remington 700 6mm carbine

varminter3

Hello, I recently purchased a remington 700 6mm carbine. The serial number dates it 1962 or 63. The barrel lenght is 20 inches and the gun rates 85 to 90 percent. The question I have is the barrel is factory marked 6mm.Rem.Mag.is this a factory mistake or did they change the caliber designation? To my knowledge they never made a 6mm magnum. What would you value the rifle at, as it was puchased for my daughter to deer hunt with, if its an uncommon rifle I could always find her another one and put this one in the safe.I have checked the chamber and fired it, it is a 6mm.

20gabob

Yes Remington did mark some of their early 6mm with a magnum stamp as that's what they were going to call the 6mm but eventually decided against it as it was the same as the 244 rem except for changing the bullet weights and changing the rifles to at least 1-10 rifling from 1-12. The factory was supposed to go and XXX the mag out on their production but apparently a few were missed. Now you have one of those. I suppose that some collectors would pay a little extra to have one so marked but personally it wouldn't be enough to keep me from letting my daughter shoot and enjoy the gun if that's what you bought it for. Always a great conversation piece.

varminter3

Thanks 20gabob, appreciate the info. She likes the rifle too much anyway, I'd probably have a fight on my hands.