Rem. 700 VS .243

[dbaird]

I have an very old Remington 700 BDL VS (old wood stocked bull barrel) in .243. Anybody know what twist these barrels are?

 

[civil82]

Might be 1-9.25. I'm guessing that you are curious to know if you can shoot a heavy/vld out of it.

 

[mudduck]

Get your cleaning rod out and check I think they are 1 in 10

 

[tjtjwdad]

Get your cleaning rod out and check I think they are 1 in 10

What is the birthdate? My March 1970 6MM Remington is 1-9.25. It shoots the 105 AMAX, never tried anything heavier.

HTH,

 

[bheadboy]

I believe the early 244 rem were 10 twist and did not handle the 100's as the 243 did because it was 9.25 twist.
Rem then changed to 9 twist and renamed it to 6mm.

Bob

 

[CJ6]

The early 244 Rems were 1-12 (I have a 722 in 244 Rem ) then 1-10 when they switched to 6mm Rem and later 9 1/4 or 9 1/8 one of the other, 243 was 1-10 then 9 1/4 some time in the late 70s early 80s I believe. These do NOT include Custom Shop rifles as I think there were optional twists available from them (40X's) etc..

 

[LKEYES]

My '67 700 VB is a 9 1/4" twist and shoots the 105 vld's very well.

 

[JamesinAsheville]

My 243 shoots 105's very good.

 

[bheadboy]

only to find out for sure, measure,
clean, then take tight patch on cleaning rod with running handle, and push in, marking top of rod at a point, let rod rotate until mark is again at top,

measure,

Bob

 

[hunter243sgk]

Don't know how old yours is but the newer ones are 9 1/8" the savages are 9 1/4