What can you say about Remington 783 (.308)? Help.

[adriel]

Ive got a couple XL-7's , that thing looks pretty similar with some different features like the closed in ejection port, stock with molded in swivel studs and funny looking bolt shroud and handle. Your right though, they stole the bolt innards and trigger from the X-7 series and if it shoots like an X-7 they'll probably sell a bunch of them but I think they should have left the X-7 alone.

They're both owned by the same parent company, so I guess cross over was bound to happen. The new mag is pretty good compared to the other budget bolt action rifles. The Ruger American mag retention bump is not confidence inspiring, and I don't like the rear catch on the Axis either. The 783 has a nice, meaty chunk of metal jutting out at 90 degrees and it's hard to insert the mag incorrectly. Quite easy to mess up inserting the mag on an Axis due to the back catch design.

Now the bolt fit on the 783. . .seems to be a bit hit or miss.