Rem 788 .222 - the old clunker has still got it
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 8:09 pm
A few years ago a picked up a Remington 788 chambered in .222. Reshaped the stock, bedded it, fitted a Timmey trigger and put together a load of 19.5gn of AR2207 under a 55gn Nosler Shots SP which it shot quite well.
The neighbor wanted a rifle to knock over some furry ferals so I sold it to him. A year or so ago I had to knock a stuck case out of the chamber for him - it had been left outside while camping on a property down near the beach and the chamber and outside of the barrel was rusty.
I polished the chamber with some lapping paste on an empty case spun on a cleaning rod chucked in a drill, which fixed the sticky case issue.
I have the rifle here at the moment so gave it a thorough clean, replaced the old Simmons with an even older Weaver K8 AO then took it out for a shot just on last light this evening - no problems with this old clunker!
Marcus
The neighbor wanted a rifle to knock over some furry ferals so I sold it to him. A year or so ago I had to knock a stuck case out of the chamber for him - it had been left outside while camping on a property down near the beach and the chamber and outside of the barrel was rusty.
I polished the chamber with some lapping paste on an empty case spun on a cleaning rod chucked in a drill, which fixed the sticky case issue.
I have the rifle here at the moment so gave it a thorough clean, replaced the old Simmons with an even older Weaver K8 AO then took it out for a shot just on last light this evening - no problems with this old clunker!
Marcus
