Well there’s a HEAP of GOOD info pertaining to the OPs question about M700 Remington’sLots of SKS rifles around for use as hunting rifles, and still not prohibited and likely will never be due to high indigenous usage.
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 improvementThanks for the replies everyone it's really got me thinking. Buy once, cry once is real for this one.
Also noticed it is now the year 2025 not 2024... wow.
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.Firstly, you probably want to move this to the hunting or precision rifle sub-forum.
Remington 700s are the bolt action rifle with by far the largest aftermarket. 99%+ of high end custom bolt actions are also built on a Rem 700 footprint. The quality level went down while Remington was owned by Freedom Group/Cerberus (2007 till bankruptcy in 2018) with the most common issue being poor primary extraction. The trigger recall is a nothing-burger, the lawsuit it arose from was pretty ridiculous and the triggers were all recalled and swapped out anyways. There isn't much out there on the new "Rem Arms" Remington 700s as they've only been available for a few years now, they actually made some changes to the high end model, I believe. I have a few older Rem 700s that are great but they've both been re-barrelled numerous times at this point. If I was buying a new factory rifle, I don't know that I'd be looking at a Rem 700, I'd most likely either opt for a Tikka as they are a quality firearm and a known quantity or a Bergara if I wanted to remain with the Rem 700.
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...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.
I thoguht I saw a bare tikka action for sale at Rangeview Sports.been keeping my eye out for an older remington 700 short action with the .308 bolt face so I can tear it down and rebarrel it to .338 fed with iron sights, Put it in an MDT Oryx stock....... but don't see many popping up in the EE. I don't use any other firearms marketplaces so haven't looked at g.unp0st or elsewhere.
question thats a little off topic but does Tikka offer thier actions only or just complete rifles?
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.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.
I agree the VS and/or VLS were the cream of the crop. They should never have stopped building the real fiberglass stocked rifles.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.
Used take offs. Both over priced like most of their stuff.I thoguht I saw a bare tikka action for sale at Rangeview Sports.