Remington 788

I wanted a "good shooting" rifle to use on prairie dogs, I've got a Rem. 700 22-250, it shoots well, just something better. A friend and I went to a gun show, I saw a Rem 788 in .223, the guy wanted $ 135.00 for it, have had it for 10 years now, outshoots the .22-250! I put a Harris bi-pod on it, can knock the snot out of pd's at 500 yds with no effort, some I've hit further out, not having a range finder, I can only guess. Best little rifle I've ever owned, it sure likes Hornady 52 and 53 gr HP's, the pd's don't though, but the vapor mists left tell a different story. Remington should have stuck with this model, their thoughts about improvement didn't really come true.

788Ham

"He was just too high strung" Doc Holliday

Sam, No the .22-250 is a damn good shooter, the .223 just does a better job, why, we've never figured out.


788Ham

"He was just too high strung" Doc Holliday

bgr,

Hope you had a "misting" good time, wish I'd been along, been a couple of years since I've busted a pd! Will take a look at your recipe on the H380 powder, sounds like it might work pretty good. I have several boxes of bullets, and with things getting worse, don't know where I might get any A-Max's.
If you care to, write back and I'll give you my email address, then we can jabber off this web site. Thanks for writing back.

788Ham

"He was just too high strung" Doc Holliday