not. Now normally, handloading could have remedied the situation, but while the .243 had the necessary 1-10" twist needed to stabilize 100-grain bullets, Remington’s Model 722 rifle came with a 1-12" twist, which was marginal. Though Remington changed the rate of twist shortly after the .244’s introduction, it was too late. Perception is everything and the .244’s fate was sealed. Refusing to let what was a really good cartridge die,
Remington re-introduced the .244 in 1963 as the 6mm Rem. Now it was chambered in the sexy new Model 700 rifle that debuted the year before, instead of the Plain Jane Model 722 that preceded it. It had a 1-9" twist and a new 100-grain factory load was listed at 3,190 fps, which was 120 fps faster than the .243 Win. pushing the same weight bullet. I think it was 1965 when I built my first 6mm Rem. on
a commercial Mauser action, which I had barreled at Flaig’s in Millvale, PA, and which I set into a Herter’s stock. Shortly thereafter I built a second one, again on a commercial Mauser — an Interarms Mark X as I recall — with what would now be an E.R. Shaw barrel, bedded into the old Fajen Regent stock. My third 6mm was a Ruger No.1-B. Among those three guns I wreaked havoc with woodchucks in western Pennsylvania, as well as out west on deer and antelope, and in Canada on black bear. At that time in my life when my budget would allow only varminting and deer/antelope hunting, the dual-purpose nature of the 6mm Rem. served me very well indeed. Which brings us to the present day and this year’s
Model 700 CDL-SF Limited Edition. There’s little point in my going into any detail about the 700 in general because TVHM readers are so familiar with this iconic rifle. I mean, we’re talking about a gun that has been in production for just one year shy of a half century, and has surpassed 5 million in sales. It is by far the most popular bolt action centerfire sport- ing rifle in history. On that note, we should expect something really special from the Remington folks next year, seeing as how it will be the 700’s 50th anniversary. Anyway, the LE-series gun is a handsome one by any
standard, though I have to admit to liking the lines of the old Classic Limited Edition stock better than that of the current series. Though they are both of the straight-comb classic style, the CLE has better detailing at the point of the comb and around the grip cap. The differences can be appreciated only in a side by side comparison. The CDL represents a minor cosmetic step up from the
BDL in that it has a stock fashioned from a better grade of walnut, and comes standard with a faux ebony fore-end tip and Remington’s Super Cell recoil pad. The latter is quite effective at reducing felt recoil, but at 1.4" in depth it tends to dominate the butt area of the gun. The fore-end features a single, wrap-around panel of cut checkering; it’s done on a CNC machine but it was as good as any hand-cut checkering I’ve seen. The barrel’s flutes are quite functional in that they are wide and as deep as permissible wall thickness allows. All action components are stainless, including the externally adjustable X-Mark Pro trigger. The hinged floorplate bottom metal unit is anodized aluminum and closely matches the matte finish of the barreled receiver. Like I said earlier, it’s a handsome gun. Not that I expected any surprises in the functioning
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