Rem 700 and 721 barrel interchangeable?

[Joel]

I have an old rem 721 30-06, stock is broken, barrel is rusty a,d front sight broke. Can I screw on a rem 700 25-06 barrel? I would need to have headspaced, anything else? I have a nice 700 bdl stock I will refinish, I little work here and there and the action looks like it will fit in the stock.

[awp101]

I'm going to start off by saying I don't know BUT according to page 9-10 here: http://www.homegunsmith.com/cgi-bin/ib3 ... _small.pdf it's close.

Hopefully a trained professional can answer better...

[Joel]

I'm going to start off by saying I don't know BUT according to page 9-10 here: http://www.homegunsmith.com/cgi-bin/ib3 ... _small.pdf it's close.

Hopefully a trained professional can answer better...

Thanks very much for that link, lots of good stuff in there, the ruger barrel looks similar too.
The 700 Looks pretty close, the threaded nose on the 700 barrel a bit longer. I wonder what that means?

[bcp]

700 - 721 barrel threads are the same. Barrel probably will headspace, but the sights, if any, may be on the bottom or somewhere else. If you need the sights or lettering in the right place, you will probably need a lathe, reamer and gauges. Headspace must be checked, no matter what.

That's why I like plain barrels for swapping.

The Ruger barrels threads WILL NOT work on a Rem 700-721. Rugers do closely match Win 70 push feed rifles.

Bruce

[Joel]

700 - 721 barrel threads are the same. Barrel probably will headspace, but the sights, if any, may be on the bottom or somewhere else. If you need the sights or lettering in the right place, you will probably need a lathe, reamer and gauges. Headspace must be checked, no matter what.

That's why I like plain barrels for swapping.

The Ruger barrels threads WILL NOT work on a Rem 700-721. Rugers do closely match Win 70 push feed rifles.

Bruce

Thanks Bruce!!!

[awp101]

Thanks very much for that link, lots of good stuff in there

No sweat! I was asking about threading a barrel for a Martini Cadet elsewhere a week or two ago and someone posted that. The least I can do is pass it along...