Remington 600

Hawes said:
Why did these rifles not gather a huge following? My brother in law has one in 6.5 Rem Mag and one in 350 Rem Mag. I love firing both those rifles!
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They developed a following as they were the cheapest Remington rifle at the time...

They survived being the cheapest... clunky bolt handle, an action and magazine too short for many 'short' cartridges, cheap ass bottom "metal" that bends with age... poorly designed bolt release...

The thing going for them (other than price) was the short stiff quite accurate barrel and many rifles were scrapped for the action to make a bench rest rifle back in the day.

Clunky little turds back then, still the same today... sorry guys...
 
guntech said:
They developed a following as they were the cheapest Remington rifle at the time...

They survived being the cheapest... clunky bolt handle, an action and magazine too short for many 'short' cartridges, cheap ass bottom "metal" that bends with age... poorly designed bolt release...

The thing going for them (other than price) was the short stiff quite accurate barrel and many rifles were scrapped for the action to make a bench rest rifle back in the day.

Clunky little turds back then, still the same today... sorry guys...
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The also had compactness and fairly light weight going for them. I prefer the Mohawks over the ribbed 600's. Mine have been modded with better/lighter stocks, trigger smoothed etc. etc. They are anything but clunky little turds.

I will not argue they need some changes to make them into at least what I want them to be, but they are very good brush rifles.
 
Dennis,
I don't think that's rain falling on their parade! You are right though. The Model Seven fixed most of what was wrong with the 600. Unfortunately it fixed the pricing too. I think Remington designed the 600 just to further utilize the tooling for the XP100.
 
madashell said:
The also had compactness and fairly light weight going for them. I prefer the Mohawks over the ribbed 600's. Mine have been modded with better/lighter stocks, trigger smoothed etc. etc. They are anything but clunky little turds.

I will not argue they need some changes to make them into at least what I want them to be, but they are very good brush rifles.
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I'm not telling mine that its a " clunky little turd ", its put meat in my freezer and is very accurate.
Everyone knows what opinions are like..... everybody has one....
 
Boomer said:
So you've got a rifle that hasn't been made since 1968, and as far as anyone knows, the trigger has never been a problem. If it makes you nervous, Jewell or Huber Concepts will happily sell you a new trigger for nearly the cost of a new rifle. My advice is if it ain't broke don't fix it; if its broken, that will become apparent in short order.
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I think I paid $90.00+/- at Eatons for a .308 Mohawk around 1975... never had the recall and never had an issue fwiw.
 
I'm with Madashell. Until Rem came out with the 7 if you wanted a lightweight compact hunting rifle, the 600/660/Mohawk were about the only reasonably priced option. Throw a better stock on them, get rid of the rib (yeah, I know the collectors are cringing), a few other easy mods and you had a great little hunting rifle. The dogleg handle made it easy to fit in a saddle scabbard, and the nylon bottom metal helped reduce the weight (though it wasn't really long term durable). I have a few of them, built my first two scout rifles back in the 70's/early 80's on them. For a hunter they were a great choice. I put one in a lightweight synthetic, rebarreled to 284, opened up the receiver and stretched the mag box to allow a longer COL. 23" Shilen on it, great little hunting rifle, one of the best sheep guns I ever had. Still have one scout rifle in 308 on one, and a 7mm-08 AI just because. Had a 350 I shipped to a relative in AK for bear service. I also built a couple target rifles on XP100 actions (Rem 600 with a solid bottom, single shot). Back in the day we could get them changed from restricted to non, though I have one in the cupboard that the CFC doesn't want to talk about. I would say for the cost they were a really good rifle, I've certainly gotten decades of service out of mine. FWIW - dan
 
I bought a Brown Precision 'Pound'r" stock for the Mohawk and it looks a little more svelte ... but the OEM stock wasnt too bad a design. I will say that the Model 7 in 7/08 Laminate with iron sights is a VERY nice rifle that would be a "one gun" for most guys ... and they would be proud of. ..Although when the hell did it hit $1k msrp ($US!!!! geeeeezuuuus!)
 
Never understood a vented rib on a hunting rifle..... It's like the old time equivalent of today's muzzle brake / 20 round buttstock shell holder.....weight for nothing.....
 
I have a 600/660 stock pattern I made which will update their look, and it will be made ADL (convertable to BDL). Just have to finish my duplicator - which will be finished this winter (yes, the same promise I made the last 2 winters - but this time I mean it.)
 
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The vented rib on the 600 was a nylon piece which floated. It's purpose was strictly cosmetic.
 
The vent rib is held on with a series of screws down the center, I replaced the plastic one with metal on my 350 mag shoots 2" groups at 200 yds. good enough for for me. Instead of drilling the extra hole for a scope mount I used epoxy, even with the heavy recoil its never come loose and I can use a heat gun if I ever need to remove it.
 
bat119 said:
The vent rib is held on with a series of screws down the center, I replaced the plastic one with metal on my 350 mag shoots 2" groups at 200 yds. good enough for for me. Instead of drilling the extra hole for a scope mount I used epoxy, even with the heavy recoil its never come loose and I can use a heat gun if I ever need to remove it.
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I use an EGW rail so I don't have to drill/tap the 4th hole. It's light, well made and doesn't present any real problem while loading/unloading.
 
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