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Better figure in the cost of a new aftermarket trigger and stock too . Remington factory triggers are notorious safety problems when pull weight is lowered . Many just go off when they want to , like when opening or closeing the bolt !!! Unexpectectedly !!! Dangerous and scary !!! Those triggers are a PRIORITY REPLACE !!!Most likely, the barrel is even worse. The bolt assembly and internals are probably gunked up and corroded as well, it just depends on what the owner did and did not clean. It may be possible to salvage the action and bolt, there are several bolt kits available which include a new firing pin, bolt head, and breech plug. Screw on a new 45 cal fast twist barrel and you would have yourself a nice muzzleloader but it be somewhat expensive.
Thats from somebody not cleaning their rifle as they should . Its stain--less not stain proof . Our powders are CORROSIVE and many get Lazy !!! Sad but so.......
Did you ever make a decision about this ss700ml 280bravo ??? Did the guy want too much or did that corrosion scare you off ?? They make for an awesome mz fixed up !!! There are ways to deal with that if he'll talk nice first . Im doing one up right now actually !!! Or theres a Rem UML 50 for sale right now in the classified section with little use . Kinda heavy to me but still nice . What say you ???Ok.
Thanks for your feed back
Huh.....isnt the talkative type eh . $275 isnt horrible IF the rest of it is ok . I take it that its a bare gun too , ie no scope etc ??? I got mine for $250 a couple years back with a 2.5X scope ,extremely clean too , but that was then . They keep gettin harder to find and more expensive too .He won’t talk to me.
I’ve been asking questions and know no response back from him.
I already have 2 700 ml blued but been looking for a SS I’ll just going to keep looking I’ll find one some day.
He was asking $275 I ask him if he would drop the price and I have not heard back.
If...….. you ever in the future want to convert it and have a better action, you might want to consider that RUM in the classifieds, which already has the Arrowhead conversion breech plug. Lugs on the bolt are much better than not. That RUM can be shot with or without sabots. I'd shy away from others mistakes, no matter the price.No he’s not talkative.
Yes it’s bare gun no scope and I’ve been wondering about the barrel to don’t know if I want to put money in a barrel right know or not.
Yes I’m picky about my ML I like them to be rust free and pitt free my wife get mad at me when I use Q -tips to glean my rifles.
If...….. you ever in the future want to convert it and have a better action, you might want to consider that RUM in the classifieds, which already has the Arrowhead conversion breech plug. Lugs on the bolt are much better than not. That RUM can be shot with or without sabots. I'd shy away from others mistakes, no matter the price.
Have the wife pick you up your own package of 500 Q-tips at the Wal-Mart. My wife picks up 500 for $3.23...…… no more mad wife
Whatever route you take 280bravo i wish you well on all your muzzleloading adventures !!!
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