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- Does anybody still think the 40x is special? - Shooters Forum
The 40X action was only produced in the custom shop and the barrels were all custom lapped at the shop The last one in my safe is a pristine wood stocked 40X with a 6X47REM chamber stainless barrel
- Experts needed on a Remington 40 X - Shooters Forum
A 40X that was built on a long action but used a short bolt the longer tenion was used for more threads Had a silver soldiered front and rear recoil lugs over the action screw holes
- A CMP 40x 22lr simple build - What do you need? - Snipers Hide
For a complete history of the Remington 40X series of rifles, read The Remington 40-X Rifle -- A Legend in its Own Time by Paul Coburn You may also enjoy reading the Rem 40X section of Roy Marcott's History of Remington Firearms Marcott offers a definitive list of all the 40X models and chamberings, along with a production chronology
- Opinions needed for a 40X - Shooters Forum
Thought the 40X was an action in high demand for the better quality Tried to sell it with the stock, Remington factory 2 oz trigger and it generated little interest Wound up parting it out, selling the stock, trigger and keeping the action due to sentimental value to me Mine would have been late 60's to very early 70's
- Anyone Shooting a 40x? - Snipers Hide
The 40X's feeding tray wasn't as easy to work with while slung-up in prone as were the 52Ds or the 54s or 500s I could more-or-less just toss a round into the action of my Anschutz 1611, while the Remington rifles were a good deal clumsier to feed while in prone
- Need help-info on rem 40-x - Benchrest
More info is needed to answer your question I will paste somme general info on the 40x series that my help you get started in your search The Remington 40-X Rifle A legend in it's own time 08 October 2001 By Paul "Pablito" Coburn The 40-X series of rifles have been with us for about 40 years The 40-X was the brainchild of Mike Walker, one of "Big guns" of Remington in the 1960's and an avid
- How to date your 40X - Snipers Hide
Re: How to date your 40X The contracts actually started in 1955 with 30 heavy barrel 40X rifles going to Ft Knox There were various contracts during the next 10+ years The reason for the B is this is when the 722 40X action was phased out and the 700 40XB action started The B is what makes it a 40XB heavy barrel Both actions had standard and heavy barrel versions though most of the 40X's
- 40x vs 40xbr - Shooters Forum
the 40x was the first of them, single shot and repeater, they had the "position" stock, sling, adjustable front stock setting etc 27"bbl non stainless the 40xbr came about in the mid-to late 70s with a shorter stock, shorter bbl, single shot, set up for the BR of the time, later version had multiple changes, but all had the same action
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