I recently purchased an unfired Remington 700 ML from a guy in Utah.

Lucky, Huh??? 8)

It arrived with a musket nipple set up.

I purchased the 209 conversion kit from Lavaltrie in Canada and after a long wait it finally arrived yesterday.

The quality of this gun is nothing short of it's center fire cousin, sporting the same Douglas barrel.

I added some weight to the Tupperware stock with lead and some expandable foam.

I installed the new spring, firing pin, and nipple conversion, installed Warne QD rings and topped it with a Sightron scope, (thanks Dave).

I couldn't wait for morning so I could finally shoot it.

6:30 came this morning and my feet hit the ground running. Coffee sloshing from my cup, I hurried to the shop.

I threw the window open at my shooting bench, took down the smoke detector, which always goes off whenever I make smoke, turned on the Magilla Cam and my range TV, loaded up the 700 with Sabotloaders recipe of 100 grains of BH, Federal primer, HPH 24 sabot and a 250 gr. XTP, dawned the muffs and "touched" one off. And I mean touched one off! Trigger pull on this gun was without creep, light, crisp, and as sweet as the 308 I shot last week. WOW.

The scope was close enough from bore sighting the night before so the first group was low and to the left..... .900" SMOA!!! :shock:

Had to be the load!!! The recipe!!!

Adjusted the scope up...fired
Adjusted the scope up again...fired
Adjusted the scope right, and....

Reloading with a Barnes 245 Spitfire over 110 gr. 777 ffg, touched off by a Federal 209 the next 3 shot group was even smaller.
.830"

Cleaning this gun was different from, but not that much harder, than cleaning one of my Knights.

I will soon add a walnut stock to this amazingly accurate rifle, and it will go into my collection as a real muzzle loading limited production "classic".

Special thanks to Pete (coach) Sabotloader, for his expertise and patience with all my phone calls, pms, and emails.

I am as happy as one can be when you've found a new passion.

It's gonna be a Magilla Killa!!!
Spit

Tom....you really need to shoot yours!