"Longer a slimmer" is really only cosmetic, you don't grip forward of the checkering... the checkered area on the RSI is the same diameter as the RL models and slimmer than the R models. The No.1 Internationals sport 20" barrels, but in order to keep the length asap in the M77, they abbreviated the barrel to 18.5"... really when you consider the purpose and uses of an International carbine, I don't think that you will functionally miss that inch and a half. There are other places that an extra inch and half could come in handy...
Remington Custom Shop
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"Longer a slimmer" is really only cosmetic, you don't grip forward of the checkering... the checkered area on the RSI is the same diameter as the RL models and slimmer than the R models. The No.1 Internationals sport 20" barrels, but in order to keep the length asap in the M77, they abbreviated the barrel to 18.5"... really when you consider the purpose and uses of an International carbine, I don't think that you will functionally miss that inch and a half. There are other places that an extra inch and half could come in handy...
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OTOH ....... There nothing functional about a full stock rifle over the same rifle with a conventional stock. It's all about the looks.
Agreed
Agreed again
OTOH ....... There nothing functional about a full stock rifle over the same rifle with a conventional stock. It's all about the looks.
Agreed...
I dropped my .308 and .358 RSI's into RL stocks for RS carbines... they work just fine either way.
Johnn Peterson
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I like the full length stock Mannlicher style stock design, but only in European calibres. I have one in 9.3x62 and a pair in 7x57, the last of which I acquired from a gentleman on site. It's a Lipsey Ruger Hawkeye RSI, stainless and wood which should be a good choice for Deer etc here on the 'wet coast' of B.C., Vancouver Island .
acquired from a gentleman on site. It's a Lipsey Ruger Hawkeye RSI, stainless and wood which should be a good choice for Deer etc here on the 'wet coast' of B.C., Vancouver Island .
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
'need/want'I contacted the Remington custom shop direct and ordered 40 X rifles and barreled actions.
That was year's ago . But, they took the orders and I got everything I wanted.
Cost wasn't cheap, but it was well worth it
I don't know about their quality of workmanship now, some people claim to have issues now, but I don't know
I used McMillan stocks and winchester trigger groups, the factory will cut stocks for the trigger group
That was year's ago . But, they took the orders and I got everything I wanted.
Cost wasn't cheap, but it was well worth it
I don't know about their quality of workmanship now, some people claim to have issues now, but I don't know
I used McMillan stocks and winchester trigger groups, the factory will cut stocks for the trigger group
It seems almost a requirement for all Ruger rifles to have log-like stocks. Some claim this is because of the personal involvement of Bill Ruger in their original design. Apparently Ruger was a big man with big hands. What is amazing is that many Ruger owners don't even realize their rifles handle like 2x4s until they pick up and are then overly impressed by something as common as a modern Winchester Model 70.
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I was looking at their site a while back, earlier this year, to see if they still built the Custom Shop KS mtn rifle in stainless. I bought a 338WM off the shelf at Frenchy's in 1991, Mcmillan stock, 375length action, blank mag w/no floorplate, 24" bbl, before they came out with the stainless. Some people think maybe the ones with a heart on the barrel were Hart, mine had that. Some say it wasn't. Shot nicer than any other magnum chambered rifle I ever shot, .6 MOA w/250 Partitition, recoil was negligent. Last I saw on the Rem website, that gun can still be had, whatever cartridge you want, at about 3500.00 US. Only change I would maybe make to the one I had if I built it again, put a Triggertech trigger in it to be rid of the risk of the old Rem triggers. At the time it was the lightest 338 they had on the shelf, and there were 8 or 9 guns on the counter at the time. It was the second most expensive of the lot of course, only 1500.00 back then.
Gravel agency got back to me with a "Starting MSRP in USD is $2,995.00." ...."Any direct Remington dealer can order one for you. "
(However I had already contacted a Remington dealer who said they would get me a price and then never got back to me.)
...so Canadian price will be approx. $4,000. plus taxes and shipping I assume....so somewhere around $4650 (Canadian) or a bit more.
And likely quite a bit more if I ask for a few custom options. Not sure what custom options are available though. Different trigger? Unique checkering pattern?
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re: "Excellent pre-2006 Remington Custom Shop Model Seven Mannlicher"
Its a used rifle....with no open sights...and the starting bid is still $2200. (Canadian)
Plus....Importing may be "easy" but it sounds expensive too.
Does anyone know what significance there might be to it being "pre-2006"?
I see this:
PRODUCTS: Remington Arms Company, LLC (“Remington”) is voluntarily recalling Remington Model 700™ and Model Seven™ rifles with X-Mark Pro® (“XMP®”) triggers, manufactured from May 1, 2006 to April 9, 2014.
re: open sights
I like them.
Some of my best bucks were shot with open sights, in pouring rain and in snowstorms.
And once (and that was enough) being able to quickly yank the scope off and rely on open sights helped me deal with a serious bear situation.
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