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remington 721

briguybriguy Member Posts: 459 ✭✭✭
edited March 2009 in Ask the Experts
I was at a gun show Saturday and saw a Remington 721 in a .257 Roberts. I thought the 721s were only made in a .270, .30-06 and a couple Magnums. In the gun books it says that they made a .257 Roberts in the Remington 722 but the one I saw the dealer had 721 wrote on the tag and I am 99.99% sure I remember seeing 721 on the reciever.

Did Remington make the 721 in a .257 Roberts?

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  • briguybriguy Member Posts: 459 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Will a model 700 trigger guard/floorplate fit a 721? Thanks, Ken in Oregon
  • briguybriguy Member Posts: 459 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i would like to find out about putting a synthetic stock on a remington 721 270.win. are there any available and is it worth the trouble?
  • briguybriguy Member Posts: 459 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am looking at getting a rifle chambered in the 300 H&H mag cal.
    I see some Remington 721 were made in the 300 H&H
    I was woundering if the 721 is as accurate as a factory 700 Remington

    Thanks
  • briguybriguy Member Posts: 459 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looking for schematics rem 721 270 cal.
    Numrich don"t have it in book or for sale.
    Can't get safety to move with bolt down,
    will work with bolt up.
    Thanks for help.

    DON
  • stevecreastevecrea Member Posts: 486 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I grew up with either a 721 or 722 in .257 Roberts, but I cannot tell you which one is which. I assume that one is the shorter action calibers such as .257, and the other is the longer action such as .270 and 30-06.

    This rifle was my father's, and is still in the family. He purchased it after WWII with the intention of letting my mom use it for deer hunting. I recall that this rifle perhaps cost about $30 less than a Winchester Model 70 at the time, which was a considerable amount of money then. My dad realized that my mom did not like to hunt, so my dad used it, and I shot my first two deer with it when I was 12. My dad always used the 117 grain roundnose soft points for everything, including elk and deer.
  • nononsensenononsense Member Posts: 10,928 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    briguy,

    To the best of my knowledge, excluding special runs for distributors and such, the .257 Roberts was released in the M722 rifle. A guess would be that some enterprising owner or gunsmith got a hold of an M722 barrel in .257 Roberts and put it on an M721 receiver. This gets you the long action for seating some of the longer hunting bullets out which you can't do in the short action magazine.

    Remington M721

    .264 Win. - 1961 - 22" barrel
    .270 Win. - 1948 - 24" & 22" barrel
    .280 Rem. - 1961 - 22" barrel
    .30-06 Sprg. - 1948 - 24" & 22" barrel
    .300 H&H Mag - 1948 - 26" & 24" barrel

    Remington M722

    .222 Rem. - .1950 - 26" & 24" barrel
    .222 Rem. Mag. - 1958 24" barrel
    .243 Win. - 1959 - 22" barrel
    .244 Rem. - 1956 24" & 22" barrel
    .257 Roberts - 1948 - 24" & 22" barrel
    .300 Savage - 1948 - 24" & 22" barrel
    .308 Win. - 1956 - 24" & 22" barrel

    Best.
  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 50,947 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nononsense nailed it. The gunshow dealer was just sloppy in defining models. As you can see from the list above the 721 was a long action rifle, while the 722 was the short action version.

    I dang sure hope it price was fair, the condition good and you bought it!
  • duckhunterduckhunter Member Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My 257r is a 722. New in 1954.
  • dfletcherdfletcher Member Posts: 8,162 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just curious, if you were to convert a 721 to 257, which original caliber would be easist to accomplish this switch? Do 30.06 & 270 have the same case head & body, albeit longer body?
  • TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,270 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    .257 is a 7x57 Mauser necked down, same basic .473" case head as the 06 and .270. The .264 and .300H&H are belted magnums.
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