Unless your dad just wants to shoot #11 or musket caps, he might want to consider buying the 209 conversion from Cabela's. I've never heard anything bad about them. I have read and heard reports of people having iginition problems w/the 700's until they converted. That seemed to cure it.
Just an idea to think about.

Here's the link to the conversion:

Cabela’s 209 Conversion

Go back and ask the guy if he gave you everything. My 700ML had nipples for 3 different primers. Musket caps, #11s, and the 209 shotgun primers. I would suggest going with the 209s if at all possible. They will almost totally eliminate the chance of a mis-fire.

Boy that is cheap for a conversion, the Knight "regular disc" to the new red Disc is like $100 at Cabelas. I would go with that just from the hotter iginition and less than $50 (1/2 tank of gas).
Chap

The Remington 700 will work just fine with either #11 primers or Musket primers as long as you follow the manuals cleaning instructions for the bolt.
I bought this bolt take down tool at Gander Mountian for $10.00, makes life so much simpler.




Sabotloader recommends a stronger spring in the bolt also. I think he has posted brownells for the #24 spring.

Al

I agree alleyyooper, the bolt is something I think people overlook. The guyI got mine from kept the gun spotless except for the bolt. I don't know if he didn't realize it got that dirty or just didn't know how to take it down.. Nonetheless, it was quite dirty. That take down tool is a gift from heaven. The whole, vice and a coin thing is a joke after using one of the tools.

A stronger spring couldn't hurt either. I changed out the factory one in mine to the Cabela's one. I don't know how stout it is though.

The factory springs that come with the Rem 700 ML are #24 and are a weak 24 at that.

http://www.gunsprings.com/1ndex.html

This is a much stronger spring than comes from the factory. I have changed several of thse out and it makes all the difference in the world when shooting caps. BUT, becareful of dry firing - the strength of this spring will get to the nipple sooner or later.

I found this Remington 700 ML 209 replacement nipple at http://muzzleloadingbullets.com/remi...9_nipples.html It also talks about being able to use the Variflame primer adapter with it. Hope this helps.

grafik0117

That appears to be the Canadian nipple built for the 700ml... I just ordered a couple to check, but if it is the Canadian nipple it probably will not work with the Remington hammer - you will need the Canadian hammer also...

There is a difference... You can see a picture of the kit here... what you can not see is the face of the hammer is not cupped like the Remington...

http://armurierlavaltrie.com/remkit.html

I bought a Remington 700ML new in 1997 black & stainless, love the gun and it shoots great, however what I wanted was the one 700ML that the "Remington" custom shop offered with a beautiful wood thumbhole stock. I've looked for a "used" one being Remington does not offer this model anymore. Does anyone know of one that may be for sale? Or doess any one make wood thumbhole stocks for the 700ML ?