Here’s another neat find
700 SA 243

Looks like a Douglas barrel, the gunsmith is about an hour from Douglas and it looks right for one of theirs
24” and tapers up quickly from the muzzle

HS Precision aluminum pillar bedded stock

Factory trigger is tuned below 2lbs

Had a cheap Konus scope, threw a spare Leupold on it I had in the safe, looks much better now

Don’t think I got hurt at $300....

Very nice! Yeah, 700 action alone gonna be 300 bucks.

VERY nice find!

If you paid $300 I wonder how much the pawn shop gave the original owner? $150?

Nice grab.

I love pawn shops that live and die by the blue book. I barely frequent the educated shops, except for specialty collector guns.

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Originally posted by ElKabong:
Looks like a Douglas barrel, the gunsmith is about an hour from Douglas and it looks right for one of theirs
24” and tapers up quickly from the muzzle

I thought Douglas marked all their barrels.

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Originally posted by jaybirdaccountant:

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Originally posted by ElKabong:
Looks like a Douglas barrel, the gunsmith is about an hour from Douglas and it looks right for one of theirs
24” and tapers up quickly from the muzzle

I thought Douglas marked all their barrels.

Only “front door” barrels fitted by Douglas are marked
If you know someone there you can get a barrel fitted, but it won’t be stamped

If it was sold to a gunsmith , the Case of my rifle I think, it won’t be marked either
The gunsmith will stamp it at their shop

The bottom of the barrel by the action will have initials stamped there sometimes as well

Sweet find.
I have Rem 700 in .223 and .308.
Excellent shooters.
Good luck with your new toys.

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Originally posted by ElKabong:

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Originally posted by jaybirdaccountant:

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Originally posted by ElKabong:
Looks like a Douglas barrel, the gunsmith is about an hour from Douglas and it looks right for one of theirs
24” and tapers up quickly from the muzzle

I thought Douglas marked all their barrels.

Only “front door” barrels fitted by Douglas are marked
If you know someone there you can get a barrel fitted, but it won’t be stamped

If it was sold to a gunsmith , the Case of my rifle I think, it won’t be marked either
The gunsmith will stamp it at their shop

The bottom of the barrel by the action will have initials stamped there sometimes as well

I knew the X marking indicated Douglas fit barrels, but I thought all their barrels had a marking (even if on the bottom) showing they were made by Douglass. But again I "thought". Evidently I'm wrong.

Sweet, Id buy that for 300 bucks...

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Originally posted by jaybirdaccountant:

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Originally posted by ElKabong:

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Originally posted by jaybirdaccountant:

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Originally posted by ElKabong:
Looks like a Douglas barrel, the gunsmith is about an hour from Douglas and it looks right for one of theirs
24” and tapers up quickly from the muzzle

I thought Douglas marked all their barrels.

Only “front door” barrels fitted by Douglas are marked
If you know someone there you can get a barrel fitted, but it won’t be stamped

If it was sold to a gunsmith , the Case of my rifle I think, it won’t be marked either
The gunsmith will stamp it at their shop

The bottom of the barrel by the action will have initials stamped there sometimes as well

I knew the X marking indicated Douglas fit barrels, but I thought all their barrels had a marking (even if on the bottom) showing they were made by Douglass. But again I "thought". Evidently I'm wrong.

You may be right, I think the xx is the premium air gauges barrel, and that’s all they use when fitting in house, and I think they sell retail marked barrels to like midway or brownells, so those would be marked

Heck, I had a ss 10/22 barrel from there one time

Score!

Range report required!

Nice Find!

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Originally posted by jjkroll32:
Range report required!

Nice Find!

We will find out how it shoots Saturday morning!