Can anyone educate me on this Remington 721?

[Dosing]

I had mine bedded and the bolt handle polished a bit. The checkering could use some work to sharpen it up a bit but like to see a bit of honest use on an old rifle.

Is there an option for a nicer trigger-guard on the market that you know of?

 

[dan belisle]

Is there an option for a nicer trigger-guard on the market that you know of?

Should be able to make 700 bottom metal fit with a little work. - dan

 

[Dosing]

Should be able to make 700 bottom metal fit with a little work. - dan

indeed. nice to know

 

[SuperCub]

Should be able to make 700 bottom metal fit with a little work. - dan

I'd be more likely to fit it into a 700 BDL stock so as to keep the original stock unaltered.

 

[dan belisle]

I'd be more likely to fit it into a 700 BDL stock so as to keep the original stock unaltered.

I did that with one of my 722's. Easy swap, needs a little work around the bolt handle inlet. - dan

 

[Mogulrider]

My buddy has used his 721 for decades. 300 Savage.
Don't Bubba it. Great rifles

 

[keith mokry]

Made a 338-06 imp on this action. Works well

 

[SuperCub]

Add a Lyman receiver sight and a sourdough post front sight; apply 220gr round nose to big critters.

Does a sourdough offer any advantage over the newer fiber optic front sights? I've never used either with a receiver sight but I did have a 700 front sight filed flat on the top way back when.

 

[kjohn]

Nice old rifle. It belongs to you, so you get to do with it as you see fit. If it was mine, I wouldn’t change a thing. I scored a Canadian keeper, a NAACO 90D in 30-06 with a Williams Twilight scope. It will remain untouched as long as I own it. Guns like yours are the ones that turn my crank.

 

[Potashminer]

Does a sourdough offer any advantage over the newer fiber optic front sights? I've never used either with a receiver sight but I did have a 700 front sight filed flat on the top way back when.

I installed a "fire-sight" set (I think it was called) onto my Ruger 10-22 - so a Williams rear aperture and a red fibre optic front sight - seems to work. Is various height "Tru-glo" brand available on Amazon.ca - I also installed a red coloured fibre optic as front sight on my made-in-1955 Win 94. Is still a yellow/green one left here - all were 0.450" tall - I see there are several even taller for sale on Amazon. A day or two ago I installed a Williams WGRS 54 onto a Browning Lever action .22 rifle - no doubt I will need a taller front sight than came from the factory - I have yet to fire it to see what I get - is probable that is where the yellow/green front sight might end up, if it is tall enough.

A neighbour dropped off an Anschutz Modell 1450 - somehow he or a previous owner managed to knock off , break off or file off the bead from the front sight - was only a short pointy tip left - neighbour said you had to aim about a foot low to hit anything - I was able to make a new front sight - is NOT in a dovetail - appears to screw into the ramp - M6-0.75 threads - ended up to be a "flat top" post front sight, between 1 mm and 2 mm wide on there - I started yesterday with top of front sight and top of rear barrel sight even height - about 1.10" above bottom of the barrel - resulting 3 shot group circa 2" low from aiming point at 25 paces - I used a file to file down the front post to get it set for elevation. It is close to "dead on" now - front sight is 1.040" above bottom of barrel; those barrel mounted sights are 16 3/4" apart

 

[Slimbo]

Does a sourdough offer any advantage over the newer fiber optic front sights? I've never used either with a receiver sight but I did have a 700 front sight filed flat on the top way back when.

The flat post is much more robust than fiber optics IME , and I prefer to sight them in like “dotting the I” with the target resting on the post. They also look way better