Author Topic: Remington bullets? (Read 522 times)

Special Ed · « **on:** December 02, 2004, 02:34:12 AM »

Anyone know whats up with the Remington ML bullets? I can't seem to find them anywhere. :cry: Gander Mtn. doesn't stock them anymore nor does Williams Gunsite. I have also checked several other places & come up empty. I have had good results with the 300gr & really don't feel like going thru the hassle of finding another bullet that shoots good in my 700ml.

savageT · « **Reply #1 on:** December 02, 2004, 03:08:33 AM »

Hi Special Ed,
I'd give Cecil @ Precision Rifle http://www.prbullet.com/ a call/ e-mail, and ask him what he would recommend for the Remington 700 ml. He has some very impressive super accurate choices.

Jim

Special Ed · « **Reply #2 on:** December 02, 2004, 05:24:52 AM »

WOW :shock: very impressive, those 300gr hollow points look like the ticket. I will give them a call.
Thanks

44magfan · « **Reply #3 on:** December 02, 2004, 06:01:18 AM »

Remington is getting out of the black powder business. :cry: Heard the rumor a while back. Read about it in Gun list paper.

Special Ed · « **Reply #4 on:** December 02, 2004, 06:37:14 AM »

Thats to bad. But I can see it coming, the bolt action smokepole is on it's way out- fast. The 700ml was a quick & easy way for Remington to get into the market & they obviously don't want to invest in a new design.
My problem has been accuracy, I was trying to use 200 or 240 gr bullets & it was a 50 yard gun. Anything over that you didn't know where the bullet was gonna hit. I finially called Remington & was told to use a 300gr bullet (Remington brand- of course), if that didn't work send the gun in. Everything has been fine since.

sabotloader · « **Reply #5 on:** December 02, 2004, 08:18:44 AM »

Special Ed

That is really strange, I have 2 Remingtons and thay are both deadly accurate with just about anything I can get down them from 240 grain XTp's to 400 grain .458's (45/70) bullets - Nosler, Hornady, Sierra, and Speer.

Here is a target from one them shot a couple of weeks ago:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/sabotloader/Target.jpg

Special Ed · « **Reply #6 on:** December 02, 2004, 01:41:21 PM »

Sabotloader,
Thats impressive.
For "sight-in" this year I took 2 shots at 75 yards, they touched. Good enough for me.
Mine is the older model with the 24" barrel, I also had to convert it to the 209 primers. I tried 200gr in both 44 & 45 calibers. 240gr in the xtp & some other brand (can't remenber the brand). Powder's were pyrodex & clean shot using 90 to 110 grains. The gun was also cleaned every 3 shots. Once I went to the 300's life has been good. The only thing I have done since is went to triple seven :grin: , great stuff.
I will continue to use a heavy bullet if I have to in order to get the accuracy for a clean kill. I also limit my shots to 100 yards maximum.

sabotloader · « **Reply #7 on:** December 02, 2004, 04:48:27 PM »

Special Ed

That target was shot with my original 24" SS Remington. It has been a great rifle, a couple of month back I bought one of the new 26" Remington on sale from Bass Pro, because I liked the orginal so much.

If you are shooting deer sized animals only that 300 grain bullet could be a bit heavy - but it should do a great job.

Which conversion did you purchase? a Remington built one or the one from Cabels? the one from Cabels is very good. I have used the Remington built one and it was not to friendly - trying to dig the spent 209 out of the nipple.

I am really fond of the 260 grain 45 cal bullet in my Remington for deer and to honest with you it would do just fine on even an elk.

Which sabots are you using? I use Nosler sabots for about 99% of the shooting I do. I can push them in with my thumb and finish them off with the ram rod.

I am shooting 100 grains of loose t7-2f with Remington 209-4 (410 primers) - These primers can not be purchased any longer, but from what I can find out the CCI 209 is the next best thing. Remington "SAYS" their new STS-209 primer will substitute, I have not tried them yet so I can not verify.

You need only limit your shot to 100 yards by your choice because you are easily good out to 150+ yards. If you sight the gun in at approximately 2" high at 100 yards your point blank range is easily 150 yards.

Continued good luck in your efforts....[/b]

Mark whiz · « **Reply #8 on:** December 02, 2004, 05:12:29 PM »

Ed.............

Precision Rifle's bullet are the absolute BEST there is. I've been shooting the 300, 350, & 400gr Extreme Hollowpoints and QT polymer tips for a few years now and they are SO accurate and devastating on game. :grin: Check out what they can do here: http://community.webshots.com/album/66414501RJKYAr

Until you get them, you may want to try the 300gr Hornady SSTs/TC Shockwaves. They shoot every bit as well as the 300gr QTs do out of my Knight with 80gr of 2fg 777............. a dime-sized group at 50meters.