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Do the Remington 722/721 series of rifles have a long throat for their chambers? Just wondering, I have bought a couple in the past and it seemed like the bullets were nearly out of the case before they contacted the rifling.

Might have been worn throats.

Have owned several, and even my 1953 .257 Roberts allows bullets to be seated close to the lands.

Good to know. One rifle was a 244 Remington with a custom stock and the only bullet I could get to touch the rifling was a 105 Hornady AMax (too bad the twist wasn't right for it.) The other was a 270 Winchester which had seen it's better days, but was had at a good price.

It is easier to get close to the lands with hunting bullets than target bullets as hunting bullets have a longer full diameter length.

I had no trouble getting them out to the lands in my 721 300H&H.

It's been more than a decade since I had the rifle. From memory, I tried the Hornady 58 grain Vmax, Speer 70 grain TNT, Hornady 75 grain HP, Speer 80 grain SP, Sierra 85 grain HPBT, Hornady 87 grain SP (looked like a round nose), Nosler 95 grain Partition, and Sierra 100 grain SPBT. None would touch. The Hornady 105 Amax was discontinued and if I remember correctly it needed a 1-9" twist to stabilize, so it wasn't like the super long target bullets we see today.

Did you have a 721 or 722? I was thinking these rifles probably got shot more than most of the newer rifles today. It seems many people nowadays sight-in a rifle and never use it again or use is sparingly. It makes me think of my uncle who has a 244 Remington in a 722 which has been shot alot. He doesn't have that many rifles. His son is the exact opposite and has many and doesn't shoot any of them very much.

The throat on my 722 .257 Roberts is just right for the magazine length. It's my only Roberts so nothing to compare it too, but sure seems perfect.

Rex

I've had a 722 in .222 Remington for many years. Certainly not long-throated and I've fired it a good bit. Same for another 722 I used to have in .300 Savage.

I've also owned two 722s in .222 and a .300 Savage. Same deal.

One other item I might point out is that while the 722 appeared shortly after WWII, the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute (SAAMI) had been around since the late 1920s--mostly because before then chamber/ammo etc. dimensions often varied considerably from manufacturer to manufacturer.

All the major manufacturers adhered to SAAMI standards after that, including Remington--and the standard SAAMI .257 Roberts throat dimensions were established when the commercial version of Ned Roberts' wildcat became a factory round in the mid-1930s.