General thoughts on a Remington 700?

The Remington 700 is inferior in most aspects to its equally priced competition, leaving controlled round feed / push feed entirely aside. It has a three piece, soldered together bolt versus Ruger's one piece, a round stock receiver and loose recoil lug sandwiched between the barrel and receiver versus Winchester's proper milled receiver with better bedding and a real recoil lug, etc etc. Rem 700's have a near useless safety unfortunately as well compared to its competitions' excellent three position safeties.

The M700 does however tend to be accurate, and has a quick lock time. But today, it's not any more accurate than anything else. There are much better guns for the money.
 
Ardent said:
The Remington 700 is inferior in most aspects to its equally priced competition, leaving controlled round feed / push feed entirely aside. It has a three piece, soldered together bolt versus Ruger's one piece, a round stock receiver and loose recoil lug sandwiched between the barrel and receiver versus Winchester's proper milled receiver with better bedding and a real recoil lug, etc etc. Rem 700's have a near useless safety unfortunately as well compared to its competitions' excellent three position safeties.

The M700 does however tend to be accurate, and has a quick lock time. But today, it's not any more accurate than anything else. There are much better guns for the money.
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I like what Ardent said,..and I own (at last count) 6 Rem 700's. But they are cheaply made, period. Mike Walker designed the 721/722 for ease of mass production, nothing else. A Model 70, a Vanguard or a Ruger is a better action from purely a design standpoint, but the 700 works as intended. ..until the bolt handle comes off or the extractor gives out....:D
 
Rembo said:
I like what Ardent said,..and I own (at last count) 6 Rem 700's. But they are cheaply made, period. Mike Walker designed the 721/722 for ease of mass production, nothing else. A Model 70, a Vanguard or a Ruger is a better action from purely a design standpoint, but the 700 works as intended. ..until the bolt handle comes off or the extractor gives out....:D
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How many times have these disasters happened to you?... And if as many folk owned these rugers and vanguards as own 700's what would the problem be with those rifles?...
 
Superbrad said:
How many times have these disasters happened to you?... And if as many folk owned these rugers and vanguards as own 700's what would the problem be with those rifles?...
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two handles and two extractors,...two more 722 extractors,...

I still like and use 700's, I just accept that they are cheaply built.
 
Rembo said:
two handles and two extractors,...two more 722 extractors,...

I still like and use 700's, I just accept that they are cheaply built.
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I built all my first customs on 700's and found the exact same, with issues up the same alley. Still shoot them, but won't buy any new ones or build on them. It hits a touchy note as they do work, there are just better choices. Anyone with a background in machining will see the 700 as shortcut after shortcut. That said, it's a decent agglomeration of shortcuts, it's just not for me.
 
Stainless, laminate 700 in .270? Good condition for $700? I'd buy it and probably shoot it all my life, then probably pass it down to a kid and they could shoot it for years and years and years. 700 good, 770 bad.
 
Curt said:
I'd buy it and probably shoot it all my life, then probably pass it down to a kid and they could shoot it for years and years and years.
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Thats impossible, Remington QC has gone downhill the last 45 years and the new Remingtons ALL have issues. A person is better off with a Savage or a Tikka.
 
Demonical said:
How old is this P.O.S. Remington... ?
It's stainless? So f**king what?

If it's pre-1990 it's probably ok. New ones are f**king over-priced junk.

f**king Remington... :rolleyes:
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Yes, but tell us what you really think. ;)

I've upgraded a number of 700s for Ruger 77s in the same caliber. I think I am better off, but that's just what I think.
 
Since about 1992 I have bought 13 new remingtons, 12 700's and 1 870 wingmaster. Every single one of them needed work to make it function properly, and not one of the 700 would shoot as well as any of my Rugers. I will never buy a new Remington again they are garbage, I have seen at least four 700 bolt handles break off at the range. I currently own 2 870 wingmasters from the mid 1980's and they are great, and my 7600 35 whelen is fine, but the crap they are making now is over priced junk. If one wants a reliable accurate bolt gun Ruger, Howa,CZ are he way to go!!!
 
I wish I had a nickle for every time I have run into some clown at the range bragging about his super accurate tactical 700 and how the remington 700 "is the best , most accurate rifle ever made" so I look at it to find its action has been re machined, aftermarket firing pin assembly, the bolt handle changed new one welded on, new custom barrel installed, trigger switched to aftermarket part, and all bedded in a custom stock.... wow if Remingtons are so great why did you change out every single part of the rifle? Then most of the time I end up shooting smaller groups with one of my out of the box Howa's or Ruger's:D
 
I've owned three Remington centerfires.

One Rem 700 BDL in .270 about 25 years ago, which I had as a teenager and traded for a .338 win mag, basically because my dad was giving me "little man syndrome" by constantly referring to my rifle as "your little .270". It was actually a fine, accurate, rifle and I had no complaints about it.

One Rem 600 in .308, which I have owned for almost 25 years and killed a great slew of animals with, and which I'll never part with. Never a problem, although, like everyone else, I dislike the saggy plastic trigger guard assembly.

One Rem 700 XCR in 375 RUM, made maybe 5-6 years ago. Besides being way too light a rifle for this cartridge (which 40 oz of #8 lead shot in the stock fixed), this rifle is super slick, accurate, and I like it very much. Most likely another lifetime keeper.
 
People use 700's for customs because they are cheap, readily available, and easy to work with. Any custom can be just as accurate with a good barrel and a good Smith.

with the features and prices of FN M70's these days, I wouldn't even look at a 700, and yes I've had a dozen of them.
 
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