Remington model 722 stock

[GJH]

I have two model 722's in .257 Roberts caliber. Both rifles have barrels with a bulge where the rear sight dovetails onto the top of the barrel. One of my stocks has a cut-out to accept this barrel bulge. The other stock does not have this cut-out, and therfore is not the right stock for the barrel contour. I have been told that Remington, near the end of their production run for the model 722, did away with this bulge in the barrel contour , and therefore made stocks without a cut-out for this new, straighter barrel . Is this true? Did Remington make some factory stocks for the 722 with this cut-out and some without the cut-out? Thanks. GJH

[Rem725]

Yes
In 1958 the changed the barrels sight and shortened each 2". We call the new ones "transition" models.

[dick_tracy1953]

Ok, then I'm wondering if I have a stock for one of those transition 722 rifles. What is the depth of the cut out for the floor plate. Is that the best place to figure out if my stock is for a 722 or a 700. I tried placing a 722 in my wood but it ended up being slightly canted.

[Rem725]

A crooked recoil lug piece will cant the action in the stock. Or an out and out defect somewhere.

On both 722 bulge and no bulge stocks, the floorplate cutouts will be the same. A totally custom grade gun might have been an exception to that.

[goordnance]

I have 722's with and without the barrel boss, I can put the one without the boss in an earlier stock with the cutout but trying to put one with the boss into a later "transitional" stock does'nt seat quite right. As best I've been able to determine all 721/722 stocks are plain jane affairs, straight comb, no grip caps or fore end tips or cheek pieces. You will see checkering on B models but they seem to be rare apart from the rifle, spare transitioal stocks seem to be rare too. I once put a 700 trigger on a 721 and had to sand a little in the trigger area of the original stock to get it to fit right. I've swapped a lot of other721/2 stocks and actions around and never encountered any other troubles. Hope this helps.

[Tony Kastella]

I am a new guy to this site. My interests concerns the factory stamps on stocks and the barrels. Is there any book or printed material about the stamps found on Remington stocks.

An expamle are the codes P4 or P5 in a circle stamped under the butt plate. Or the letters II C stamped near the recoil lug of a stock.

As for barrels how about insignias stamped by the factory what do they mean? How about the insignias stamped hear the rear sight slots?

How do you determine if a stock is a factory custom stock? I have seen no "fancy" stocks of any kind for these models.
It seems few Remington 721/22's got out to the Western US. What areas or markets can one find these firearms?