Remington 600 Gunsmith

[andrews1958]

I am looking for a gunsmith that has experience with working on Remington 600s. I have one in a 222 with sentimental value that I would like to have it made extremely accurate. Bed, trigger, any tricks, load development ?? I will use this for my one coyote rifle for out to 300 yards Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[pdhntr]

I am looking for a gunsmith that has experience with working on Remington 600s. I have one in a 222 with sentimental value that I would like to have it made extremely accurate. Bed, trigger, any tricks, load development ?? I will use this for my one coyote rifle for out to 300 yards Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

I have a model 600 that I built for my late father that is one of my 22-250s that I use for shooting prairie dogs. It had two barrels on it previously, both 243. I love the gun, but I am seriously thinking about retiring it soon.

The 600 usually has a plastic trigger guard and a very small screw for the rear of the action. The plastic does not work well when action screws are torqued to tighten down an action into the bedding. There is an aftermarket aluminum trigger guard that I would recommend that should be used to replace the plastic one.

In the past couple years, some of my friends have inherited 600s from their fathers, etc. and they have had problems with them, and they brought them to me for advice. For the most part, they all suffered from a firing pin spring that has gone somewhat soft. They don't reload and there is the possibility that factory rounds are not the same as they were 40 years ago, so all of them were having misfires.

Easy fix right? Just get a replacement firing pin spring. Well, the stock spring is supposedly 24 lbs. I can't seem to find any 24 lb springs. The only ones I could find were 28. Put those in and the misfire problem was solved, but the effort to work the bolt was greatly increased. And the bolt handle on a 600 does not help the issue.

Two years ago, I had an extractor let go while shooting prairie dogs. Luckily it was towards the end of my shooting and I was able to use my other 22-250 to finish up. The 600 has a riveted extractor, and if you (or the gunsmith) is not experienced with replacing a riveted extractor, they can be very frustrating. I got it replaced, but didn't trust my work, or the design at that point, and had an M-16 extractor put into the bolt.

I guess my point is, the more I want to use this nice sweet model 600, the more I have to change it, and it isn't what is was anymore. You probably have a really nice one that doesn't have any problems, but I thought you should go into this knowing what is happening with others.

You want it "extremely accurate". That, in my opinion would require a new barrel. You also mention it has sentimental value.

Jim

 

[Spook]

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

have it rebarreled to .223 Ack with a 7.5 twist.

 

[butchlambert]

Gunsmithing ain't no different than a 700.

 

[philip brousseau]

Like butch said

 

[Liven The Dream]

Accuracy Unlimited Wisconsin

Holland Gun Works Oregon

Widden Gun Works

All need is Money and Time

 

[Herzo]

I rebarrelled my 600 with a Shaw 22" 1:9 twist medium weight in .223 with a match chamber a number of years ago. The only other work I did to it was to relieve the barrel channel, glass bed the action and replace the plastic trigger guard. It reliably shoots 1/2 MOA with the 73 grain Berger ahead of VV N135. While it was not my intention to turn it into a target rifle, it performs adequately in our clubs' 200 yard benchrest matches.

 

[Knotwild]

4:35 EST 6mm Remington on the lookout.

 

[CaptainMal]

Just recently had my 6mm version pillar bedded. Yes, it has the metal floorplate/trigger guard. The rear pillar had to be set in, then cut near in half to fit the magazine box in. I had glass bedded it decades ago when I bought it but wanted another try at accuracy.

Bought this rifle in the 1960's and have used it since. Not a lot lately but it sure has killed some deer over those years. The picture was just a couple weeks ago.



Passed up what I saw this year so no kills with it. Stock had been cracked years ago. Used a synthetic one but hated it. Fixed this original one and it's gonna stay this way.

How does it shoot? Ordinary. Likes Hornady 100 gr. FLAT BASE bullets for MOA accuracy at 100 yds. BT's are hideous. Strange. 95 gr. SST's ok. 75 gr Sierras' seem to be OK also. Each bullet has different point of impact. Barrel is free floated, re-crowned, trigger lightened, firing spring changed and safety replaced decades ago by Remington so you can use bolt with safety on.

It is not and has never been a favorite rifle for me. Too short, hard to hold and just ordinary shooting. Often think of selling it as my kids and grandkids just are not interested in shooting and hunting.

Do have two memories using it. One was a doe in Pennsylvania back in the late 60's or early 70's. Got a shot at 300 yards and hit. Did not go down. Tracked it in the snow for at least a mile and found it dead late in the day ... 100 yards from where I had parked my 1968 Pontiac Firebird convertible.

Shot a doe in Georgia maybe 6 years ago. At the hit it ran hard ahead right into a large pine. Cracked itself in the head, slammed back and then down. I guess it is perverted but at the time sure was funny.

 

[Kurz]

From my list of factory twist rates:

222 Remington - 1 in 14" . . . . . .Browning; Remington 722, 725, 700, 600, 40 XB, 760, 788, 660; Savage 24-V, 340, 112, 2400; Sako; Winchester 70, 770; Wichita ;
Colt; Husqvarna; Cooper

If your M600 is still factory, this twist rate is slow and will usually only handle the shorter (lighter weight) bullets. If this is what you need for your coyote hunting then have the bore checked for quality then follow up with the other suggestions I made earlier. If the bore is questionable have a new barrel installed with a twist rate suited to handle the bullets of your choice.

There is nothing difficult about having an M600 worked on. It's about time and money these days.

If the nostalgia is a problem, you may have to forgo the work in the list I sent you and maybe do simple things like bedding, trigger and maybe a re-crown on the barrel.

Good Luck with your project!