Because Remington don't want people doing it. That way they assume no liability.
The information on how to adjust them is easy to find on the internet.
Do you think Remington is behind the times?
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Because Remington don't want people doing it. That way they assume no liability.
The information on how to adjust them is easy to find on the internet.
Remingtons
I have a pile of remingtons, some good some not so good.
The 870 wing master I have must have 20000 rounds through it and is still throwing lead. It is probably 1963 vintage or so. It was my dads and my boys are still blasting clays with it.
I have a 742 that I inherated that I should have thrown in the bush. Instead I put about $400.00 bucks into it. Oh well live and learn.
Last year I bought a model 700 (30-06) with a detachable mag. I can shoot a 1" group at a hundred yards any time I want with my reloads for 600 bucks. I can live with that. I bought the syntehic stock because I don't have much cash and I wish I would have bought wood. It just doesn't work for me.
The rest of the remingtons I have are old school and I wouldn't give them up for anything
I have a pile of remingtons, some good some not so good.
The 870 wing master I have must have 20000 rounds through it and is still throwing lead. It is probably 1963 vintage or so. It was my dads and my boys are still blasting clays with it.
I have a 742 that I inherated that I should have thrown in the bush. Instead I put about $400.00 bucks into it. Oh well live and learn.
Last year I bought a model 700 (30-06) with a detachable mag. I can shoot a 1" group at a hundred yards any time I want with my reloads for 600 bucks. I can live with that. I bought the syntehic stock because I don't have much cash and I wish I would have bought wood. It just doesn't work for me.
The rest of the remingtons I have are old school and I wouldn't give them up for anything
I guess I should be fair; I bought a brand new Win 94 in the early 80's, I was about 16 and proud to buy a new gun. The rifle turned out to be a rustin' and rattlin' piece of s**t. I sold it and the only good thing to come of it was the wicked nice leather Winchester case that I got as a special promotion!
The pre-war Remingtons were made much like Winchesters, just not as handsome. The M31 pump is said to ride on ball bearings. I've got two 1894 Remington SxS Shotguns that are over 100 yrs. old and still function like new. I have a pristine M25 Rem pump in 32 WCF, made in 1925, that at a glance you'd swear it was a Winchester. There's not much difference between it and the Winchester rifle pumps I've got from the same time frame. Yes, those pre-war Remingtons were a quality made , just like Winchesters. But post-war Remingtons I've had little interest in except my father's 1953 Wingmaster 870 Pump. That shotgun has pumped thousands of rounds through it and it stills functions like the day it was bought in 1953. My Dad liked that gun and he sure bagged his share of pheasents with it. He retired his 1894 SxS and bought a new 870 and never looked back and was one of the very best with a shotgun Ive seen. He was an anti-aircraft gunner during the war so had lots of practice at moving targets. That gun was used extensively through the 1950's, clean up to the late 1980's and has never been in for any repairs, period. All he ever did was clean and lubricate it.
As a kid, I'd saved up enough money to buy myself a used pre-war Model 12 Winchester and I still remember my Dad saying I paid almost as much for an old used Winchester than he paid for a brand new Remington. But this was in the late 60's and he bought the 870 in 1953, but still he wasn't far wrong as I can pull the 870 out of the safe and go shooting with it anytime as it still works like a charm.
Rod
As a kid, I'd saved up enough money to buy myself a used pre-war Model 12 Winchester and I still remember my Dad saying I paid almost as much for an old used Winchester than he paid for a brand new Remington. But this was in the late 60's and he bought the 870 in 1953, but still he wasn't far wrong as I can pull the 870 out of the safe and go shooting with it anytime as it still works like a charm.
Rod
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They must be behind the times, Bartell keeps buying them. 
My son bought a Remington 700 SPS(detachable mag/synthetic stock) and I purchased a wooden stock at a gun show for $70.00. A gunsmith cut out the wood to accommodate the clip and pillar bedded the action. He also lengthened the length of pull to 14 inches and installed a Decelerator recoil pad for $350.00. Something to keep in mind for when you have a few bucks to spare.
I have never had a remington Bot action Rifle Fail me.
I own more 700s than any one kind.
I shoot them more than a regular user would.
I cant say the same for there shot guns or auto loading rifles, I have had both these fail me. I now shoot beretta shot guns, but still have a sp 10 that works with no problems.
As for accuracy with the 700s I have never owned a bad shooting 700!
Maybe behind on image, but why change something that works
I own more 700s than any one kind.
I shoot them more than a regular user would.
I cant say the same for there shot guns or auto loading rifles, I have had both these fail me. I now shoot beretta shot guns, but still have a sp 10 that works with no problems.
As for accuracy with the 700s I have never owned a bad shooting 700!
Maybe behind on image, but why change something that works
