A pal of mine was having problems with his Remington 788 (.22-250), so today's Labor intensive project was to fix it.
It has been in storage for who knows how long. All the oil had turned into glue. The hammer was stuck down, the firing pin would not cock.
Lots of Hoppe's elbow grease. Disassembled most of the trigger assembly, then soaked it all in Hoppe's for awhile. Disassembled the bolt, more soaking. Some Outer's Foaming Bore Cleaner.
Upon reassembly the Safety Lever bits & pieces needed some extra fixing/adjusting. Everything then hosed down with space-age no-dry-up lubes. All systems working just fine.
It looks pretty much like this one:
A very enjoyable project for the day to get this early '70's era rifle up and running again.
Cheers,
Carl
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Re: Labor Day has been just that .....
Nice! (Are those older Rem 22-250s subject to worn throats and bbls?)
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At least you got SOMETHING accomplished... I can't even work on my checkering project... cause I'm driving, er... sitting in traffic!
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There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
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BLANE
i load my sons 788 in 22-250 medium to light. we have not
seen or noticed any erosion or change in performance and he
has many rounds through it.
oldguy
i load my sons 788 in 22-250 medium to light. we have not
seen or noticed any erosion or change in performance and he
has many rounds through it.
oldguy