Bang4theBuck
Well-Known Member
I've got numerous builds that started as remington 700s. For a while it was all I built off of. Anymore, it really only makes sense under a few conditions:
1. You already own the action/rifle and are committed to using 'that action or rifle' for sentimental reasons, regardless of how much money you have to put into it to bring it up to a modern standard of straight/square/perpendicular.
2. You are a machinist/gunsmith and the only cost for the work is your time.
3. You are hell bent to make improvements on something in lieu of buying a newer, better model.
Don't get me wrong, I love all of my Remingtons, but every one of them needed significant work to get them up to a minimum standard. Some of them were basically non-functioning due to the known bolt timing/primary extraction issue.
This thread strikes a nerve with me after decades of being a Remington fan. I feel strongly that Remington and whatever *** holdings company has owned them over the years has taken us all for suckers. They have made no attempt to honor the legacy, or make any improvements to their bolt action offerings (especially not the 700). They don't even feel obligated to have a QC process that takes 'really bad products' out of the marketplace with their name on it. They genuinely expect the consumer to just keep buying junk while they sort themselves out. It's ridiculous. I would much rather scavenge an action off of any age Savage to build off of, or buy one of the actions from someone like Bergara, or Tikka, or Ruger, who actually give a crap, and listen to the market. Rant over!
1. You already own the action/rifle and are committed to using 'that action or rifle' for sentimental reasons, regardless of how much money you have to put into it to bring it up to a modern standard of straight/square/perpendicular.
2. You are a machinist/gunsmith and the only cost for the work is your time.
3. You are hell bent to make improvements on something in lieu of buying a newer, better model.
Don't get me wrong, I love all of my Remingtons, but every one of them needed significant work to get them up to a minimum standard. Some of them were basically non-functioning due to the known bolt timing/primary extraction issue.
This thread strikes a nerve with me after decades of being a Remington fan. I feel strongly that Remington and whatever *** holdings company has owned them over the years has taken us all for suckers. They have made no attempt to honor the legacy, or make any improvements to their bolt action offerings (especially not the 700). They don't even feel obligated to have a QC process that takes 'really bad products' out of the marketplace with their name on it. They genuinely expect the consumer to just keep buying junk while they sort themselves out. It's ridiculous. I would much rather scavenge an action off of any age Savage to build off of, or buy one of the actions from someone like Bergara, or Tikka, or Ruger, who actually give a crap, and listen to the market. Rant over!
