Question about Remington XP100

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Twang

Discussion Starter · 25 d ago

I picked this up yesterday in a trade, and don't really know what to make of it.

It's a Remington XP-100 action (blued) mated to a stainless 23" barrel chambered in .223 REM, mounted in what appears to be a carved maple stock.

I don't know much about XP100's, other than looking at them in Gun Digest magazines when I was a kid in the 1970's and thinking they were really cool looking pistols.

I'm guessing this one is a "custom" build by someone, considering the action is blued and the barrel is stainless. Also, I thought the XP stood for eXperimental Pistol, and this thing has a 23-inch long barrel and a butt-stock. The barrel is marked "GREY GOOSE" on the right side, and 223 REM on the left. The barrel is also free-floated all the way down to where it joins the action.

Can anyone tell me what I've got, and what might be a ballpark value?

I traded a .300 Blackout AR pistol for it, which I would probably never shoot (I'm not really the "tactical" type). It was just taking up space in my safe, and would have been affected by the stabilizing brace rule starting next month (if it stays in effect).

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K9TXS

· #2 · 25 d ago

Even though the XP's haven't been commercially produced by Remington for many years, they are still very popular and many shooters still look for them.

Your particular model did not start in the particular stock. They came with a mid/center grip stock as shown below. Even though they are not made any longer, many shooters have converted these over to much larger calibers for hunting.

For more information on the XP look here; Remington XP-100

Also, this forum always has information on the XP and other types of Specialty Pistols (SP); Specialty Handgun Hunting

When you over at the Specialty Handgun Hunting forum, look for the poster, Ernie Bishop. He is a wealth of knowledge on these types of pistols.

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JBelk

· #3 · 25 d ago

You have what's known as a 'bullpup'. IT shortens a rifle substantially.
The XP-100 is a solid bottom M600 with an odd split recoil lug that mounts the trigger linkage.
Just be aware it has a Walker trigger that tends to be overly fragile due to the long linkages involved.
XP actions have been a favorite of BR shooters for many years.

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Blackhawk355

· #4 · 24 d ago

XPs were fairly popular when I was shooting metallic silhouette years ago. Many of those had been rebarreled to 7MM TCU, custom stocked and very accurate. Seems back then Witchita brands bolt pistols out performed the XPs by a slight margin.

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carpooler

· #5 · 24 d ago

What did I miss?? The XP 100s I remember had left hand bolts in a right hand plastic pistol stock??? Meant to be fired over benches, so your trigger finger stayed in place on the trigger. Model 7’s were right hand bolts, but converting an X P 100 to a carbine, was above my price threshold back in the early Seventies.

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JBelk

· #6 · 24 d ago

There were no left handed XPs but the Wichita fits the description. 'In sitsu' shooting.
The Zytel plastic stock of the XP was suitable for right or left handers. Herretts made right and left hand gripped XP stocks in regular and Tony Barnes' 'Spacegun' thum bhole.

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Kevinbear

· #7 · 24 d ago

I'm pretty sure Remington never snuck in a left hand XP-100 as well, I did see a magazine article once however that announced that Remington was building a rimfire version of the XP using a 541 action, there was a picture of it, neat looking gun.
I don't believe they ever produced that gun, the prototype is probably worth a fortune if there was only one.

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carpooler

· #8 · 19 d ago

I guess my memories are shaded for southpaws like myself.

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JBelk

· #9 · 18 d ago

There's considerable inside info on left-handed guns and Remington. It's easy to pick out the left-handers in minutes of meetings with marketing people, manufacturing people and the bean counters. It was agonizing for them because left-handed guns ALWAYS lose money. Not enough are sold to pay for the tooling needed.
Dakota was the first that could flip a CNC program mirror image and makes RH or LH without extra cost. Kimber of Oregon was close behind.

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Kevinbear

· #10 · 18 d ago

A long time hunting friend who's left handed learned to cycle the bolt on a right handed 700 on his shoulder...faster than most right handed people can, none of his guns are left hand models including semi-auto shotguns. Same thing as my wife who's a lefty although in her case she's pretty ambidextrous except for writing.
Guessing there's a significant part of the 10% of lefties in the population that use right handed guns successfully.

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crooked creek

· #11 · 17 d ago

JBelk said:
You have what's known as a 'bullpup'. IT shortens a rifle substantially.
The XP-100 is a solid bottom M600 with an odd split recoil lug that mounts the trigger linkage.
Just be aware it has a Walker trigger that tends to be overly fragile due to the long linkages involved.
XP actions have been a favorite of BR shooters for many years.

His gun was likely a custom 'bullpup' out of the Grey Goose Gunsmithing shop out of Port Saint Lucie, FL, given the nearness to his location in Gulfport, MS (migrated West!) https://www.hookandbullet.com/grey-goose-gunsmithing-gun-shop_772-398-0288/

Never a left hand XP 100. Wichita MK 40 is left hand single shot, I have two...7 IHMSA and 308 Win.
I have a custom XP 100 repeater in 6mm BR with rear grip stock.

His is a neat bullpup conversion...I would buy it in a heartbeat, maple wood and all!!

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