Rem model 788

[Mr. Bowhunt/Fish]

some of you remember the old "affordable tackdriver"--the remington model 788. my father-in-law has one in the 22-250 cal and i am now the only one to use it. the rifle shoots very well with rem express 55gr PSP bullets.

i washoping ifanyone knows the twist of the barrel of the 788? based on the serial #, therifle was made in1974. i looked that up on remington's website--however, they did not have any info about the barrel twist. it has a 22" barrel.

btw, it stills shoots real well with those bullets. this past deer season, between me and my friends, the rifle downed 7 does--all tight behind the shoulder shots. the farthest shot was 160 yards. they all ran off about 75-100 yards and died, butmostly NO blood trails (nature of the beast with small bullets--makes you a good tracker though).

i just wanted to know the twist so i could know how light or heavy ofa bullet i could use for diff. applications thanks

[James B]

If I recall correctly, they had a 1 in 14 twist. Mine handled bullets up to 60 grains pretty well but shot best with 50-55 grain bullets.

[Mr. Bowhunt/Fish]

thanks james b, i just wanted to see it if was 14 or 12 twist. i was wanting to shoot the nosler partitions in 60 gr and i guess i will be able to now.

[bigbulls]

I don't know what it is off the top of my head but why don't you just measure it yourself?

Just get your cleaning rod with a jag and a tight fitting patch. Push it in a few inches into the bore and mark a line on the rod at a referance point on the receiver. Push it until the rod makes one complete revolution. Mark the rod again and measure the distance between the two marks.

[Roskoe]

You are recalling correctly - 1:14 twist.

[James B]

I remember gun stuff pretty well. However I can't remember anything else.