Remington quality control?

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chuck nelson

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I don't get it. I seriously don't. Tweak the trigger, throw $5 worth of epoxy at the lug, and add good mounts and scope and I'm not sure what is wrong with Remington's barreled actions. This is indicative of every single one I've owned (this one is vintage 2011) and they will do it in factory stocks as well. I'll tell you I don't long for a Savage.:)

This is the first two loads out of the gate. I'll add a little powder to both and go at it again.

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I think that folks go out, shoot a bad group or have a bad day and then they bash the product.It's easier than saying they fouled up.

If these rifles were all that terrible would they sell??

I have no issues with Remington or Savage , have both, both shoot well as well as other brands.

Maybe people are just expecting more these days out of their product.
 
Have a PDF or JPEG of the targets you are using? I like them.

I have 2 700's, one 300WSM LSS TH, and a SPS in 7mm-08, which now sits in a Boyds thumbhole stock to match it's bigger sibling.

My 300wsm had a small burr in the chamber, and needed warranty work. Both needed the feed rails polished to keep the brass from getting chewed up on it's way into the chamber. The 300 also came with a tool mark on the muzzle, but the crown is fine at least.

Both shoot 5 shot groups of around 1"-1 1/4" for me(recoil lug bedded), and would do better with someone better behind the trigger.

I like the feel of the guns, the X-mark trigger is nice, breaks clean with almost no creep or take-up, I have mine adjusted somewhere around 3 pounds. They guns are heavier than Remington claims however. My 300WSM with a fluted 26" barrel comes in at 8lb 10oz scoped, and the 7-08 with 24" barrel sits at 8lb 6oz scoped.
 
Nice gun and great shooting!

However....good groups don't necesarily translate to good QC. My 700 LVSF is proof, one locking lug doesn't show any signs of making contact in the reciever and the crown is very poorly done yet it still manages .3 groups with Winchester white box. :confused:
 
marcoman said:
Nice gun and great shooting!

However....good groups don't necesarily translate to good QC. My 700 LVSF is proof, one locking lug doesn't show any signs of making contact in the reciever and the crown is very poorly done yet it still manages .3 groups with Winchester white box. :confused:
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Then the lugs are bearing sufficiently and the crown cannot possibly be poorly done.
 
Remington quality assurance is unacceptable: I bought 2 Remington 700 in the last 2 years
  1. a Remington 700 VTR 243 Win which didn't feed well (easy fix)
  2. and a Remington 700 CDL SF 270 Win with a huge bolt defect and headspace issue (basically it cost Remington a fortune to fix).

Rifle #2 was dangerous and should never had left the factory floor!

Both rifle are very accurate.

Remington 700s are a great design but since DuPont sold the company in the early 1990, quality went from world class to mediocre.
My hope is that Remington is bought by an owner who cares about his employees and product quality.

Alex
 
chuck nelson said:
Then the lugs are bearing sufficiently and the crown cannot possibly be poorly done.
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I have not pulled this gun out of the safe since last coyote season so my memory was a little foggy.

Ok... I may have exagerated a little :redface: The crown is as it shipped from Remington... not as bad as I made out but the dent is still disconcerting :(

I couldn't get the lug pics to turn out... one is definitely barely contacting. Obviously it is sufficient but still far from ideal.

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.270 to 8mm Rem Mag, all where MOA or better shooters with some load development.
Having played with a few now I am a fan of the earlier actions, A-D serial designations specifically.
 
Remingtons for the most part shoot fine. What bothers me is all the little things mentioned above.

1) Fit of the lug
2) trigger needs a tweek
3) Feeding issues.
etc.....
4) That crown could of been cut or polished bit nicer

Even though all of this is simple why can't a company take care of this during the manufacture by having a higher standard of true quality control. If you put a product out econo line or top of the line show pride in what you make by not leaving issues like this on your product.

But as always the market dictates. If people keep buying why change. We'll see if The Remlin line of goods have lost enough sales to make a change.
 
I have bought a few Remington's lately.

One of them is a 7-08 "youth" with the 20" bbl. I shot box of factory ammo through it and it did horrible. At 100 yards it was shooting 3" groups or worse.

I floated the bbl then got out the reloading manual and loaded up some 110g TTSX with Varget. Made some loads, then proceed to shoot groups under an inch.

The end.
 
I like Remingtons, Rugers, Brownings, Sako's and most other guns.

Most guns can have some sort of problems but here is what the crown looked like on a $1800 model 700 titanium I bought a few years back. I dont plan on recrowning new guns when they arrive in the mail... But I bought another Rem right after too. I'm a sucker.:(
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lefty's

I thought I had read some place that the folks at Remington feel sorry for guys that have had to be left handed and took measures to make sure that all of the left handed product had extra attention paid to it on the line. FS
 
senior said:
here is what the crown looked like on a $1800 model 700 titanium

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Totally unacceptable....I'd have sent that back so fast!!
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Recrowning it was almost cheaper @$40, so I did that. Shot it. It was terrible. Trigger job, glass bed the recoil lug and channeled out the stock and then it finally shot well. It is too much to expect Remington to think of these things before it leaves the factory apparently. I am getting numb on poor customer service and crappy workmanship it seems. Its everywhere these days. Cant get too worked up about it or i'd go nuts.d:h:d:h:
 
I think Fassteel has the answer.;) The 700 sps varmint i had wouldn`t group factory Hornady ammo. Looked like a pattern from a shotgun, some reloading got it shooting quite nicely.
 
I've bought three Remingtons new since 2008 and they've been better than my Browning, Ruger, Mossbergs. In my experience Remington is a premium brand.
 
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