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out of all the Remington 700's and 600's or 660 or 721 have you had one go junk? I don't want hear about a friend, I want personal info, and I'll share my bad remmy was a 600 with a bad trigger, and I've had a lot remington's threw the years, new ones and old ones please share
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Had an SPS 700 in .243 with a nicked crown out of the box. Didn't really matter, as I was cutting it back anyway. Had another SPS ADL in 243 I got at Walmart that had a badly aligned recoil lug. I picked it up for the action, so that wound up not mattering either. A .270 Sendero has a bent trigger shoe that came that way, but it shoots, so it was left alone. I've seen a couple of factory Walker-style triggers that would not adjust well when compared to others of the same style. I also had a 260 Mountain Rifle SS that showed a touch of daylight under the soldering for the bolt handle, but it was still hanging in there when I sold it. That's about all I can come up with out of probably 30-40 Remington bolt guns.
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Nope. And I've had a lot of them. At least 20 Remington centerfires. I just got a Remington 600 Mohawk 243 on Saturday and had it at the range an hour ago. It shot 1/2 MOA and I haven't even worked on the trigger yet. It's a bit stiff for my tastes.
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I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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1970's 700 25-06 ADL that accidentally discarged when unloading the rifle and moving the safety from safe to fire(no my fugging trigger was not on the trigger). A few years later Remington acknowledged there was a problem.
700 FS that had 2 Walker triggers replaced before they got it right. Supposedly a bad batch . That one was purchased in 1988
Custom Shop KS in 7mm Rem mag which upon first taking it to the range the bolt closed with a lot of effort on Remington Factory ammo and then it took a rubber mallet to open it after I fired it . It went back to the "custom" shop and 2 months later I got it back.
700 SPS that had the base mounting holes so far off even the most extreme inserts on Burris signature rings would not center the rifle.
I have had a lot of 700's.
WIthout a doubt the most problematic rifles I have ever owned . That said they have so many good handling and accuracy attributes that when they are assembled correctly are very very nice rifles. The only 2 other rifles I have ever returned to the Factory was a Ruger 77 and a Model 70 SS Classic. The ruger had a front mounting screw so tightened up I could not loosen it, and wondered if someone at the factory used red loctite and overtorqued it . The Model 70 had the splines messed up on the cocking piece. To their Credit Browning fixed it free of charge more then 20 years after it was made.
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DIdn't we have an attorney posting here that was looking for feedback on Remington 700 triggers a long while ago?
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Not sure what the criteria is for “bad”, but I have personally experienced:
Two bolt handles fell off. Not knocked off, just fell off. A third was knocked off but I won’t blame the rifle for that.
One extractor that came out. Used rifle so no idea of its history.
One weak bolt stop spring that would let the bolt stop fall to the point that when you worked the bolt normally it would come right out the back of the receiver. Another used rifle so no idea of its history.
One NIB M700 BDL that was the worst finished thing I’d ever seen. It wouldn’t shoot for sheet and the area below the stock line hadn’t been polished or finished at all. To Remington’s credit they exchanged it for a brand new rifle.
One Model 7 .308 that wouldn’t shoot for sheet either, although there was nothing really mechanically wrong with it.
I can elucidate on the specifics of the above - model, caliber, etc., if desired.
The above is out of an unknown number of Model 700’s of various designations and calibers from .223 to .338 WM, 78’s, 788’s, that one and only M7 and one 660, Probably hitting 40 or 50 by now. The others were fine rifles, mechanically sound with triggers that responded well to adjustments, from good to excellent accuracy out of the box, those that weren’t responded well to glass bedding and free floating.
Have had a few Remington rimfires as well - Nylon 66, M121 Fieldmaster, one old Model 24 I got to play with for a few weeks and a couple of LH 581's - all were good, reliable rifles of good to excellent accuracy.
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery. Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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PS - Not a rifle but I'm still using the 52 year old 12 gauge Model 1100 my father gave me in 1966 and it's still going strong. I'm still only hitting about 22-23 birds on the trap range, but that's not the shotgun's fault.
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery. Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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Last 700 I got grouped like a .410. Went down the road that night. Never own another.
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My Mother bought me a new 40X in 1993 for my 40th birthday.The bolt handle is still on, the 6oz. trigger is terrible and it doesn't shoot worth a chit.
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I had to use a pocket knife to get the bolt out of a 660.
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I had to use a pocket knife to get the bolt out of a 660. And so? That's standard practice on the 600/660.
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I had to use a pocket knife to get the bolt out of a 660. And so? That's standard practice on the 600/660. Sorry. Forgot the sarcasm font.
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Nope. Still have a 1976 bdl 243 that kills deer every year.
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I bought my first 700 in 1978, and I still have it.......one of the best rifles I've ever owned. Currently, I have 7 Model 700's and 4 Model 7's. They are all accurate, dependable, and have been 100% trouble free. I have an SPS in 6.5 Creedmoor that I just bought, and have yet to shoot, but I have no doubt that it will be just as good as the rest are. I changed the trigger out, as I hate the new Remington trigger.
I have sold 3 Remington rifles over the years...... a Model 7 in 204 because I found the cartridge to be a lousy coyote killer, a 243 that shot good enough, but just didn't fit my plans, and my one and only "bad" Model 700. That one was an XCR Compact Tactical, one of Remington's most expensive. The bolt handle came off after the third shot. They fixed it, and try as I might, I could never warm up that rifle again.
I like the Model 700 action, and the overall feel of the rifle. I have restocked several of mine, and changed the triggers out on the ones that have the new X Mark Pro. If I were buying a new rifle tomorrow, I'd do just as I did last week, and look first at a 700 or 7.
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I had a trigger break on about 5 years ago, and a Remington SPS .300 WM that won't feed properly. I polished the feed rails, and put one less round in it now with no issues. The trigger was getting replaced anyways. I thought I had a bad Remington 700 DL SS .300WSM that had issues, but after trying to repeat the issue with a Tikka T3 .300WSM, I found out it's an ammo problem.
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I had to use a pocket knife to get the bolt out of a 660. And so? That's standard practice on the 600/660. Sorry. Forgot the sarcasm font.
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X 2, aka Same Here. More 700s than ANY other Make/Brand and MORE than I can remember. -> TRUTH !
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I have owned at least three dozen brand new mod 700's and nary a bad apple in the bounch, i have also owned another 15 or so brand new Model Sevens and I had one XCR model Seven in .300 WSM that the reciever tap holes for the scope mounts were so out of allignment that Remington refunded My money....Customer service at that time was excellent (15 years ago).......That being said I currently own a total of zero Remington rifles as I have grown very fond of CRF rifles lately.......Hb
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