Rem 700 mountain feedback
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Good or bad appreciated. NOT for sale. How does value stack against Bdl, Adl, Classic?
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Re: Rem 700 mountain feedback
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05/07/20 09:35 AM
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Good or bad appreciated. NOT for sale. How does value stack against Bdl, Adl, Classic? I had one in ,280 Remington that I bought used about 20 years ago. Good shooting rifle but the barrel tended to heat up from quick, multiple, consecutive shots and point of impact seemed to wander a bit after the initial shot due to the extremely light, thin construction of the barrel. Positive was it was light as a feather and a pleasure to carry up hill, or on long, forced marches back in the boondocks. Great rifle that was the backup to my 7MM MAGNUM for 10 years in Alberta while whitetail hunting. walleyed
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Re: Rem 700 mountain feedback
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Wondered about the barrel heat walking. Not afraid to float it if recommended. Not shot it yet. Sent scope for repair and they sent a new one with bigger lense so ordered new higher rings. It is lighter.
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Re: Rem 700 mountain feedback
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Have never ever had a problem with mine.Most accurate gun I have ever owned or shot.I can take a quarter out with every shot out to 200 yards.
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Re: Rem 700 mountain feedback
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Remington's are usually accurate, but I wont own one. In 35-years guiding big game hunters professionally I have seen more Remington rifles fail in the field than all others combined. Usually its the extractor or a trigger problem. In the same price range, the Tikka's have them beat by a mile IMO. A nice timoney trigger set at 1 pound was the first thing I added to mine.
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Re: Rem 700 mountain feedback
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Wondered about the barrel heat walking. Not afraid to float it if recommended.. I had the barrel on my ,280 free floated and It helped a bit, but not completely. If you waited a couple minutes between shots, the rounds would touch on the paper @ 100 yards. The nominal differences in impact were not enough to worry about at normal, reasonable hunting ranges with quick follow up shots. Definitely a result of the lighter, thinner barrel according to my gunsmiths. w
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Re: Rem 700 mountain feedback
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Have 3 - .280, 7x57, Best gun I’ve ever owned. My .280 is a dream to carry, get 2 pcs scope mount, n skinny enough to wrap your hand over the bolt. How many rounds do u shoot at a deer. Everything I ever shot with the gun dropped , had a few deer flop, second shot to the neck ended them.
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Re: Rem 700 mountain feedback
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If buying now, I would look at a Tikka Lite, nice gun, my 280 is 20 plus years old.
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Re: Rem 700 mountain feedback
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I had one in ,280 Remington that I bought used about 20 years ago.
Good shooting rifle but the barrel tended to heat up
from quick, multiple, consecutive shots and point of impact seemed to wander a bit after the initial shot due to the extremely light, thin construction of the barrel.
Positive was it was light as a feather and a pleasure to carry up hill, or on long, forced marches back in the boondocks.
Great rifle that was the backup to my 7MM MAGNUM for 10 years in Alberta while whitetail hunting.
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Had that same rifle myself, matter of fact it was my first rifle that I saved up for and bought at 18. Regret letting it go. Paired it up with a leopold 2x7, turned the trigger down to 2.5 and shimmed the action to float the barrel and called it good. Scary accurate for the first three if you took your time off the bench. Off hand or rapid fire, good luck. It was a joy to carry and kill deer from a stand or other ready position. It's light barrel was it's greatest and worst asset. Groups opened quickly as the barrel heated, but that really didn't matter for hunting where if you can't get it done with the first three it ain't getting done. What mattered for me was the "hang" of it. No weight out front when snap shooting or offhand made for regular misses when kicking deer out of their beds. Just me but I've come to prefer rifles balanced more like a shotgun with enough weight out front to steady my left hand, even though I still have a thing for featherweight rifles.
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Re: Rem 700 mountain feedback
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Warrior is the trigger adjustable by owner or is that for armorer or gunsmith? I had my old one done by smith and it suits me dandy. Not hair but NO creep.
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Speaking of balance I once cracked a stock so bought a synthetic. Didn't take me long to fix and refinish the wood and sell the syn on here. It was nice charring less weight though.
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Re: Rem 700 mountain feedback
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Warrior is the trigger adjustable by owner or is that for armorer or gunsmith? I had my old one done by smith and it suits me dandy. Not hair but NO creep. I don't know what triggers Remington is currently installing but the old standard 700 trigger is user adjustable, though Remington will probably void any warranty for that. Two small screws on the front of the trigger group housing. They'll be factory "sealed" with a spot of paint, yellow if memory serves. I can't recall which but one is for weight and the other for take up. Use care as the take up one can be set to fine so that it fires from closing the bolt or bumping the rifle. Mine was as low as I dared take it and even then was a might touchy. Probably also contributed to poor snap shooting as well.
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Re: Rem 700 mountain feedback
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I can relate to all this. Think for now I'll tear down, inspect, oil change, back together and and scope it. See how it does, for now. Got enough stuff torn apart here at the moment. Scope parts wont be here for awhile yet.
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