Remington 783 Heavy Barrel
- Thread starter hardyshooter
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- Minitonas, MB
Saw that too actually! Glad to see them there now. Looks like they only have 308 for now tho.
- Location
- Minitonas, MB
Absolutely nothing yet anywhere. I should get mine in the mail on Tuesday. Won't be able to shoot it 'til next Saturday, but will come black with my results asap.
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
I got mine in the mail today. It's in .308 and is a good handling rifle. I'll rasp out the fore end a tad to ensure no barrel contact and stiffen it with carbon fiber arrow shaft epoxied in. The hollow butt will be filled with closed cell polyurethane dampen sound & vibes. She'll be a good moving target rifle for me.
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- Location
- Minitonas, MB
I got mine in the mail today. It's in .308 and is a good handling rifle. I'll rasp out the fore end a tad to ensure no barrel contact and stiffen it with carbon fiber arrow shaft epoxied in. The hollow butt will be filled with closed cell polyurethane dampen sound & vibes. She'll be a good moving target rifle for me.
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Looks awesome! Can't wait to get mine should be here Tuesday. Report back in once you do the work to the stock with pics! Will keep that stock on for a while but now been seriously considering the LSS.
Don't be put off by the factory listed 8lb weight, the actual weight of these is quite a bit lighter. My .308 weighs 7lb 15oz with a Burris 2x7 Fullfield II mounted in Burris XTR extreme low mounts. That would put the weight of the rifle with the 1 piece base at about 6lb 14oz.
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I emailed Timney about 783 triggers and they said they "will start production in the weeks ahead." Looking forward to that.
I got mine in the mail today. It's in .308 and is a good handling rifle. I'll rasp out the fore end a tad to ensure no barrel contact and stiffen it with carbon fiber arrow shaft epoxied in. The hollow butt will be filled with closed cell polyurethane dampen sound & vibes. She'll be a good moving target rifle for me.
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Looks good!
Is there any bedding inside the stock? Something that would ressemble Savage accustock aluminium liner?
- Location
- Minitonas, MB
Got mine yesterdsy too. Nothing bedding wise. Aluminum pillars and that's it. I'll do a write with pics in a bit.
This really makes it a tough choice between rem 783 and savage 10.
Savage has got the aftermarket parts and accustocks going for them (when kept original and not dropped in a chassis).
Rem 783 has got the receiver with more meat on it and the best purchase price at the store.
Tough choice! Both are great econo sub moa rifles.
223s are coming to Canada by the end of July. Ordered mine from Dante. Gravel agency told me last week June July and October are Rem 783 223 HB production months for Canada.
I got the interest for it after reading Jerry(Mystic Precision)'s review of the 783 on his website.
- Location
- Minitonas, MB
Ok. Here is my initial/first impressions write up about the Remington 783 heavy barrel in 308 (not that caliber matters without shooting it lol). Wasn't sure to do it here or start a new thread, but I figured it would benefit here for the guys following the thread and will keep another 783 post out of the precision section to keep the purists happy.The arrived yesterday, but my day including driving an ambulance all over Manitoba for 21 hours getting me back in my own bed at 4am, so my wife had to pick it up at the post office.
The weight without glass is 6 lbs 9.5oz, and with a Vortex Viper HS 4-16x50 scope in Vortex precision matched rings, it weighs 8 lbs 2oz.
Upon opening it today after work, I was nicely surprised. I've owned a 783 before, so some things were familiar. The stock is the same; light and flexible. However, it does take a bit of force to get the stock to contact the barrel. I don't think the weight of the barrel is enough on its own sitting on a bipod to make contact, but with that being said I will still relieve some material. Along with similarities in the stock, it is pillar bedded, and that's about it. The stock is obviously fde, however the magazine and trigger guard are both black. The main drawback I have with the 783 stocks is the built in molded sling/bipod 'studs'. Although, I have trucked my previous 783 thru thick bush in -30 winters without and breaking or stress cracks. I still don't trust them, so with all these points an upgraded stock or chassis (LSS?) will happen in the future.
The barrel obviously is heavy in nature, but not as thick in OD as I was expecting. Based on photos, the barrel and thread protector looked very similar to that of the 700 AAC-SD (see pics for OD). With all that said, the rifle isn't nearly as front heavy as I was expecting. A nice surprise indeed. The threading is very nice as one would expect from Remingtons factory, and I really like the design of the protector.
The action and trigger is identical to any other 783, so I won't touch on that, other it is built and machined very nice, and is butter smooth. On top of the action is the pre-installed pic rail. The rail itself is nothing special and sure isn't a nightforce or badger, but for the price of the rifle, it will definitely do the trick.
Now for one of my favorite bits (especially considering what originally came on a 783), the bolt knob. I find its the perfect size to manipulate properly, and looks fantastic. It's threaded! Not 100% sure on thread pitch quite yet, but I'm assuming its pretty standard and should accept other knobs.
I think I've covered everything I needed to concerning the new model. Have a browse thru the pics below, and let me know what you think!
Apparently I can only post 7 pics per post so see next post for more pics.
The weight without glass is 6 lbs 9.5oz, and with a Vortex Viper HS 4-16x50 scope in Vortex precision matched rings, it weighs 8 lbs 2oz.
Upon opening it today after work, I was nicely surprised. I've owned a 783 before, so some things were familiar. The stock is the same; light and flexible. However, it does take a bit of force to get the stock to contact the barrel. I don't think the weight of the barrel is enough on its own sitting on a bipod to make contact, but with that being said I will still relieve some material. Along with similarities in the stock, it is pillar bedded, and that's about it. The stock is obviously fde, however the magazine and trigger guard are both black. The main drawback I have with the 783 stocks is the built in molded sling/bipod 'studs'. Although, I have trucked my previous 783 thru thick bush in -30 winters without and breaking or stress cracks. I still don't trust them, so with all these points an upgraded stock or chassis (LSS?) will happen in the future.
The barrel obviously is heavy in nature, but not as thick in OD as I was expecting. Based on photos, the barrel and thread protector looked very similar to that of the 700 AAC-SD (see pics for OD). With all that said, the rifle isn't nearly as front heavy as I was expecting. A nice surprise indeed. The threading is very nice as one would expect from Remingtons factory, and I really like the design of the protector.
The action and trigger is identical to any other 783, so I won't touch on that, other it is built and machined very nice, and is butter smooth. On top of the action is the pre-installed pic rail. The rail itself is nothing special and sure isn't a nightforce or badger, but for the price of the rifle, it will definitely do the trick.
Now for one of my favorite bits (especially considering what originally came on a 783), the bolt knob. I find its the perfect size to manipulate properly, and looks fantastic. It's threaded! Not 100% sure on thread pitch quite yet, but I'm assuming its pretty standard and should accept other knobs.
I think I've covered everything I needed to concerning the new model. Have a browse thru the pics below, and let me know what you think!
Apparently I can only post 7 pics per post so see next post for more pics.
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- Minitonas, MB
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I'm starting to think being that the od of the barrel is 0.75", the barrel itself is no different than the normal 783, just cut shorter so it doesn't taper down to the normal 0.66" of a 22" 783. Not that I have a huge issue with this, just an observation.
- Location
- Minitonas, MB
XD Saturday! Can't wait. High hopes for it!
