In the market for a new bolt gun for deer. I want a 20 - 22" threaded barrel. I found a 700 sps remington tactical in the caliber that I want. Would you shy away from buying a Remington rifle after the bankruptcy they just went through?

Also looking at Howa 1500, and Bergara B14. Thoughts or experiences?

Personally I would go for the Bergara. Very similar build to the 700, but the quality has surpassed Remington. I own a Bergara in 6.5 PRC and couldn’t be more pleased. Just my opinion.

John

Very happy with my Tikka T3.

Tikka T3 Lite. Have one in .223 and it's the most accurate out of box rifle I have ever owned. The action is like butter. I have owned and DO own a number of Remingtons as well..all pre-bankruptcy.

Moosetrot

a Remington as in pre bankruptcy production or a Rem-arms post sale build?

what caliber are you looking for?

Explain the "tactical " part of it?
I actually dispise that word.

And no, I would not shy away from it if that's what you want.

I got a plain jane 700 in 22-250. several hundred coyotes in the 20 plus years i have owned it. still shoots minute of coyote at 300 yards. got a rifle i had built for my wife on a howa barreled action almost as old. still puts em where you want too. i did put a timney trigger in the 700 right after i bought it

Get a Ruger Hawkeye. American made quality.

Weatherby vanguard. Most reliable rifle I’ve ever owned

It's really just a shortened barrel version of the sps varmint, little different stock, and a threaded barrel end.

I own the local gun / sporting goods store, and we sell every firearm that’s been mentioned in this thread. I can purchase almost any firearm I want for my personal use at wholesale, and by far, my personal favorite is the Tikka T3X Lite. I also practice falconry, and my current goshawk is named Tikka. Tells ya how much I like that rifle. Yeah, cost a bit more than the rest that are mentioned, but in my opinion, to go above the Tikka, you’d have to jump to the $3000+ price point. And you won’t beat it, you’ll just get more bells and whistles. That rifle stands alone in my book.

Anything mentioned in this thread thus far will absolutely get the job done. You’ll enjoy any and all of them. When ya figure out which one ya want, and the optics ya want on it, message me and I’ll get ya a deal. Would love to help out a fellow trapper, and that applies to all of ya. You guys have helped me more than you’ll ever know just based on the knowledge I’ve gained by using the search bar.

they are made by Howa for weatherby.

I haven't trusted Remington's quality control for decades. And I know from experience that their customer service sucks, or at least it used to. Personally, with so many other quality gun manufactures out there, I see no reason to risk my money on another Remington product.

Agree 100 %

I have a number of Remingtons in the gun room and have possessed many others over the years. Nothing wrong with them. I sent one back for service maybe 8 years ago and the Remington folks took very good care of me and the weapon.

Needing a rifle for whatever hunt I would and have grabbed a Remington with no hesitation and the rifles have never let me down.

Osky

As mentioned above, with a new rifle one can't go wrong with a Tikka.

Absolutely nothing wrong with a 30 year old Remington 700 or a 60 year old Winchester. Won't find them with a threaded barrel or new fangled calibers.

This remington is more than 100 years old. I shot the last mess of squirrels we had with it

As for tikka, I have my grandads old sako 243 made in the 60's. Sako makes tikka. I suspect that most of the time any quality firearm failure is due to many thousands of rounds or abuse. Not shoddy manufacturing. So don't be afraid to look till something says here I am, buy me.

I have a safe full of older Remington's. I collect the "Masters": Gamemaster, Targetmaster, Speedmaster, Feildmaster, etc. All are from the 40's, 50's and 60's. Compare any of those to modern Remingtons and the quality difference is immediately obvious.

About twenty years ago I bought a new Remington 332, a reproduction of their famous Model 32. A few months later on a grouse hunt I broke the action open to reload after shooting and the gun literally fell apart in my hands. The stock and receiver were in my right hand, the forearm in my left and the barrels were lying on the ground where they had fallen after clanging on rocks.

The lug on the bottom of the barrels had come off. A quick look revealed a really bad soldering job.

I called Remington and finally got to talk to a live person after jumping through a bunch of hoops. He told me, "Oh, that model has been discontinued and we sold all out spare part to a gun shop in California." I tried explaining that it just needed the lug soldered back on but they weren't interested in helping me in the least.

I took it to my local gunsmith and had it repaired.

You can have your modern Remingtons.

I don't recommend a pre-threaded barrel. Threading for flash hiders/suppressors are best when they are "thread to fit". Have the suppressor, etc. you want then have a gunsmith thread the barrel.

About 11 years ago I was wondering the same thing after hearing about Remingtons poor quality. I ended up buying a 7mm08 yout in left handed for my 9 year old daughter. I had it threaded and a SAS tomb muzzle break put on. It was during one of the shortages and I couldn't find brass so I bought the cheapest boxes of ammo on the shelf at the time. Hornady American Whitetail. When I shot it I was blown away Nickle size groups from a cheap factory gun 160$ Burris full field 2 and factory hunting bullets. The ballistic plex rectical is on with that load and I can get just over 2" groups at 300 yards with the condo and my .30 SAS Arbiter suppressor.
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Now in full circle looking at center fires for my boys. They have several to use but it's time for them to habmve their own. Berga, tinka, or maybe a 350 legend upper, or rugar SFAR. But I can't decide. I want threaded and 20" or less.

Yes I'm no help