I bought my first remington 788 in .222 for $99 somewhere around 1971.

I have had one for quite a few years bought it at a pawn shop rem mod 722 . I handload for it anything in 50 -55 is crazy accurate. For me the only bullet that my rifle didn't like was the hornady 40gn boattail could not get that one to group worth a darn. If you reload h322 powder with 50gn vmax is my main load. Other powders that shot well was Rel7 and IMR 4198. Average speed was 3100 fps with h322 ,4198 and with rel 7 I think was around 3250fps.
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I brought home the rifle in question! A Savage model 340B in .222 Remington with a side mount 4x Weaver scope. I am real happy about the condition of the rifle, and the history that goes along with it as well. The best day for this rifle while calling for the previous owner was 4 coyotes and 1 Bobcat! That is a great day of calling!

I also lucked out and was given all reloading supplies he had for this cartridge as well. I am excited to shoot this rifle both scoped, and iron sights. It carries a very nice set of iron sights. I plan to try those out.

Congrats! You won't be disappointed!

the 340B was a real working mans rifle , not flashy , simple , but they sure did shoot

the 340B had the nicer bolt handle. some of the others like the 325 had what was referred to as the butter knife bolt