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Thinking about a 700 VLS in 22-250. I know they had some QC issues a few years back (aside from the usual reports of safety issues, triggers breaking and bolt handles falling off).

I have some fairly new Remington rifles, fit finish are great, all shoot very well.

Friend bought a 700 in 6.5CM a few months back. Shoots bugholes.

my newer ones scratch up brass pretty badly. accuracy is outstanding.

I had a new CDL 30-06 which was built beautifully. The oldest and only one I own is a 257 Bee built in 2008.

You guys are lucky, last two Remington Stainless SPS 's and a more recent 870 Wingmaster were all junk. The rifles were about 3" rifles at best sold one and rebarreled the other, using the take off barrel as a jack handle. Customer service was the worst. Look at something else, save yourself some money and heart break. NO MORE REMINGTONS AT MY HOUSE EVER!!!!! Look up my previous posts for a long post on the subject.

Two things fugged Remington

Making a deal with the devil(Walmart)

Being bought by a whore of a holding company (cerberus)

Two buddies bought identical Model 700 AWR's both in .300 Win early last Fall .....Fit, finish and function on their rifles are excellent and they both easily shoot MOA with factory ammo, BUT they are some heavy bastids, way too heavy for My taste.....Hb

I think this is the main reason for the QC issues we read about....Hb

Mine does too. Just thought I’d try it out since I hadn’t been bringing any 700’s home of late.

I have a 270 ADL 700 that was made in 2015 and a 308 Model 7 SS that I believe was around 2012. No problems whatsoever with the 308. The 270 shoots well but last December I pulled it out of its case for a morning hunt and it wouldn’t chamber the round (luckily I also had my trusty 30-30 in the truck). Something was wrong with the extractor. Once I got the part ordered it was a quick fix, not sure if that was a fault of the gun or from a season of hard use. Neither are as smooth as my 1980 30-06 model 700 though.

They rust. All my newer Remington products rust quicker than any other guns I have.

Sounds like the issues I read about a few years back have been solved. Hey, I once bought a Win70 and the action was machined incorrectly- one mount was at 12 noon and the other at 12:30. Had to get replaced and how that made it past QC is mind boggling.

I'll move on the 700 soon as I get my WI driver's license and signing bonus. Thanks gents. That scope in my parts box won't be lonely for long.





By chance is that the awful matte blueing? I have had issues with Weatherby and Ruger stainless steel rusting if not wiped down within a day or two. My best luck has been with high gloss blueing as a matter of fact. The oil in my skin tends to rust everything rather quickly is not oiled.

Are these the SPS or ADL versions? Darrick, did you have to do anything to it to make it shoot? Been thinking about one to play with.

Mine is the ADL blued version. Mounted a scope (took the package rings and scope off) and started shooting. No issues yet. I’m pretty pleased so far. It’ll eventually go in another stock and BDL at the very least.

Always liked Remington and still do. I like the 700, the 7, 660, 870 and 1100, and many other models they have made.
And I'd pick a 700 ADL over a RAR, Axis, or any other cheap rifle, especially in stainless. They just have more of a look and feel of a rifle built to last in my opinion. The way I want a rifle to look and feel. Just wish they had a 700 ADL stainless .223 with an 8 or 9 twist and a 22" barrel right out of the box.

One is matte. And that one rusts first.

Several years ago, Walmart had their Model 700 ADL's on sale on Black Friday. With a Remington rebate, the final cost was under $300. I bought 2, both in 243, and one being a Youth Model. Right out of the box, both were excellent shooters, with the 24 inch barrel one being one of my most accurate rifles that I own. The Youth Model has accounted for several deer that my granddaughter has shot.

Friend bought a heavy barrel with big bolt handle. Synthetic/blue. Don't know the exact model variant.

Only thing he did to make it shoot was mount a scope (Vortex) and buy factory ammo.

I've had a long run of bad luck with Remington. The last really good Remington I owned was a 700 SPS in .17 Fireball. Since then, I've had over a dozen 700. Each one either had a real serious accuracy problem or it had a wonky chamber that ate brass. USUALLY it was just burrs left in the chamber but a couple had egg-shaped chambers. One, a .375, spit out brass that could not be resized with normal case lube, I had to switch to Imperial Sizing Wax for case forming just to resize the brass. It was visibly oval when it came out of the chamber.

I like Remington but I can't really recommend one right now. I hope they will turn around their QC problems. I haven't seen any sign of change yet.

Tom