New to me and a first .... Edited for stock info

[Wiley]

Remington 600 Mohawk in .308. I bought it from the original owner who bought it in Heidelberg, Germany in 1979 when he was serving in the US Air Force. He killed his first 2 deer with it when he got back here in the states and put it in his safe. Not a mark on it anywhere. He replaced the plastic trigger guard/magazine floor with steel and I'm glad he did. All original parts are with it including the sights. The scope mount that I queried in the optics forum is the one that I'll use for scoping it. It's rumored that Remington only made 200 of these full stock rifles to try and break into the European market where full stock rifles are very popular. It's my first Model 600 and my first full stock rifle. I'll go through my period correct gloss Leupold and Redfield scopes and see what looks the best on it. Got a Weaver A9 that has cloudy lenses that might be the best scope for it. I'll need to send the scope out for refurbishing if that's my choice. REALLY looking forward to seeing how it shoots! AND I feel like I got a racehorse deal on it!!!!!

EDIT: The stocks on these rifles were done by Anschutz for Remington. Barreled actions were sent to Anschutz for this. All checkering was hand cut back then.

2nd edit: It has the highly desirable 3 screw trigger that my 541 rifles have. The trigger breaks very crisp at 2.5lbs with no take up and no over travel. The previous owner had her set up perfectly!

Now she wears a Leupold Vari-XIIc 3x9x40 with fine duplex reticle.

 

[1 good shot]

Sweeeet!

 

[Lost Lake]

That's a sweet rifle!

 

[vr1967]

Very nice looking rifle! Almost too nice to use.



My brother ended up with the 1961 Winchester 94 in .32 Special that my father bought at the Rod & Gun Club when he was stationed at Coffey Barracks, Ludwigsburg, Germany from 1961-64.

 

[vr1967]

Got a Weaver A9 that has cloudy lenses that might be the best scope for it. I'll need to send the scope out for refurbishing if that's my choice.

Who are you using, if you don't mind me asking? I have an old K4 60B I would like refurbished.

 

[GUNNERX2]

One of my old hunting buds had a 600 Mohawk in .35. I always thought it was one sexy rifle.

 

[Wiley]

Who are you using, if you don't mind me asking? I have an old K4 60B I would like refurbished.

I recently had a collectible Redfield 3x9x40 AccuRange done by these guys. They opened it up, cleaned the lenses, lubed and adjusted internals, checked it for dialing function and filled it with nitrogen. $207 returned to me in a nice wooden box. Regardless of the lead time quoted on their website, I had my scope back in about 2 weeks, YMMV. Could not be more pleased.....

https://www.vintagegunscopes.com/

 

[Wiley]

Very nice looking rifle! Almost too nice to use.



My brother ended up with the 1961 Winchester 94 in .32 Special that my father bought at the Rod & Gun Club when he was stationed at Coffey Barracks, Ludwigsburg, Germany from 1961-64.

Rod & Gun Club must have been chain stores over there. Heidelberg Rod & Gun is where this rifle came from. Having known provenance of this rifle makes it that much more special to me.

 

[vr1967]

I recently had a collectible Redfield 3x9x40 AccuRange done by these guys. They opened it up, cleaned the lenses, lubed and adjusted internals, checked it for dialing function and filled it with nitrogen. $207 returned to me in a nice wooden box. Regardless of the lead time quoted on their website, I had my scope back in about 2 weeks, YMMV. Could not be more pleased.....

https://www.vintagegunscopes.com/

Thank you. Had never heard of them.

Been using Iron Sight out of Tulsa, but Mike just retired. Heard one of his old helpers is opening up basically the same as Mike under "Heritage Scope Repair" or something like that, but not 100% positive on that.


Found it, this is one of Mike's "apprentices". Have not used them so no clue if service is the same, but Mike listed this on his old site.

https://heritageoptics.com/

 

[backyardtndeer]

Man that's very nice.

 

[EastTNHunter]

That's a super cool rifle. Congrats on your purchase

 

[sll]

Beautiful time piece!

 

[DaveB]

Never seen one before. And the DNA is icing on a great cake.

Congratulations. I don't even like full-stock rifles but that one is simply over the moon.

 

[Gravey]

Never heard of or seen one but that is a beautiful firearm.

 

[UPSman]

Damn! That right there is a panty peeler!

 

[Wiley]

Damn! That right there is a panty peeler!

Never heard a shooting stick described in those words but I like it

 

[tug]

Remington 600 Mohawk in .308. I bought it from the original owner who bought it in Heidelberg, Germany in 1979 when he was serving in the US Air Force. He killed his first 2 deer with it when he got back here in the states and put it in his safe. Not a mark on it anywhere. He replaced the plastic trigger guard/magazine floor with steel and I'm glad he did. All original parts are with it including the sights. The scope mount that I queried in the optics forum is the one that I'll use for scoping it. It's rumored that Remington only made 200 of these full stock rifles to try and break into the European market where full stock rifles are very popular. It's my first Model 600 and my first full stock rifle. I'll go through my period correct gloss Leupold and Redfield scopes and see what looks the best on it. Got a Weaver A9 that has cloudy lenses that might be the best scope for it. I'll need to send the scope out for refurbishing if that's my choice. REALLY looking forward to seeing how it shoots! AND I feel like I got a racehorse deal on it!!!!!

EDIT: The stocks on these rifles were done by Anschutz for Remington. Barreled actions were sent to Anschutz for this. All checkering was hand cut back then.

2nd edit: It has the highly desirable 3 screw trigger that my 541 rifles have. The trigger breaks very crisp at 2.5lbs with no take up and no over travel. The previous owner had her set up perfectly!
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[tug]

Just an FYI. 600s and 660s both had recalls. Some would fire when the safety was moved from on safety to off safety without pulling the trigger. I had two 660s. One had this problem. And man what a problem it is. I sent them both back for recall. Remington contracts with independent gunsmiths. You don't actually send them to the Remington factory for service. They farm them out. My recommendation is to bypass that (scam) process and buy an aftermarket trigger for the rifle. Keep all the original parts, but in my opinion, the risk is too great not to address the possibility.

 

[Wiley]

Just an FYI. 600s and 660s both had recalls. Some would fire when the safety was moved from on safety to off safety without pulling the trigger. I had two 660s. One had this problem. And man what a problem it is. I sent them both back for recall. Remington contracts with independent gunsmiths. You don't actually send them to the Remington factory for service. They farm them out. My recommendation is to bypass that (scam) process and buy an aftermarket trigger for the rifle. Keep all the original parts, but in my opinion, the risk is too great not to address the possibility.

I have read of this problem and not all were recalled. I'm not gonna shoot this one but rather pass it down. I the meantime I'll determine if this one was in the recall and check it for ant repair if it was. It will be a safe rifle before I pass it on. Thanks for prompting my memory on this.

 

[ROVERBOY]

Just an FYI. 600s and 660s both had recalls. Some would fire when the safety was moved from on safety to off safety without pulling the trigger. I had two 660s. One had this problem. And man what a problem it is. I sent them both back for recall. Remington contracts with independent gunsmiths. You don't actually send them to the Remington factory for service. They farm them out. My recommendation is to bypass that (scam) process and buy an aftermarket trigger for the rifle. Keep all the original parts, but in my opinion, the risk is too great not to address the possibility.

I had a friend years ago, he has passed. He had a 1960's Model 700 that did that. He had problems with Remington fixing it or paying to fix it, so he put in a aftermarket trigger with safety. The Remington employee he talked to said, we didn't build it.