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Remington 721 barrel length
Ambrose
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While looking up something else in the 1961 Stoegers, I noticed they listed .270 and .30/06 barrels as 22" and .300 H&H as 24". My early 50's rifles are 24" and 26" as listed in Stoegers as late as 1960. Has anybody run across short barreled 721's?
EDIT: All of my 721's and 722's are early to mid 1950's except the .222 Remington Magnum which has a barrel date of 1961. That one does, in fact, have a 24" barrel as listed in the 1961 Stoegers while the 1960 Stoegers (as well as earlier issues) indicates a 26". Since they brought out the 700 in 1962 with 2" shorter barrels, they probably made a running change. Maybe I'll have to start collecting late 721/722's with the shorter barrels! That ought to narrow it down.
EDIT II: I just dug out that .222 Rem Mag and it does not have that barrel "lump" for the rear sight, either, that was typical of the 721/722. Instead, it has 2 screw holes quite close together (it came to me without a rear sight). Funny that I never noticed that before--I've owned this rifle for quite a while. I'm going to keep a look out for others in that configuration. And, sandwarrior, I've never seen a 20" 722! But 700 carbines are not extremely rare--are you sure that was not a 700?
EDIT: All of my 721's and 722's are early to mid 1950's except the .222 Remington Magnum which has a barrel date of 1961. That one does, in fact, have a 24" barrel as listed in the 1961 Stoegers while the 1960 Stoegers (as well as earlier issues) indicates a 26". Since they brought out the 700 in 1962 with 2" shorter barrels, they probably made a running change. Maybe I'll have to start collecting late 721/722's with the shorter barrels! That ought to narrow it down.
EDIT II: I just dug out that .222 Rem Mag and it does not have that barrel "lump" for the rear sight, either, that was typical of the 721/722. Instead, it has 2 screw holes quite close together (it came to me without a rear sight). Funny that I never noticed that before--I've owned this rifle for quite a while. I'm going to keep a look out for others in that configuration. And, sandwarrior, I've never seen a 20" 722! But 700 carbines are not extremely rare--are you sure that was not a 700?
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All the 721's I've seen were 24". Now, I have seen both 20" and 24" barrels for 722's.
The 721's that I've owned and have seen all had the longer barrels but that doesn't mean that the short barrels weren't available also. I just haven't seen them.
It's possible to locate some information on the Remington website which might have the designations and lengths called out separately but I don't know for sure. They have culled some of the best information since the big buyout a while back.
Best.
Is your rifle a 721 or 722? I thought that 257 Roberts were only made in 722s.