Rem 783

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I clearly remember the shooting community surprise at the lock time and accuracy potential of the Rem 788.
Anyone have any experiences they can share about using the Rem 783 as a basis for a custom nail driver?
Is it the next economy marvel?

I have never seen one, so depend on opinions / experiences of others.
 
hometownhero said:
Jerry from mystic has one he has done reviews and posts about it. He is very impressed.
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Yes, he's done some tweaking and mods to it. I guess he's getting superb accuracy (there's a thread if you want to search for it).

Although I'm quite new to precision shooting, I really like my 783. I did some research and decided it was the best entry level .308 rifle for me.
 
I have been beating on 2 Rem 783's over the winter... They continue to really impress me wrt a Mag fed repeater action.

I have more info on my facebook page... mystic precision inc

The action really slicks up with some TLC and feeding is right there with a range of aftermarket actions. The factory trigger is also easy to tune for a very nice crisp break.

The weak areas is the horrible factory bolt knob... buzz that off and add an aftermarket bolt knob and life is much happier.

Swap out the firing pin spring. Both of mine have worn out in limited use. Likely just some cost cutting gone too far and poorly heat treated springs were used. Wolff factory Rem SA springs and things have been back on track. Very easy to swap... unlike the Rem 700.

I hope to do more accuracy testing with quality prefits from Shilen and McGowen and Carbonsix. I will post my results as time allows. Bolt head seating in the receiver is excellent and the alignment of parts is very true. My fired brass measures like it came out of a custom rifle build.

I also just completed with CGN hunting rifle challenge. My factory barreled Rem 783 shot off a Harris completed the 3/4 MOA 3rds X5 group challenge.

The design is very well thought out in the Rem 783. Some of the factory parts leave alot to be desired but that is pretty much the norm these days. For a mag fed donor action, I would choose this over a Savage (my past love)

The aftermarket has not caught up to the potential of this action so not alot of options out there. For now, I am using it as a mag fed PRS/tactical type rifle. Swap in a match prefit barrel, better stock, bottom metal or chassis... tune up the trigger, spring and bolt knob... go have a ton of fun for very little money.

Jerry
 
Picked one in 7mmRem Mag last year just to burn up a pile is 7mm bullets and Retumbo I had gathering dust. Put an equally cheap Simmons 4.5-16 scope on it and the damn thing will put 3 Sierra 160gr Tipped Matchking bullets into an inch..... At 300yds. Makes me wonder why I build customs.
 
Back in 2014 When Base Borden's Mons Range was up and running, I was the RSO for the PR matches. :cool:

I had a competitor who showed up for many matches with his box stock 783 in .308. He even shot hunting ammo (gets expensive), then he started reloading that .308. He shot for shzts and giggles and sure held his own. :eek:

I was impressed with his resolve and thought, this sounds like an interesting experiment. Not sure what kinds of conclusions we can draw from this but it sure was fun to watch him have fun. Yes, he even showed up with a hunting scope (4-12 x ) and coin operated turrets. He did not give a poop. He just had fun. :wave:

Mystic P: Thanks for doing all this testing. Who knows what kinds of trends will come from this 783 project....

Cheers, :wave:

Barney
 
How much of a base rifle is left after a chassis conversion? I was thinking about getting into the game with an R700 but would an R783 be a viable alternative outside of the aftermarket support?
 
matth said:
How much of a base rifle is left after a chassis conversion? I was thinking about getting into the game with an R700 but would an R783 be a viable alternative outside of the aftermarket support?
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Depends on how much you want done and how much of the factory parts you want to reuse. I know that I would change more parts and modify more parts on the Rem 700 vs what I have done in my Rem 783's.

Total project costs will likely be higher with a R700...

But each end user will have their own likes and dislikes and goals.... so YMMV

Jerry
 
I have a 783 in 223 it surprised me with under a inch with 5 shot groups .. all I did was clean up barrel channel and put a better scope on very impressed by my 400 dollar gun .. where can I get a better firing pin spring from?
 
TacticalTeacher said:
Back in 2014 When Base Borden's Mons Range was up and running, I was the RSO for the PR matches. :cool:

I had a competitor who showed up for many matches with his box stock 783 in .308. He even shot hunting ammo (gets expensive), then he started reloading that .308. He shot for shzts and giggles and sure held his own. :eek:

I was impressed with his resolve and thought, this sounds like an interesting experiment. Not sure what kinds of conclusions we can draw from this but it sure was fun to watch him have fun. Yes, he even showed up with a hunting scope (4-12 x ) and coin operated turrets. He did not give a poop. He just had fun. :wave:

Mystic P: Thanks for doing all this testing. Who knows what kinds of trends will come from this 783 project....

Cheers, :wave:

Barney
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It was like the Savage of over a decade ago... lots of hate initially and then shooter after shooter started reporting positive results. Now the Savages are competing right next to very expensive customs and no one even takes notice at an F class match.

The current Rem 783's are really well built... let's see how long that lasts before some bean counter decides to dumb down more stuff. The firing pin spring is a prime example of cutting costs a wee bit too far. Hopefully, just a bad batch and they have remedied the problem.

You know you have this problem when you get click with no BANG... and the ammo will ignite with a second hit.

Order springs directly from Wolff or maybe Brownells.

I am glad to hear more shooters having positive results in their factory form. Remington has really improved their QC with their new facility in KY. I just hope this quickly spreads to all the bolt actions they make.

would be wonderful if a conversation would go " Remember back when we had to blueprint and fix the Rem 700 receivers...????"

That would be a great conversation to have....

Jerry
 
Demand drives parts....

Parts drive demand....

So far a slow but growing portfolio of options. The biggest hurdle is for precision shooters to think of an entry level hunting rifle as a base to build an accurate rig.

They got over it with the Rem 700 decades ago... The Savage not too long ago.... time will tell how the 783 gets adopted.

Jerry
 
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