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Post by dougader on Jan 3, 2018 18:39:50 GMT -5
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awp101
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Post by awp101 on Jan 3, 2018 18:58:40 GMT -5
Unertl comes to mind but I'm not sure. Looks awesome though!
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Post by jfs on Jan 3, 2018 19:53:03 GMT -5
Unertl comes to mind but I'm not sure. Looks awesome though! |
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Post by bradshaw on Jan 3, 2018 20:09:07 GMT -5
***** Looks like a Bausch & Lomb 6-24x with external micrometer adjustments from the early 1960’s, or thereabouts. Probably a steel tube. B&L a top shelf optics house. The Remington 40-X is a single shot, solid bottom receiver for match rifles, became the basis for the XP-100 .221 Fireball single shot pistol. A remarkable action to this day. David Bradshaw |
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Post by bullseye on Jan 3, 2018 20:17:11 GMT -5
Mr Bradshaw is correct, that's a Bausch & Lomb BALvar 24 Target Scope 6x24 power.
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Post by dougader on Jan 3, 2018 20:41:34 GMT -5
Yes, I should have included the BAlvar 6-24 markings on the scope. It's the coolest scope I've seen in a real long time.
Thanks for the details, fellas, it's a very cool gun and scope setup.
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Post by Otony on Jan 3, 2018 21:27:52 GMT -5
***** Looks like a Bausch & Lomb 6-24x with external micrometer adjustments from the early 1960’s, or thereabouts. Probably a steel tube. B&L a top shelf optics house. The Remington 40-X is a single shot, solid bottom receiver for match rifles, became the basis for the XP-100 .221 Fireball single shot pistol. A remarkable action to this day. David Bradshaw I’m pretty sure the XP-100 is actually a solid bottom Remington 600 action, which is a fair bit different from a short action 40-X. Different footprint, much shorter rear bridge, shorter overall bolt and action length when compared to the 40-X, different shroud (shorter), and probably one or two other things I’ve forgotten. I’ve always had a soft spot for the XP-100...... Otony |
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Post by bradshaw on Jan 6, 2018 11:04:33 GMT -5
Otony..... someone told me, it may have been Dick Deitz at Remington, that the XP-100 was brought out before the M-600 to insure there would be no question the pistol was its own development, and not adapted from a rifle action. The .221 Fireball was ahead of its time, certainly ahead of the widespread use of hearing protection. As I recall, the ultimate object was a short action for carbines, with the option of a pistol, so the pistol was made first. I saw an XP-100 on the 100 yard line at Lyman’s Blue Trail Range in Wallingford, Connecticut around 1960-61, which predates current literature on the pistol’s release. Nobody wore ear muffs. We were shooting the M-1 Garand well to the left on the 200 yard line. I had Lee Sonic plugs in my ears, other High Power shooters wore Lee Sonics or chewing gum stuffed in their ears. A few nuts used cigarette filters. The .221 Fireball concussed right through the pop of our little .30-06s.
The only 40-X I’ve shot is the .22LR Match Rifle, Remington’s answer to the Winchester Model 52. Two spectacularly smooth rifles. For no important reason, I am now curious as to how many variants of Model 40-X were made, and if the unifying feature is a solid bottom.
David Bradshaw
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Post by squawberryman on Jan 6, 2018 16:28:59 GMT -5
My 40X 22-250 is one of those boring rifles. Someday I'd like to go on a guided prairie dog hunt, or badgers.
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Post by AmmoHouse on Jan 7, 2018 20:52:30 GMT -5
Beautiful gun...wish it was mine!
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Post by coogs on Jan 8, 2018 15:24:07 GMT -5
B & L Balvar is correct...........had one on a Vintage 50's-60's M52...........damn heavy scope, fer sure!
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Post by wickerbill on Jan 21, 2018 22:41:01 GMT -5
I had a custom Ruger #1 in 6mm Rem. with a Hart SS barrel and BV-20 scope. Great rifle, but I messed up. A guy ask me to price it and I did. I priced it outrageously high and he took it.
Bill
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