Remington 700 quality question

tiriaq said:
Soldered? Or induction brazed? I've seen a few stripped off, or partially peeled and then snapped. Usually a large rock or hammer was involved. I've also seen M96 and M98 Mauser handles detached the same way.
Have you ever heard of a M7xx series action ever suffering a failure of both bolt lugs, with the bolt leaving the rifle?
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Never seen it or anything close. My experiences leave me to believe the 700 action is the strongest safest 2 lug bolt action that has been made.

I have not seen much wrong with the 700's in general although when you produce millions of them over many years a few 'lemons' will be found...
 
Marksmen said:
When I buy a Remington, it is only for the action and sometimes the stock. It is great starting point to a great custom rifle.
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That's all I have ever done.... mostly the action, once in a while, the sporter barrel shoots really well :eek: and I rush out to buy a lottery ticket.

Currently I'm split with my 2 Remmy's... one was custom barreled into .260 Rem by juanvaldez the other was set up .22-250 and .308 with cut down sporter barrels that shoot into 1.25" for hunting purposes. Works for me!

Stick with your budget and your game. Buy what works for you! :D

Cheers,
Barney
 
I have seen way too many 700's shoot way to well to write them off until tested...

Interestingly - Al Mirdoch shooting one of the first 700 BDL heavy barrel .308 Winchester's in Canada set a group record for Hunter Class Benchrest using as factory rifle and 6 X scope - that record may still be standing today... it was something crazy ...like a 1/16 of an inch... it's been a long time but I think it was that small.
 
Thanks for all of the feedback guys. I have to say I'm a Remington guy for now. Not to say I won't own anything else. A couple of posters alluded to my way of thinking. I'm looking for only the action/barrel. I intend to hand pick everything else for the rifle. I did this with my Rem 700 in .223 but didn't ask enough questions before I bought and now I am a limited to the 1:12 twist in my SPS.

So I'm good to go if I buy a Rem 700 SPS (24"/ 1:10 twist) for $522 and aftermarket everything else. Or should I consider something else.

As with my .223, its shoots to my satisfaction for now, once accurracy falls to an unacceptable level I will have it re-barreled (are you listening JuanValdez) Same goes for the .308. If it shoots like $h!t out of the box then it will see a smith.
 
Buying a 5R now will drastically reduce the likelihood a needing to replace the stock and barrel over buying an SPS-V. I have yet to hear anyone with a 5R who wasn't very happy with it, and the stock is certainly an upgrade over the flimsy SPS one.

If you're looking at rebarreling and a new stock anyway save yourself the time and effort and just give Sean a call to see what he has on hand. He recently trued and rebarreled my SPS-V and I've been very happy with the result.
 
I was in the market for a 243 last year.
Have always liked Remington and so I looked at; 700 SPS VARMINT,700 VTR, 700 XCR, 700 VLS TH ,

I own a Polish made Mosin Nagant and found that the old war horse had a smoother action!!!!
The bolt on all the Rems was like poking a stick into a bucket of gravel.
The SPS varmint has the same stock as the VTR minus the rubber and is not OD but instead black.
The triangular barrel is lighter but who needs a deafening muzzle brake on a 243? Plus its short and not as stiff in my mind as a full varmint barrel....all this for $200 more seemed hardly wort it.
The XCR was a standard SPS with nito coating and a cammo print stock for $250 more than the SPS.
The VTR had a stripped scope mount screw hole right from factory.
The VLS had a polished bolt but the same sand blasted receiver finish....inside and out! So was no smoother than the SPS but had a bolt that scratched easy from cycling in the rough receiver.
The bolt retainer also was broken right from factory!!!
When the bolt wasn't in battery it just fell out of the gun!!!
Just what I want! To pay upwards of $1200 then ship it back to the factory for repairs before even firing a single shot! NOT

I bought a Winchester M70 and never looked back.

As a side note;
To prevent rust of the standard Rem sand blasted 'matte blued finish'apply some minwax floor wax! It has worked wonders on my 870
Also a polish job on the bolt, carrier plate, action bars, chamber edge and lubed with graphite spray/Rem dri lube tefflon has provided flawless cycling of my 870 express.
 
Eagleye said:
Every once in a while you hear a diatribe like gunrunner8's.
He would have to have owned two thousand Remington 700's to have all the trouble he describes, so obviously is exchanging perceived woes with others who shed more heat than light on the subject.
Remington 700 rifles are still well up there as far as raw performance goes.
Most shoot very well, indeed, and that still carries over to new ones.
Bolt lugs sheared off a 700 bolt ?????? That I would like to see!!
Don't be taken in by the "All Tikkas shoot little bitty groups" either. I have seen otherwise, personally.
Just choose the Remington that feels best to you, and enjoy.
Tell all the naysayers to go pound sand.
Eagleye.
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I have owned a Tikka T3 that was a poor shooter. I did everything reasonable to try to make it shoot decient. I beded the action, Tones of load development, and even tried some quality factory ammo. The rifle was a 2moa shooter average.
I'm not trying to bash the tikka, I might even give one another chance. I'm just saying all the manufactures are capable of duds.
 
I have a Remington 700 SPS DM in .30-06 that I bought a year and a half ago for hunting but I use it at the range and I am very happy with the way it shoots. I ended up getting it for $250 less than the Tikka T3 I originally had my eye on. Now, that being said, if I was going to buy something specifically for target shooting I would look at the very accurate Savage model 10 in .308.
 
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