SS barrels on early 700's

[chuck nelson]

In the late sixty's or early seventies Remington used stainless barrels on their 700's for I believe one year. Does anyone know the details on this? What year/years? Thanks.

 

[Ardent]

Likely the 'blued stainless' barrels? Had one once, interesting.

 

[Rembo]

They were done for quite a few years, I've had them dating '62 and '63 and one from 1970. I still have one of the barrels here in the corner. Mine were all 7 Mag, but they were also done in 264 Win and I've heard also 300 Win Mag. All the 7 Mags I had were 23-1/2" long,..not 24"

 

[SuperCub]

All the 7 Mags I had were 23-1/2" long,..not 24"

I have one of those bbls here [take-off], but this one has been Magnaported. Sights removed and no blued finish left on it. Bore good.

It's FS if anyone wants it.

 

[chuck nelson]

My Dad has one, also in 7mm Rem Mag, that he purchased in I believe 1971. I is their Classic ADL and was his only big game rifle until 2006. We were just chatting about it on the phone the other day and wondering about the details of their production.

 

[ALFE284]

Have a BDL made in 1969. 350 Rem Mag 24" barrel blued s/s
Love it.
Want one in 6.5 Rem Mag

 

[NAA]

All the 7 Mags I had were 23-1/2" long,..not 24"

A number of years back I picked up one in .264 Win Mag of an earlier incarnation of CGN.

Had the blue removed & now the barrel looks matte stainless finish. It is 23 3/4" long.

I had a blued long action rebarreled with it & it now sits in a classic stock.

A very accurate rifle.

NAA.

 

[chuck nelson]

Just measured my Dad's 7MM ADL and it is a full 24"

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Had a heavy barreled stainless blued. Great shooter, wish I had kept it. I think it was actually from the early 80s.

 

[Ron AKA]

I have one in .264 WM that was made about 1966 or so. I was told they were plated with iron so they could blue them. The blue on mine has held up well.

 

[H4831]

When the stainless steel barrels came out, it was for the purpose of adding extra barrel life to magnums with a reputation for rapid wear on the barrels.
The undisputed talk from the gun writers was that hunters would never buy a rifle with a stainless barrel! Standard bluing wouldn't work, so they had to improvise a type of bluing.
In the meantime, the combined PR departments of the gun manufacturers, along with the gun writers, set out to sell the public on stainless steel and just how cool the stainless rifles really looked.
Anyone think propoganda (Oops, I mean advertisng) doesn't work?

 

[JJ-65]

I remember that there was a recall for the .17 Rem cal guns with the stainless barrel, due to some of them splitting down the length of the barrel.