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remington 721
briguy
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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?
Did Remington make the 721 in a .257 Roberts?
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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
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
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.
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.
I dang sure hope it price was fair, the condition good and you bought it!