Remington 40X in .244

[Iowa Fox]

I hope this thread turns into a serious history lesson for Remington. I'd like to see if the markings can be decoded and when the custom shop used the first SS receiver.

I've only got one custom shop. A 7mm-08 XP. On that one with the barrel and action in the stock the only marking visible is 7mm08.

With the barreled action out of the stock all the markings are there in a straight row at the bottom dead center of the barrel. This one has a H in the triangle which I think is for a Hart barrel blank used. The REM in the oval is followed by an I. Is that for the employee that proofed it?

The one that has me stumped on the op is the horse head?

 

[redrockranger]

Has comb on the stock a notch so the bolt can be removed ? Thanks.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Some of these markings we dont recognize are from factory authorized service centers. Not saying this is one but i have seen threads on obscure markings before

 

[SBS]

The barrel code LS indicates the barrel was made in Feb. 1998, if that's any help.

 

[snert]

Well then It just may be a custom shop gun, as I think it was the late 90's the stainless action became available. I would sure like to be wrong about it being a put together.

 

[Iowa Fox]

Now we are doing the detective work and the pieces are coming together. .I have seen that exact stock on one other custom shop 40x. Is the S in the triangle Shilen barrel blank? What is the donkey head?

 

[SBS]

The Rangemaster stock is by far the most common 40X factory wood stock. The caliber stamping looks a little suspect in that the metal is raised around the characters, while the stamping the the right of it are much smoother. Also the placement of the caliber to the far left of the stylistic X stamp. Makes you wonder if it has been rechambered from a caliber that didn't involve setting the barrel back or minimally so. Maybe a 6-250? or if the bolt face has been altered, maybe a 6x47 (.222 Rem. Mag. case). Both were available on order. I don't believe Rem. would have stamped it .244 at that date, irregardless of twist. I've owned and examined a large number of 40X rifles over the last 50+ years and have never seen the horsehead stamp nor another stamping of letters like the BO stamp on one of them.

 

[41rem]

Pintopete any idea what that Delta symbol is for??

 

[SBS]

I would venture a guess that the Delta symbol with a letter inside is an inspector stamp, perhaps the person who proofed it and stamped R.E.P. inside the oval circle. I have 3 original barrels on hand and each one has a different letter inside the Delta -- R, T and X.

 

[justinp61]

The barrel code LS indicates the barrel was made in Feb. 1998, if that's any help.

I wonder why a late rifle would be marked .244REM, didn't they change the name to 6mm Remington in the early 60's?

 

[CJ6]

You could always contact the Custom Shop.

 

[Albany Mountain]

I wonder why a late rifle would be marked .244REM, didn't they change the name to 6mm Remington in the early 60's?

Probably depends on barrel twist, if the true definitions of 244/6mm hold.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

You could always contact the Custom Shop.

Defunct right now i believe, and its dakota these days if they did reopen

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I wonder why a late rifle would be marked .244REM, didn't they change the name to 6mm Remington in the early 60's?

That stamp does not look factory

 

[CJ6]

Defunct right now i believe, and its dakota these days if they did reopen

Wouldn't Remington still have the records ?

 

[pintopete]

Pintopete any idea what that Delta symbol is for??

I don’t know the relevance of that symbol other than to recognize it as an inspectors stamp of some kind.

 

[pintopete]

I wonder why a late rifle would be marked .244REM, didn't they change the name to 6mm Remington in the early 60's?

For main production, Yes, along with the twist rate.

 

[pintopete]

You could always contact the Custom Shop.

I called recently. They advised that all the Ilion Cusom Shop Records were lost or destroyed in the move. So, any very detailed information is supposedly gone.

 

[pintopete]

That stamp does not look factory

It certainly deviates from the regular mass produced rifles, but the .244 REM. stamp, and my .222 REM. stamps are of identical style. I’m certain my .222 is the way it came from the factory.

 

[pintopete]

Could it be that the factory, mass produced, Rem 700 rifles of a given generation were stamped 6mm Remington, whereas a 40x that was made in the custom shop would have been stamped .244? Certainly plausible. I’ll say it again, that the Custom Shop was staffed by many different employees, and managed by many managers over time. They also had great freedom in what they could do. Rules and processes that were standardized in the main factory, were not necessarily rules in the Custom Shop.