My father passed away unexpectedly this past spring (a great man that I miss everyday) and I became the proud owner of his treasured deer rifle.
He took care of it like the USMC SGT / Korean War Veteran that he was would. It is a Model 722 257 Roberts with a custom stock that a friend of his who was in Patton's Army during WWII made for him. It is true one of kind; I think it's a beauty. Using my own reloads and the old 4x Bushnell scope that is on it, I shot a .5" group at 100 yards with it off of sandbags, yesterday. It is an XX production year, I believe this is 1951?
In order to honor my inheritance, and because I think the 721 and 722 were the best models that Remington ever produced, I began a seach to find a big brother for it. When I saw the below model 721 30-06 on Gun Broker, I had to have it. It is in excellent condition and I shot several 1" groups with it at 100 yards yesterday, the extractor and ejector work like new. This is the Rifle that I have questions about..I paid $345 for it.
The stock says that it is a Fajen on the butt pad, does anyone know the history of how Fajen stocks were applied to these old rifles or the value or age of the stock?
The date stamp on the barrel is E SS, if I read this correctly it was manufactured 10/1947, is this correct?
Does anyone have tips on refinishing the trigger guard/magazine floor plate assembly?
I looked at a model 700 ADL today for $583. I think that it was produced with less life in it than these two old tanks still have left in them. There is no match for the work done by the "Greatest Generation"
So here are the Rifles that I have come to call Pride and Joy, Pride in my father rifle and Joy in finding and shooting a big brother for it that will become my deer rifle as my son grows into using grandpa's 257....