Why does Remington suck so hard?

[Dogleg]

When I had a CZ455 in 17 HMR, Remington was the most accurate, not surprisingly, Hornaday and Federal were the worst. Federal brass would split the case neck in about 1 in 5 rounds.

CCI makes Remington, Hornady and Federal 17 HMR ammo.

 

[RedSN]

Where’s my 5mm magnum peeps at?

 

[Dogleg]

Where’s my 5mm magnum peeps at?

Hanging out at the museum of curiosities and oddities?

 

[SHELL SHUCKER]

Hanging out at the museum of curiosities and oddities?

Not entirely. Aguila makes the ammo for 5mm and Rem made around 60,000 rifles in 'er. I had a fresh Rem 591 back in the day that was deadly
on squirrels, rabbits & raccoons. I like the scaled down Rem 788 type actions on them.
https://www.aguilaammo.com/products/5mm-remington-rimfire-magnum-jacketed-hollow-point

 

[Dogleg]

I’d actually heard that some ammo had been made, glad to hear it, though it doesn’t affect me. Hate to see guys with orphan catridges.

 

[Dogleg]

I’ve got a thought on Remington sucks so bad on what is pretty much my biggest beef with the 700s. Many, if not most that I come across have little or no primary extraction. It’s not like it wasn’t part of the design in the first place. If you only shoot factory anmo or moderate handloads read no further, but if you like to lean on things a bit, and have found yourself with a bolt handle that lifts normally but leaves you having a tug-o-war trying to get the bolt to come back this applies to you. I have a DIY fix for that, and although I doubt that I’m the first to come up with the idea, I did come up with myself, and it costs nothing.
That aside, why does Remington suck so bad that they made many or most of their 700s with functionally no primary extraction? I have concluded that they did it on purpose so they’d quit breaking extractors. You won’t break it if the gun doesn’t let you pull on it the way it was designed to do. So the primary extraction sucks because the extractors suck. Leaving out breakage, which may not apply to you or maybe most people, there is still a fatal flaw which is the suckiest of suction. A single grain of sand behind the extractor can stop you dead in your tracks with a rifle that won’t close on the chambered cartridge and won’t extract it either. If you are lucky enough to have a cleaning rod around, you can get the shell out and by positioning the rim behind the extractor manually you could still have a functional single shot though. Better than nothing.

 

[Meroh]

CCI makes Remington, Hornady and Federal 17 HMR ammo.

When I owned mine, Remington was still in buisiness, that was maybe 8 years ago. Pre covid by a fair bit. Truly Federa and Hornady were the most innacurate; and suffered ruptured cases. Remington was as good as it got in my rifle.

 

[Alberta Bigbore]

Ive gone back to Remington... back to my roots i suppose... one of my latest i put together. 7mm08 Mountain SS. Have a 28 year love affair with Remington... im always buying and reselling brownings and such.

 

[hawk-i]

There is nothing wrong with the finish on the 700 SPS, as long as you get it in stainless.

 

[cam1936]

Ive gone back to Remington... back to my roots i suppose... one of my latest i put together. 7mm08 Mountain SS. Have a 28 year love affair with Remington... im always buying and reselling brownings and such.

I owned that same model and chambering. I ditched the B&C stock and put on a Wildcat Composites one. Light, good shooter, very practical hunting rig.

 

[SuperCub]

There is nothing wrong with the finish on the 700 SPS, as long as you get it in stainless.

The early blued SPS 700s had a very course finish but the last one I bought seemed to be a lot better. I was pleased with it overall. It became a 6CM.

Saying that ..... I also have a stainless SPS that I like better.