New 7mag

[DJ Fergus]

I have always been interested in the tikkas.... just not in a magnum rifle. A good shooting day behind a 6.5lb rifle would be rough I think. I know i could add a brake but that's just another expense. I know they shoot well but plenty of other rifles do as well.

I've owned a Tikka as well. I did like the rifle an it shot well. Very smooth action. The only thing that left me wanting with the rifle was that I couldn't unload a chambered round with out turning the safety off. I believe that a rifle should always be pointed in a safe direction regardless of any circumstance anyway but I just wish they had a bolt unlock button to unload it without turning the safety off.

 

[DJ Fergus]

I have been looking for a 7mm to push heavy for caliber bullets and I just can't afford custom. After a long search I just yesterday purchased a Browning X-bolt Stalker Long Range in 7mm Rem Mag online from Cabela's, final cost $857.97 This rifle comes with a 26" heavy sporter barrel with 1 in 8 twist, a 5/8 x 24 threaded muzzle with brake and thread protector. Decent stock that is bedded to the action and a generous mag length for handloading the heavies. This rifle appears to have stellar reviews and I hope I'm as fortunate.

https://www.cabelas.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=2278547&categoryId=0&parentCategoryId=0&subCategoryId=0&indexId=0&itemGUID=b261b693ac10a85518ddd387519582d0&destination=/user/order_details.cmd?id=hvB4FrqUOMbrtVNEabwmrw%3D%3D&key=7501491210324d5e9a07c53dc6e40061

That rifle has good mag length if you decide to handload long heavies. It 3.6" long. I've owned three xbolts. Replaced the factory trigger spring with an mcarbo.
It was a job getting the old one out and I don't recommend it unless your pretty good with your hands. If you are not going to reload, give the federals loaded with 165 Sierra's a try. Hsm also loads the 165s. Federal offers the 168 berger hybrids, but I haven't shot those.

 

[Backcountry sports]

The triggers are garbage on the 700. Usually about 5lbs pull weight from factory, but I haven't found a trigger yet in factory form that is great. Some can be made better easily. I haven't owned a trigger tech and some factory rifles come with one. I hear they are great. You can put one on the 700 easily.

 

[Backcountry sports]

Remington has justlyjhad a bad name for putting out rifles that had flaws. But, I have sent two of them back cause they wouldn't shoot, and they never gave me any trouble, no questions asked and they fixed them to where they would shoot good when I got them back. One was 6 years old when I sent it back. The bad about Remington: it's possible to get a flawed rifle that won't shoot, but so it is from another company. The good: it's the chevy 350 of rifles, more than double the aftermarket parts available than any other rifle, longer magazine box than any others in long action, every gunsmith that's touched a rifle is familiar with a 700 and will work on them even if the won't work on any other bolt action.

 

[Backcountry sports]

Trigger tech triggers are great once you try one I stopped putting timney triggers in rem 700

 

[PredatorSlayer]

I have always been interested in the tikkas.... just not in a magnum rifle. A good shooting day behind a 6.5lb rifle would be rough I think. I know i could add a brake but that's just another expense. I know they shoot well but plenty of other rifles do as well.

Thats true - if this will mostly be a hunting rifle, then the recoil won't matter. The Tikka superlite wouldnt be a great range gun. My buddy from Utah recently hung up his 7mm RM for a 7mm08 for elk. He is in his early 30's and decided the 7mm08 is good on elk out to about 700 yards at his elevation, 1100 on steel.

 

[IanCo]

I'll second that on staying reasonably light if you think you will hunt out west with it. #2 contour or #3 fluted would be as heavy as I want on a rifle I carry. My main rifle I carry now has a #3 contour and isn't fluted and I will go with something lighter when I re-barrel it. I would try to get something between 7-9 lbs with scope if it's going to be carried a lot.
Tikka or Weatherby Vanguard would be where I would start in that price range. The Christensen rifle in their cheaper series is worth a look but I think they start around $1200.
You also might just watch what people are selling on here.

 

[PredatorSlayer]

Trigger tech triggers are great once you try one I stopped putting timney triggers in rem 700

I agree - all but two of my rifles have triggertechs. I love them.

 

[baldhunter]

I cannot complain about anything but the trigger on my Remington 700 Stainless Steel Long Range.It's a shooter.

 

[LVJ76]

I finally joined after just reading for so many years since I will be starting to hunt further distances in the next year or so. I have a browning x bolt in 308 that I've been hunting/learning with the last few 4 or 5 years but now I'd like to move up to a larger cartridge for longer shots. I hunt whitetail here in ky but will hopefully begin traveling with friends to hunt different areas and different animals.After alot of research I believe a 7mm rem mag will be perfect for me. Been trying to feel different rifles at the cabelas and read up on anything I can in my price range sub (800$). The bergara hunter/ridge rifles look like a nice product. I've heard great things about the howas but it doesnt seem like anyone has them in stock. I'd like to hear if some of you have any experience with those rifles or if you have a different suggestion. Would like to stay away from the thin pencil barrels like my x bolt has and the cheap feeling flimsy stocks like some of the rugers, savages, mossberg, etc. But I do want a polymer stock since I've dinged up my wooden stock on the x bolt to much to feel comfortable buying another.
So any help or comments are appreciated. Glad to be a member finally. TIA

Cooperw welcome to LRH.

My experience with Remington has been completely the opposite.

Remington 700's is all I own, the last one I bought about 3 years ago is an ADL in 7mm Rem Mag that I found for $300.00 and couldnt pass up the deal, and it shoots great. I'm getting half MOA groups with handloads with bullets ranging from 140gr to 168 gr. and the trigger I adjusted down to 2.4 lbs.

At this price you can get get a good scope and a stock and not break the bank.

I though for this price I'd just use the Action but it shoots very good so I'll shoot out the barrel and then rebarrel with a faster twist.

 

[manitou]

I've owned a Tikka as well. I did like the rifle an it shot well. Very smooth action. The only thing that left me wanting with the rifle was that I couldn't unload a chambered round with out turning the safety off. I believe that a rifle should always be pointed in a safe direction regardless of any circumstance anyway but I just wish they had a bolt unlock button to unload it without turning the safety off.

I was unloading my Tikka one night after a hunt. When I dropped the mag, reached down to catch it, rifle slid and during my attempt to cach it my finger hit the trigger. Shot my truck. I sold my Tilka within 2 weeks after that. Not the guns fault... my fault, but I didn't see a need to leave anything to chance. After over 30 years of hunting, accidents can still rear their ugly head.

 

[brotherbear67]

Yes the sendero looks out of price range but the long range hunter looks like what I want. But i will try to stay away from remington for the reasons you mentioned. I know the triggers are horrible and QC has been a problem for them. I'll probably only look to a remington if I find a screaming deal on one since I'd end up having to put a new trigger in.

I have a Remington 700 Long Range in 300 RUM that I installed a Timney trigger, bedded the recoil lug and had a gunsmith install a Vias brake(wish I had known better at the time) and the gun shoots great. 1 1/2" group at 300 off of my hunting bipod and my pack. Don't discount the remingtons. Paid 650 for the gun, cost me an additional 300 to get it where I wanted.

 

[brotherbear67]

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Where/What store is this flyer for. Been interested in a SWFA scope for awhile...

 

[kukusya]

Swfa.com

Where/What store is this flyer for. Been interested in a SWFA scope for awhile...

swfa.com