750 Woodsmaster

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Gentlemen, I took delivery of my new Remington 750 Woodsmaster yesterday. It is the carbine version in .35 Whelen. I must say I was very apprehensive about taking it to shoot it as I have read so much bad press about the rifle. Well it turns out the carbine shoots and cycles just fine. I did not shoot it for accuaracy only for reliablity tests. I fired two full boxes of Remington factory 200 grain ammo without a hitch or bobble. Recoil was easy due to the R 3 pad. It is quite loud. It only took one shot for me to get my ear plugs in. Rifle was tested in a wilderness area and the temperature was -17 degrees. Overall with my limited exposure to this gun I like it. I mean this one, mine. I cannot endorse any other 750 but I am beginning to feel that alot of the "expert evaluations" on US based gun forums are not nesessarily accurate. There I thought I would share that with you.

cheers Darryl
 
I was thinking of putting a Williams peep on it. It is a fast light easy gun to handle. With the standard sights ( none too good) I was able to hit some small rocks on a hillside at quite a distance (200 yards) off hand. The .35 Whelen in 200 grain loading appears to be quite flat shooting.

cheers Darryl
 
remmy 750

Glad to hear it worked out for you. I've been told by my local gun store that remington is working on new mags for these. Hopefully they can get them all working like yours, heck if they do,I may end up picking one up!!:rockOn: :sniper:
 
Included with my carbine was printed matter speaking to a hinged magazine much like the BAR. It appears that the magazine cannot be detached like the Browning can. It only holds two cartridges making the gun a three shooter at best. I am glad mine works. I think that the recommended cleaning and loading procedures go a long way in making thes rifle more reliable.

Darryl
 
Looks like an awesome rifle. I'm not much of a Remington fan. And I've read and heard all the flapping about the poor quality. I have even seen some that Remington put out that should have never left the factory. But do you know what? I've owned a few Remington's, and talked to REAL Remington shooters, and neither I nor them has had a problem. I'm glad your rifle cycles good, and I hope it shoots well too. Let us know, and congrats on a fine looking rifle.
 
Lots of horror stories about the 7400s too. But I owned one in 35Whelen and it NEVER missed a beat. Got a good friend who owned one too and he found the same. We both handloaded them so they got to digest alot of different fodder.

Congrats on your new shootin iron!
 
I wish I had your luck!

I bought the same rifle, and couldn't get it to fire a second shot with Remington 200 grain factories. When I switched to my 225 grain handloads, I occasionally got a second shot.

I returned it for repair, and they didn't bother - after 2 months, they just refunded my money.
 
I have just purchase a 750 Woodsmaster Carbine in 35 Whelen. I have taken it to the range and to this point only put one box of factory 200gr Rem through it. I cleaned out the factory grease from inside the chamber as the manual instructed, loaded it the way they wanted, and it performed flawlessly. I am very happy with my purchase of the 750. I however can't say that every 750 is a good reliable shooter, but so far mine works very well.
 
My problems were with both feeding and ejection. I couldn't clearly trace it back to any one cause, that's why I took it right back for repair. I guessed that it had something to do with the way the mag was fit into the receiver because it sometimes jammed on ejection, sometimes it didn't pick up the cartridge at all, and sometimes it would jam on loading. I found that my Rem 760 mags fit the gun, so I tried some shots using them as well with similar results.
 
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