in barrel with a 1-24" twist and a 26in barrel with a 1-26" twist. These are faster twist's that most. Does anyone have an opinion on this. I am thinking about getting one sound good to me, I was looking at the 26in barrel.

 

[wmidbrook]

I just went to remington's site and all .50 cal are 1:28" twist and the .45 cal's are 1 in 21 inch twist. I like what I've seen and heard so I'm getting a .50 cal magnum in 416 stainless. I bet the action on it is nice since it's the same as modern 700s. Every one I've seen shoot are pretty darn good out of the box.

 

[MULEFEVER]

wmidbrook. I seen the remingtons in Bass pro shop. They just added them to there site sometime last week, I check there site for up dated guns a lot as I still have gift certificates left over from Christmas and wanted a reington with the 26 in barrel. Which Bass pro never has sold untill now.I have an e-mail into remington to see if it is correct, If I were you I might hold off on buying a new gun. Untill we find out if the twist is correct. When they e-mail me back ill post the info.

 

[MULEFEVER]

Remington E-mailed me back and said the twist in the new muzzle loaders is still 1-28 In. I guess Bass Pro Shops site has a miss print ? Oh well I got one on order anyway been waiting a long time for the 26 in barrel in stainless, cant wait for it to show up want to do some shooting with the new Triple 7, and Power Belts copper jacketed in the 295 grain. Anyone have any good loads figured out that shoot good out of the Remingtons.

 

[wmidbrook]

Well, I've had enough time to clean and closely exam my Remington 700 MLS with a 26" barrel in stainless. Also did the 209 conversion kit--that's not an experience I'd recommend to the mechanically challenged folks out there. Can't wait to get it out to the range but have yet to find 777 in my area yet. There was still some sort of packing or machining grease in the barrel. Also, I could tell it was lapped because there was a little grit in the compound by the breach plug but the grease the barrel was packed in was clean. The barrel had and outstanding mirror look to it and just looked very nicely done.

Some observations:
--trigger group is way crisper than anything I've ever shot from T/C it's a sheer pleasure to squeeze off compared to many other stock rifles I've tried
--They barrel was way smother than my T/C Black Diamond Super .45
--It's machined and put together way better than my T/C Super .45 was
--The ramrod fits very snuggly and doesn't rattle at all.
--The semi buckhorn sights are more to my liking than any of the fiber optic stuff. I tested this at twilight and can see a finer point on my front post than with the fiber optic sights.
--it comes with a nice ramrod guide which protects the action and breachplug threads
--The only drawback is that breaking the gun down is more envolved than other muzzleloaders also requiring partial disassembly of the bolt


Overall, I'm impressed with it so far. Can't wait to see how it shoots.

 

[MULEFEVER]

Hey wmidbrook, sounds like the Remington is a good bet. Mine is on back order, cant wait to get my hands on it. I have a Traditions now, Im shure the Remington will out perform it in accuracy and quality. Let me know how it shoots.

 

[muzz]

What do they run ? are they made in .45 cal?

 

[wmidbrook]

I picked up my 700 MLS at Cabela's for $399+shipping. They'll include a 209 ignition kit if you use the clearance sale number --- RC-21-4463 but is in .50 cal only (good through Aug 25th).

I think the .45 is available in the new magnum version but where I don't know--it comes with a 1:21" twist. The .50 cal would be a little more versatile in my opinion. Most states don't allow a .45 cal for Elk and lots of states have restrictions on what you can shoot out of a .45. With my .45, I never came across any conicals which would shoot decent at that high twist. But, I was about to try really, really heavy 450 grain - 510 grain conicals for the fast twisted .45 but didn't do so before ridding of the .45. I heard of a fellow who had great results in his Pedersoli using those heavy, long conicals in his .45 using around 90 grains of powder. You'd need a quigley-like sight to get any decent range results with that type of drop.