Remingtons don't shoot...... revisited.

[chuck nelson]

I have to laugh every time I hear that they don't. My brother just picked up an SPS .223. I bedded it into an Alaskan Ti B&C stock, lapped the Talley rings, and installed the VX 3 3.5-10X40 with an M1 Friday night. Yesterday we took it out and with his first load handloads consisting of 40 gr BT's behind Benchmark at 3800 fps this is what I was able to pull off from a bipod in a mild hurricane. Not bad for an $850 "custom" rifle. We didn't even wish he had bought a Tikka. Not even just a little.

 

[Grizzlypeg]

Nice shooting.

 

[t-star]

funny, the remmys were good enuff for snipers in 'nam- it's always the same old question; is it the rifle or the shooter?- 9/10s of the time it's the shooter

 

[senior]

Nice shooting.
Groups almost as good as my stock 223 Tikka Lite

 

[archie_james_c]

Damn shame remingtons don't shoot. Shoulda' bought a Salvage or PlasTikka....

Rem's dont shoot...here's factory core lokts, lug dab bedded...should shoot better once I actually work on a load and sit it in a good stock, pardon the target. 0.68"

 

[IMagius]

Nothing wrong with those groups Something tells me the gophers and coyotes won't notice the difference

 

[Jordan Smith]

Yeah, those bloody Rem's just suck, don't they?

 

[Dogleg]

Who said Remingtons don't shoot?

 

[TangoKilo]

Great looking rifle!!

Hope mine shoots as good when I get it back from Dennis!!

 

[cote_b]

Those 700's never cease to amaze me. I know what my next gun purchas eis going to be.

 

[archie_james_c]

Who said Remingtons don't shoot?

The internet.

QC is down, prices is up, M700's are comin' from the big shop with no rifling in the pipes, crowns cut on 45 degree angles, no scope mounting holes etc!!

 

[Rembo]

a Remington 223 that shoots?.....whoda thunk it?

Nice job on the component selection, bedding and lapping.

posting at 7:41 Christmas morning?...no kids eh?

 

[sniper58]

Yeah, neither of my Remingtons shoot worth a darn either.

.223 VTR, 10 shot group.

XHR 7mm-08 after installing it in Boyds laminated stock

 

[Sun_and_Steel_77]

The internet.

QC is down, prices is up, M700's are comin' from the big shop with no rifling in the pipes, crowns cut on 45 degree angles, no scope mounting holes etc!!

...and don't forget they discharge with either a pull of the trigger or flip of the safety

 

[AlexF]

Ever since Remington was sold by DuPont in the early 1990s, the quality has dropped and current Remington do have quality controls issues:

• My 2010 Remington 700 243 Win VTR which did not feed well (easy fix)
• My 2011 Remington 700 270 WSM CDL FS had a minute bump of the bolt head (fixed in 1 week by Remington, a huge dangerous issue)

Not paying enough attention to details do not turn a good design into a bad design but it will lead do dissatified customer and a tarnished reputation.

I'm still a huge Remington 700 fan since no competing rifle delivers such good accuracy, durability, solidity and a wide variety of accessoricies at a reasonable cost.

Alex

 

[dead meat]

But the triggers are no good.

 

[chuck nelson]

a Remington 223 that shoots?.....whoda thunk it?

Nice job on the component selection, bedding and lapping.

posting at 7:41 Christmas morning?...no kids eh?

I've got three kids and Christmas was over for 2 hrs by then.

 

[mahony1977]

Here is a 5 shot group out of my 700 BDL SS

 

[mlehtovaara]

I have never said tbey dont shoot. Just that my bone stock $270 Stevens 200 shoots just as good or better!

No bedding! No fancy scope and lapped rings! Just a $150 Bushnell Banner!

Oh and mine shoots 5 shot groups as well!

Those ar 1 inch squares/circles!

 

[ryan32]

So would the wise CGN'ers recomend getting a used rem 700 over a new one from the current Productions