Remington

Remington Firearm Products, as a whole, rate:

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I only have a 20b 870 and I'm quite happy with it. I've not seen any new ones though so I can't say if they've gone to ####e lately.

And of course the Canadian market doesn't mean anything to them. It doesn't mean anything to the big manufacturers. Why would it?
 
cjcocn said:
Dosing said:
cjcocn said:
I gave them two thumbs up as they have always been good to me
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Et tu Brutus?
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:shock: ..... :( ..... :!: ..... :)

Caeser, thou canst not die by traitors' hands,
Unless thou bring'st them with thee.
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:D ..... :?:
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Well in that case.....get out of the car, you ain't coming with me :p

Ohhhh, whats that sharp pain between my shoulder-blades :(
 
The only Remington that I own is a model Seven in 223. I think it is a great little rifle, but it has a very easy life. It goes to the gopher patch a couple of times a year and on the odd coyote hunt.

Years ago my father had a Rem 7400 in 308 and it seemed to work ok for him even though it only seen about 2 boxes of ammo through it and then he quit hunting and sold the rifle.

I voted one thumb up!......there is always room for improvement! :D
 
Got 3, happy with them all ... none have given any problems.
A 700CDL in .25-06, 7600 in .35 Whelan and a 12ga. 870.

Won 3 "Pump Gun Only" Sporting Clays Shoots with the 870,
(scores in the 90's) have shoot literally hundreds of ducks & geese with it, and it
served admirably for doves, quail & snipe on several trips
to Cuba. Somwhat ugly, but it points well, shoots where I look
(changed the pitch, raised the stock and gave it 3/8" cast-off
and is (with 4 oz. of lead in the buttstock ) balanced just the way
I like it. If I lost it somehow, I would get another and modify it the same way
in an instant. Probably the best value in an inexpensive shotgun available, so
why not beat the hell out of it in a duckblind.
 
I have a Nylon 66, (bought used) and an 870 Express Super Magnum, (bought new with a rifled 20" slug barrel included, bargainesque) which both work well for me. Apart from the J-lock on the latter, they are typical of Remington's traditionally good design engineering, so that got a thumb up. But I am resistant to buying any more Remingtons because I don't like the company they have become, and I suspect those who are diehard Remington fans are helping a bunch of bean counters and form-over-substance marketing types rest on and profit by the laurels won by real gun-makers who appear not to be there anymore. That was the thumb down.
 
I gave two thumbs up simply because even the three new Remington 700's I own have given me no reason to badmouth them. I expect, and have received great service from Remington firearms. Most are very accurate, and ergonomically, the Classics and the CDL's turn my crank. My new CDL in 270 Win is a joy to carry and shoot, and just loves those 140 AB's That the company has some rotten people in management there is no doubt. But the bottom line for me is consistent performance, and I have gotten that from Big Green. Regards, Eagleye.
 
My first centre fire was (and still is) a 700 in 7mm RemMag. Good gun, very happy with it. Also have an 1187 12 ga. Broke a firing pin once, but still enjoy it.

What does bug me about Remington is that they seem to bring out interesting ideas, and then forget to stand behind them. 5mm Rem rimfire, the E-tronics electric primer system, etc. I will not buy anything new and "revolutionary" that Rem comes out with, until it has been on the market for perhaps 5 years. I realize that me not supporting a new product by buying it makes it less likely to succeed, but I don't trust Rem to back their own ideas. :(
 
I currently own 14 Remington firearms. 11 rifles from 5mm Mag-.30-06'
and 3 shotguns- 2 .12 gauges and 1 .20 gauge. I still have to say one up and one down. The only arm I'm not 100% on is a model 710 in .30-06'. All I got to say about it is "Cheap is as Cheap does." Remington has done some great things- Model 700, 5mm Magnum, Model 788s, but at the same time these are examples of their blunders. Most new model 700s are grossly over-priced, How many hundred contacts do they get every week begging for them to produce ammo for the 5mm, and discontinuing the model 788s because they were embar-assed when their budget rifle out-performed the High-Dollar 700s?????? Got no complaints on my 870s, all shoot great and look like a million, but are really no better than my old Mossberg shotguns that cost half as much. :|
 
I would give two thumb up, but instead I have to give only one thumb up for the following reasons:

1) The 710 - what were they thinking!?!
2) The 740/7400 Jamm-o-matic: If Browning can make a decent auto, why can;t remoington make one?
3) The J-lock, need I say more?
4) Current factory trigger setups

Aside from those issues, I'm an enthusiactic supporter of Remmy products. My go-to magnum is an older 700.
 
I agree the J-Lock is pretty stupid.
However, the older Remington guns are quite good.
My 1954 760 still works and shoots great and no J-Lock.

I gave two thumbs up based on their older products.
 
I currently have 3 model 700's and never had a problem with any of them, including two J lock models. My 35 Whelen has over 500 rounds through it and my newest the 338 RUM has almost 200 rounds through it and is deadly, fellow CGN'er Brutus and I both had no problem keeping the 8 rounds I had left one day well within the 8" shoot'n see target we had put up at 500 yards at our local range. I have owned Euro trash rifles in the past such as a Steyr SSG PII and a Steyr Model S in 300 Win Mag and dumped them since they didn't shoot any better than a factory Remington, but for the Euro gun worshipers they do have Gun Snob appeal. :roll:
 
I have only owned one, a 7400 in 30.06. I think this gun is as good as the price dictates. I only used it as a bush gun and it did a super job at that. I definetly believe a Browning BAR is a superior firearm but for my money, I'll buy a Remington again. I simply don't value a hunting rifle enough to pay twice the price.
 
For me, Remington 700s are "the" bolt gun. I'm a hardcore Remmy fan, but the whole J-Lock fiasco ticked me off like you wouldn't believe! Before they brought that abortion of a bean counter's wet dream to market, I had bought at least one Remington rifle/shotgun a year for over a decade. I stopped buying new when the J-Lock came out.

My older Remington 700BDLs, 700VS, 870s & 11-87s made in the late 70s, 80s and early 90s are all outstanding exmaples of the firearmaking art. Fit and finish is great, no problems with them at all, excellent accuracy and they had the best factory triggers of any rifle until the Savage Accutrigger came on the market.

I've handled some "rough" Remmy products of recent manufacture. Sad to see their quality control go south. However, I've also handled other Remmy rifles made this year that looked every bit as good as those made during their "glory days." Accuracy from rifles made in the 2000s seem to be quite good. A .223 Classic I sold on this board will shoot clover leafs all day long. My brother bought a 700VS that will group .25MOA with factory ammo it likes! So I can't really complain about the performance of their products.

However, I do think they've started cutting corners on the finish aspect of their products. A recent VSSF my brother purchased had the black powder coating in the flutes of the stainless varmint barrel flake off, without the rifle ever seeing the outdoors! :shock: Some others had bolt lifts that seemed a little gritty, but nothing too serious. I expect that I'll be purchasing 2 700 SPS models before the year is out for two builds I've been putting off. Time will tell! :mrgreen:
 
Sorry, not a push feed fan, or a remchester fan for that matter.

Only Remmy's I have or have ever had is my Great uncle's pump .22 with full octogon barrel, made in 1928, it is cool.
That and My other uncles semi shotgun, not sure of model but the barrel is spring loaded for less recoil???????

I'm with the Cub on those 710's too, they're choice! 8)
 
Silverback claims:
I have owned Euro trash rifles in the past such as a Steyr SSG PII and a Steyr Model S in 300 Win Mag and dumped them since they didn't shoot any better than a factory Remington, but for the Euro gun worshipers they do have Gun Snob appeal
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Bull Frickin' Sh*t. :roll: See, this is why Remington can get away with inferior products.
I can't see how appreciating fine wood, triggers and excellent craftsmanship combined with better accuracy equates to "snob appeal".

Why doesn't Remington offer an accuracy guarantee? Steyr does.

edit: Even Tikka, which offers low priced firearms, guarantee the accuracy of their rifles.
 
1899 claims:
Bull Frickin' Sh*t. See, this is why Remington can get away with inferior products.
I can't see how appreciating fine wood, triggers and excellent craftsmanship combined with better accuracy equates to "snob appeal".

Why doesn't Remington offer an accuracy guarantee? Steyr does.
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Holy cow get me a shovel, talk about BS, of course you can't see it because your nose is too high in the air. :wink: I have never seen anything about an accuracy guarantee with Steyr rifles and I just checked on their web site, all mine came with were factory test targets which were not that impressive especially for the cost of the rifles. The SSG PII target, which I still have, was just under a .750" group, not up to what a rifle presently selling for $2500.00 should do. My $1179.00 Remington Sendero will easily outdo that target anyday for less than half the price. But if you enjoy Steyr rifles more power to you it is just too bad that you are spending too much for not enough rifle, some day you will will realise what real quality is and buy some Remingtons like me. :D
 
I have an 1893 and a 1985 that I like , but Remington doesn't make SXS's or rolling blocks anymore, so I only have some of their older pump shotguns and my father's 1100.
I kike the older 870's but couldn't give a hoot about their bolt rifles, and yeas I have owned lots of them over the years.

I have seen a lot more fsailures on them than I have '98 actions....
Cat
 
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