Remington Model 700 - still worth it in 2024?
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byronick87
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I have a new production Remington.
It’s great. No complaints. I’m able to get.5 moa on factory hornady precision hunter ammo. Definitely a jump in quality compared to previous production.
Barrel is still not free floated unfortunately but I guess it’s a non issue.
Also comes standard with a timney trigger. Non adjustable but pop the spring out and you’re golden
It’s great. No complaints. I’m able to get.5 moa on factory hornady precision hunter ammo. Definitely a jump in quality compared to previous production.
Barrel is still not free floated unfortunately but I guess it’s a non issue.
Also comes standard with a timney trigger. Non adjustable but pop the spring out and you’re golden
coyoteshooter
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just get a tikka in your cal the accuracy is second to none easy to carry....so smooth to work and you will smile ever time you pic it up ...good luck...........speed is fine...accuracy is final
Well there’s a HEAP of GOOD info pertaining to the OPs question about M700 Remington’s
Try and stay a little closer to the Thread topic .
. RJ
I don’t own any of the Junk year’s Remmys but many older ones . I have not even picked up the NEW. Model ones but I’m led to believe they are a good ! I went over to Tikka A few years back and LOVE them - I also bought a Bergara HMR 14 in 6.5 x30 TC and it’s a great action and Good Shooter too. I up graded the trigger to a Trigger Tech Special which is a good improvement
RJ
Tikka and Bergara make better barrels. For out of the box accuracy nothing shoots better than an a Tikka for half the price of a 700. Get a used 700 and toss on a quality barrel. You will have it for life.
Tarrantula
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Tikka does seem to have the upper hand recently in "out of the box accuracy" but they're not half the price of a 700. There is maybe $100-200 difference on the low end, and on their mid-grade models (700 police $1899 vs T3x CTR $1589) there is roughly a $300 difference, or less than 20%.
You're preaching to the choir here, haha. I'm not in the market for factory rifles anymore cause I have a few custom actions but my 2 R700s are still going strong, one is on barrel #6 and the other on barrel #4...
The most accurate rifle I own is a 40 year old Remington 700 varmint special heavy barrel in .223. I have a 40 year old Leopold 6 to 20x on it. If I am up to par, it will consistently put five shots into a dime sized group or smaller at 100 yards. Because it is an older rifle, it is a 1/12 rifling. It likes Berger/Sierra and Hornady 52 to 53 grains the best.
Recently tried my bulk semi-auto loads with 55 Campro bullets and it was amazingly accurate with them as well.
Recently tried my bulk semi-auto loads with 55 Campro bullets and it was amazingly accurate with them as well.
I thoguht I saw a bare tikka action for sale at Rangeview Sports.
I was able to get to the range and shoot both the Remington Model 700 in .22-250 and a Savage Axis II in .308.
I was really impressed with the Model 700, it is built like a tank but it is heavy as one too. It was able to put rounds into the same hole at 100yrds reliably. I liked the safety tang location and its operation.
The Savage Axis at nearly half the price was very competitive. I could not get over how light the entire gun was. Walking with it in the woods would be wonderful. It most definitely was not as accurate as the Model 700, but it was also shooting much heavier projectiles. Still it would do the job and I wouldn't have a problem depending on it to take a coyote/deer, whatever I was hunting. The long term, I've yet to see. My friend who had the rifle only purchased it this year.
I am still debating on which rifle to buy, the Bergaras are frequently on sale for ~$1050-1100. That may be the option I am going with.
I was really impressed with the Model 700, it is built like a tank but it is heavy as one too. It was able to put rounds into the same hole at 100yrds reliably. I liked the safety tang location and its operation.
The Savage Axis at nearly half the price was very competitive. I could not get over how light the entire gun was. Walking with it in the woods would be wonderful. It most definitely was not as accurate as the Model 700, but it was also shooting much heavier projectiles. Still it would do the job and I wouldn't have a problem depending on it to take a coyote/deer, whatever I was hunting. The long term, I've yet to see. My friend who had the rifle only purchased it this year.
I am still debating on which rifle to buy, the Bergaras are frequently on sale for ~$1050-1100. That may be the option I am going with.
those Varmint Specials are the best remington ever built,short of a 40X,i have a collection of them in all calibers they made,and a few doubles,ALL of them are great shooters,if you can find a minty one of them,you can't go wrong,plus they'll keep going up in value,unlike the newer stuff.
Donny Fenn1
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I agree the VS and/or VLS were the cream of the crop. They should never have stopped building the real fiberglass stocked rifles.
New ones are pretty well made, picked 2 up in the last year, 700P in 300W and a 700 Long Range in 300W as well.
Pretty silly how accurate they are, everything is well done fit and finish wise, both 5R hammered barrels.
700P came with Timney Elite trigger, the Long Range has the Impact (non-adjustable). The Elite is very nice, the Impact is what you expect from production rifles, 4lbs, clean but not target grade.
Pretty silly how accurate they are, everything is well done fit and finish wise, both 5R hammered barrels.
700P came with Timney Elite trigger, the Long Range has the Impact (non-adjustable). The Elite is very nice, the Impact is what you expect from production rifles, 4lbs, clean but not target grade.
It sounds like the most of the necessary Remington design weaknesses were addressed on the new model. Unfortunately by now, other companies have already made a next-level offering based on their design but with the improvements. I think they’ve fallen behind and bit and I don’t know if they’ll be able to catch up on the lost ground.
Maybe(?) we’ll see.
Winchester went through a similar process also due to changing hands, but the end result wound up at an amplified price (model 70, model 94s, model 92s). Good product but now with stiff competition if you base it on price.
Maybe(?) we’ll see.
Winchester went through a similar process also due to changing hands, but the end result wound up at an amplified price (model 70, model 94s, model 92s). Good product but now with stiff competition if you base it on price.
