Rem 783 .308 Walnut. I'm likin' this unit.

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Got me fresh 783 today and I'm happily impressed with the bugger. She be built for great accuracy at the price. ($610 all in from Reliable.) The metal is well finished matte and the black walnut stock is smooth & nicely checkered. Fully free floated 22" barrel is of a decently stout profile to help on the long shots. I noticed on my one, that the stock ahead of the action has a harmonic twang to 'er. Likely due to the fine machining and moisture content of the wood. I'll fiddle-fook with that after testing if need be. Gonna' epoxy steel bed the action anyhoo & most likely dampen the stock ahead of action. We'll see. Good density butt pad on 'er as well.

The factory magazine is flush and good at the carry point and snicks into place with a little practice. Gotta insert it from the rear whilst applying pressure to the release tab to get it in without noise. I dialed the trigger down to 2.5 lb on 'er and mounted a Bushnell Elite 2-7x32 which is good for the ranges I shoot at.

The metal surfaces need a solid cleaning to remove the factory residue & the bore on my one took a good six doses of Wipe Out over a 5 hr span to get the copper residue out. I reckon a tester at the factory put a whole 20 rnd box threw 'er, maybe more. No worries though as the bore cleaned up well and is sharp & smooth to my eyes at least. Barrel is well crowned with no tool marks, same with the rest of the metal on the beasty. The bolt lifts and cycles better than any M700 I've owned or played with & I actually like the flat, rounded bolt knob. It works well for me on this action. Gotta love CNC.;)

Time to start on load work to get out & enjoy this rifle.:d
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Hmmmm, that’s a really good looking rifle!, especially for an “economy” rifle.

They made the lines on that stock quite nice. Is the bottom metal/trigger guard on that metal or poly?
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The trigger guard is poly but the piece ahead of the mag is steel. I've no worries so far about over tightening the rear guard screw and cracking the poly. Once I bed the action I'll torque the action screws down to 40 in. lb. to start with. If any problems occur with that (Which I doubt.), then I'll make a copy of the guard on the milling machine.;) They ain't heavy by my standards & point quick enough for running target use for me. I really feel that the old 700's days are numbered due to the good engineering, precision manufacturing and barrel swapping ability of rifles made this way. The aftermarket is already gearing up for the 783, and well they should. It's a sleeper of an action that just like the 788, made for better accuracy out of the box than the 700 fer sure.

Sure wish Remington had these buggers available in 6.5 CM & .358 Win as well though. ;)
 
SHELL SHUCKER said:
The trigger guard is poly but the piece ahead of the mag is steel. I've no worries so far about over tightening the rear guard screw and cracking the poly. Once I bed the action I'll torque the action screws down to 40 in. lb. to start with. If any problems occur with that (Which I doubt.), then I'll make a copy of the guard on the milling machine.;) They ain't heavy by my standards & point quick enough for running target use for me. I really feel that the old 700's days are numbered due to the good engineering, precision manufacturing and barrel swapping ability of rifles made this way. The aftermarket is already gearing up for the 783, and well they should. It's a sleeper of an action that just like the 788, made for better accuracy out of the box than the 700 fer sure.

Sure wish Remington had these buggers available in 6.5 CM & .358 Win as well though. ;)
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The 6.5 CM is available (not at the moment) with the 783 walnut stock without the scope and also with the new 783 heavy barrel (but this one come with a 16.5" barrel).

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The 6.5 CM is available (not at the moment) with the 783 walnut stock without the scope and also with the new 783 heavy barrel (but this one come with a 16.5" barrel).
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I was initially ga-ga over one of them, but then me senses cut in. Might still get one in 6.5 if this caliber ain't added to the walnut line within the next year or so.
 
Got this 30'06 (camo stock) several years ago from Wanstalls for $299, saw some Boyd's FW thumbhole stocks at Prophet for $150, bedded, shoots very good. Decent budget rifles for sure.
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The scopes they come with are garbage..So ditch them
All my 783 shoot tight with No mods or rasping out stock
Great value.. Thanks Gerry from Mystic for letting us know
 
I've got 2 783's a 308 and a 7mag. ...both are great shooter's!

Really wished they would come in stainless though.
 
I was sold on the 783 after checking through the many positive reviews on these, particularly Jerry's write up & the Calibre article. It's fair to say that these rifles are the next gen "788",but made to tighter tolerances & with features that the 788 didn't have. I reckon that the 783 could end up replacing the 700 series in the near future. Lot's of folks out there now are putting Remage barrel systems on their 700's to get the barrel swap & easy headspace features.;)

http://mysticprecision.com/2016/01/remington-783-the-best-donor-for-prsmag-fed-rifles/
 
I doubt it will replace the 700 in our lifetime. Part of the reason they made the odd trigger guard and weird lines was to distinguish it from the 700 series. Nothing on the market comes close to the added safety of the 700 action strength however, the design itself is sound. People tend to forget that.
The 783's do shoot well, so do Savage Axis at half the price. I won't sell my 30'06, it was well worth the price. I did flip a 7mm 783 just because I got a really good deal on a Vanguard in the same, was a good shooter as well.
All depends where your "value" line in the sand starts and stops I suppose lol.
 
GUB said:
The scopes they come with are garbage..So ditch them
All my 783 shoot tight with No mods or rasping out stock
Great value.. Thanks Gerry from Mystic for letting us know
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My pleasure... I continue to beat on mine and will report any problems but the thing just gets better and better. The odds that the Rem executive even have a clue what this rifle is about, will limit their desire to push it.

But if they actually did and came up with a chassis driven unit like they just did for the Rem 700, wowza, things could change.

My hope is that the new company will hire gun people again and that might lead to some interesting new items... but for now, the action is a gem, trigger solid, accuracy potential.. well...

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I'll just leave this here.... 3rds, 100yds, burning up test ammo from a customer's BCL in 6.5 Creedmoor

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Just a quality match prefit away from something that really performs and is built with far better machining and materials then any Axis I have played with. I could argue, better then many Rem 700's

I look forward to the new updated 'shorty' version with the modified bolt knob.

Jerry

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This rifle did this in testing at 250yds... 223 Rem McGowen prefit.

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Yep, 2 different test loads 3rds each back to back groups at 250yds.... if you want to super impose them, you have a 6rds group
 

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One last party trick... for those with Rem 783's, this is how your bolt can operate after you have used it a bit.

The picture is showing a bolt lifted with the trigger dropped. For those that have been around bolt actions, should understand what I am trying to demonstrate.

I am not touching the bolt .... I am taking the picture.

Try this with ANY bolt action and let me know what you find.

Jerry
 

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