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Yepper,
42.99 a box at Cabelas

Anyone else got there's

figured i'd give this one some air... any experiences out there with recent production Mountain Rifles from Remington?

Last two Remington products were terrible and customer service was worse. No wonder they are belly up again!

I've had great luck with the last two Remington rifles that I bought (M700 and Model Seven). I stripped the rear action screw(my fault) and they sent me a new one that day at no charge.

Couldn’t pay to take a new Remington

This is an old thread but why start another so- I was looking at the Remington 700 mountain SS in 30-06. I want a lightweight Setup and now I’m torn between the 308 or 30/06 in the mountain SS how was the accuracy for you guys with the mountain SS?

Take a look at the Kimber Hunter before you cut a check for this. Less money, better gun, sub MOA.

I have finally reached that point myself Pard! While I've had the heavier Sporters Mod 700s shoot just fine, the slender barreled Mountain Rifles are 50/50. The Mod 70 FWTs are the same! In fact, I've owned 2 Mod 70 FWTs in 7x57 that refused to shoot under 2" with any kind of consistency, same with several Mod 700 MRs. I heard a lot about the new WBY Vanguard S2, even has a "Sub MOA" Guarantee! I bought one in 240WBY, "just to see" it was a shooter. The rifle itself "looked very well made", check, cleaned and torqued it to factory specs. Check. Put a known, accurate 3x9 on it, check, and a known accurate handload with Hunter/87 Hornady HP. Check. 1 3/4 best it would do too! Also, wouldn't feed reliably ( 240Wby has a belt) kept hanging up right before leaving magazine. The new "2 stage trigger"...wonderful! Easily adjusted, and crisp! Too bad, no way I'm sinking anymore money in that thing, sold it! My last "accurate rifle" I bought, with zero work done to it, is a Christiansen Arms Mesa in 300WM. Bonafide shooter! It just took me selling 3 good rifles I had in order to get the money to afford it! ha.

No. But that's just me..

What are you trying to accomplish?

If I wanted a light 700 for that kind of money, I'd get an ADL package rifle and upgrade the stock to a McMillan or equivalent. It might cost a bit more but a McMillan stock would be way better.

Or I might get a Tikka with glass, a Bergara, a Fieldcraft, or a Sako A7.


Okie John

I missed out on a mountain SS 30/06 for 750! Kicking myself.

Now I’m
On the hunt again.... also considering that model 7 HS 308 or a Tikka TS lite in 30/06.

Want something with a little corrosion resistance.

There is still a Kimber Montana in .270WSM for 1K on Gunbroker! I'm holding out for another Mesa, but its tempting!