Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Remington Model 7 in 308 your thoughts?

I been tossing the idea of getting a model 7 in 308 for a deer rifle carrying in the mountains and using in a tree stand. Anyone have any thoughts on this rifle in a 308 or is there a caliber you prefer over the 308? Like I said this is mountain hunting and tree stand gun

Model 7 in most any short action caliber is a winner

owned and still own quite a few 7s and loved them all .. not a better tree stand rifle and the 308 will do most anything you'll need

upgrade the stock to a light weight and you'll love it.


oh yeah they shoot pretty darn well too

Moose, elk, deer, hogs, and black bear....the 308 will harvest them all. Great caliber!

Had one for the wife in .308.

Could never get the thing to shoot to my satisfaction. Had it bedded, recrowned etc. Just wouldn't shoot consistently.

Love the size and felt it would be a great truck gun. But I sold it. Guns that won't consistently shoot just don't intrigue me very much.

I also had one in .243 that my nephew and brother had and shot for a few years. Took a number of deer in Texas with it.

If the rifle will shoot, the seven is a great gun.

I bought my son a stainless one years ago and that's all he uses. It's great for tight quarters like a climbing tree stand, etc. He didn't get the "gun looney" from Dad.

My thoughts...I want one.

I had one in .308 back in the early 90's. My only memories of it was that it had an extremely loud and concussive muzzle blast and at that time it was the only Remington I'd ever owned that wasn't accurate. It did handle nicely, though.

I like 308. I don't much care for the model 7. I've had a couple. Accuracy was never as good as others and while I don't mind shorter barrels, the 7's just didn't do anything for me.

Bought one 20 years ago when the kids were moving up from the ole 30/30. Great little gun. With the right load around 1 - 1 1/2 moa. Not bad for a thin barreled rifle. Plenty good enough for hunting. My oldest now has a model 7 cdl in 270 wsm.That thing is a shooter. From what I read the Ruger american rifles are fairly accurate and have a not too bad trigger. I believe they make a compact model. If so it's probably less money than the model 7. Something to consider.

I have a ruger American compact in 243 that my son hunts with very nice little gun have considered the tikka compact also

Yeah, but could she get it to shoot to hers?

I'm a long time fan of short barrel .308 bolt guns for deer in the woods and/or treestand hunting. I had a M70 lightweight carbine .308 for over 20 years, until the accuracy started to go south. I still have a M600 Mohawk .308, and a Ruger American stainless .308 carbine. For woods hunting, I've never had a shot longer than maybe 125 yards. Most shots have been under 100 yards.

There's a good selection of short .308's available these days including the Weatherby Vanguard S2 youth, TC Venture compact, Ruger American carbine, Tikka compact, Howa Ranchland, Rem M7, Rem 783, M70 Classic Compact, and the ultimate being the Sako Finnlight. I consider a 20" barrel ideal.

I'd buy a Finnlight if it would not lead to a divorce.

All the more reason

The only complaint that I have about the 18.5" and 20" Remington 7s is that I find them to be off-balance to the rear, IOW "butt-heavy", and I prefer a neutral balanced rifle.

My dad has hunted with a stainless/synthetic model 7 in 308 for over 15 years, it's been adequately accurate, though not a tack driver. He loves it, I never liked the balance of it though. A kimber Montana would weigh the same or less than a model seven and balance much better, not sure what you are looking to spend, but it's a thought.

A 7 and McM is about equal to a Montana.

I spent a decade shooting 308's, said I would never be without, dumped every 30 caliber for 24, 264 and 284.

Wonder what weight difference would be model 7 in mcmillan compared to a tikka compact in mcmillan

Best thing I ever did to my M7 was pull the tube and put a sporter contour barrel on it and cut to 21"


They are too barrel light for my liking.

Decent little rifles, but I tend to agree with Steelhead. Had a M7 SS in 260 when they were first introduced in 260. My son adopted it. I've stuck with S/A 700s ever since.

I have a whole camp full of people with M7's in 308 & 708's. Blued, SS, Wood, Synthetic. I don't hear any complaints.