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The buttplate on my 1950s 722 appears to be aluminum but painted black with an exposed metal edge. The edges have an almost bronze color albeit somewhat inconsistently colored around its perimeter - My guess is this was originally unpainted aluminum that received some stain and/or clear varnish from...

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It seems those old catalogs may have played a little loose with the detailed specs on these models.

They commonly listed the .244 as 8 lbs vs 7 lbs for most other cartridge sizes. My .244, with scope mounted, shows about 8.8 lbs on the bathroom scale.

...I did a little digging and some math and came up with this possibility for .244 barrel length from '55 to '60. Basically the catalogs descriptions of the 722 simply say something like 'same as 721 except for...' weight and overall length. They don't mention differences in barrel lengths at all. S...

I have a Remington 722A in .244 with the earlier 1:12 twist. Its barrel stampings decode to October 1955. It has a 26" barrel. With scope it's about 8.8 lbs. In looking at Rem's 1955 catalog page 8, it shows the .244 as being a 24" barrel. However it also notes the .244 as being about 1 lb...

373353, 722A-244, E B, 10/55


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