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I have the opportunity to purchase this new Remington 700 in .308. Barrel at first glance is 16” with a muzzle device. Unfired according to original buyer. He does not know what model it is. Said that’s the way he purchased it. Everything is factory. Trigger can’t be more thann3.5lbs.

I can’t find anything factory (from Remington) that looks like this? Anyone have any clue as to what model this is?

thanks guys.
 

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Put the serial # in a Remington search site and see what comes up.
 
ronn47 said:
Put the serial # in a Remington search site and see what comes up.
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I thought the same but the manufacturer date comes up 1946 when I enter the first two letter of the serial number, unless I’m not on the right site.
 
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I thought the same but the manufacturer date comes up 1946 when I enter the first two letter of the serial number, unless I’m not on the right site.
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Well then I'm lost also, that's strange to get a '46 date.
 
Do you happen to have a link to the actual Remington serial number lookup ?
Everything I found on the ole inter web was a third party site.

I appreciate your help
 
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I thought the same but the manufacturer date comes up 1946 when I enter the first two letter of the serial number, unless I’m not on the right site.
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Nov ‘97 is what I saw.
 
This is what I found
 

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I sent Remington the pictures along with any pertinent info on the rifle. I’ll let you know exactly what they say, if anything.

I appreciate all the responses, “thank you”
 
I may be proven wrong, but I do not believe that is a factory-built rifle.

That ain’t a factory trigger.

Stock looks like it may be from Boyd’s (can’t remember the exact model).

May be a Lee Gardner build.
 
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Dale Gribble said:
I may be proven wrong, but I do not believe that is a factory-built rifle.

That ain’t a factory trigger.

Stock looks like it may be from Boyd’s (can’t remember the exact model).

May be a Lee Gardner build.
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I’ll have to find out we’re he purchased it; but I believe he said he purchased it from like bass pro shop /cabelas. He thinks he paid $1,150 or in that neighborhood. It’s been about 2-3 years ago.
That being said, that’s why I thinks it’s a factory Remington build.
 
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(217) 246-0787

This is the number to LGP….reach out to him. If he’s the smith, he’ll be able to tell ya if he built the rifle or not.

If I remember right, he uses a “RR” prefix on some of his rifles.
 
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Dale Gribble said:
(217) 246-0787

This is the number to LGP….reach out to him. If he’s the smith, he’ll be able to tell ya if he built the rifle or not.

If I remember right, he uses a “RR” prefix on some of his rifles.
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Thank you sir. I’ll reach out to him tomorrow
 
It may be new, but pretty sure it is not a factory built rifle (not a factory trigger (looks like a Timney flat or HIT not the X-mark) , barrel looks chopped, and stock looks like a Boyds in timber or camo). Scan the dot matrix code (square with dots added to receivers in the last 10 or so years) with a new phone and it will pull up the true serial number.

The "RR" is nothing special. I have several factory built 700s and several receivers that I bought as stripped receivers for custom builds in the 2015-2017 years that start with RR.

The brake is a Surefire SOCOM SFMB brake

I'm not saying this may not be a good shooter, but it raises some flags as "being factory new".
 
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tod0987 said:
It may be new, but pretty sure it is not a factory built rifle (not a factory trigger (looks like a Timney flat or HIT not the X-mark) , barrel looks chopped, and stock looks like a Boyds in timber or camo). Scan the dot matrix code (square with dots added to receivers in the last 10 or so years) with a new phone and it will pull up the true serial number.

The "RR" is nothing special. I have several factory built 700s and several receivers that I bought as stripped receivers for custom builds in the 2015-2017 years that start with RR.

The brake is a Surefire SOCOM SFMB brake

I'm not saying this may not be a good shooter, but it raises some flags as "being factory new".
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I’ve tried to scan it with my iPhone and it won’t “scan”.
I’m going to be in contact with the guy again tomorrow or Sunday and I’m going to pick his brain some more. He’s an older gentlemen, if I had to guess late 60’s, early 70’s. I don’t want to doubt him, or offend him in any way. He’s super nice and I really want it. I just wanted to know more before I drop money on it.

Thanks for the info.
 
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I’ve tried to scan it with my iPhone and it won’t “scan”.
I’m going to be in contact with the guy again tomorrow or Sunday and I’m going to pick his brain some more. He’s an older gentlemen, if I had to guess late 60’s, early 70’s. I don’t want to doubt him, or offend him in any way. He’s super nice and I really want it. I just wanted to know more before I drop money on it.

Thanks for the info.
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I miss named it is a "data matrix code" not a QR code, you may need a different app.

From the parts there it should be a pretty good rifle. The Timney trigger is a nice trigger and boyd's stocks are good laminate stocks.

I did some looking into some old notes I have and it may be a Remington "Tactical" 308 if the barrel is 16.5". The SPS Tactical should have the twist rate roll marked on to the barrel. I believe the SPS were produced in 2 different twist rates (1:10, 1:12) depending on what weight bullet you want to stabilize/shoot.
 
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Here’s what I found on “Remington QR code”

“According to our product manager, it is a dot matrix on the side of the gun and is, in fact, the serial number of the gun. It is not a QR code. It's something we use in manufacturing to scan the serial numbers so that we don't have to read them manually. Cuts down on the human error and allows us to maintain more precise record keeping on what serial numbers we have produced so we do not inadvertently duplicate them.”

I finally got it to scan, once it did, google popped up with the exact serial number marked on the barrel…. Nothing else.
 
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Pretty 100 percent sure it's a 700 sps aac-sd with a 16.5 tube. Someone just put a different stock and trigger on there. RR prefix actions are the most popular actions I see from remington now that I build for people wanting to use a factory action
 
Opportunity aside, make sure that short barrel will fill your needs. (This being the Precision and Long Range sub forum you posted in).
 
I understand this is a “precision and long range sub forum”. I posted here for exactly that reason; in hopes someone had info. I posted in this sub forum knowing that a lot of people have a vast knowledge of the Remington 700 platform.

Dale, I reached out to LGP. It showed that they read my message Saturday and no response.

I believe I’m just going to go pick it up. I think his price is fair. The bolt, floor plate and barrel don’t show ANY signs of wear or scratches. He said he’s never even chambered a round, and he purchased it as new.

I appreciate everyone’s response. “Thank you.”
 
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Oh, one more thing. I did hear back from Remington.

“We did not receive Remington’s serial number data base in the bankruptcy.”
 
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