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I bought a M700 s.a. last year built a 223AI , the firing pin hole is so big I can hardly match 223 load data. At least the bolt handle hasn't fallen off yet...

I am in Jorge camp when it comes to the M700

I have a 250 savage classic. Fine rifle. Saw one that the scope holes had to be 1/4" off center. No way a scope was going on that gun.

I have 4 700's and a model 7 that are all fine. However, back in 1995 I bought a new Sendero 22-250 that would shave off part of the head stamp every time I closed the bolt.

no fishing, was thinking about a new one to replace the one i bought back when i was 17 years old, first rifle i bought with my own money a 30/06 700 adl, or should i look for one that is about the same year. just can't believe the bolt falling off!

My Ti doesn't shoot worth a damn either.

I've owned a couple of Model Sevens, a couple of 700's, a 600, a 1187, and several 870s. Was issued three 700's (M-21 system) over the years; they worked fine and shot well. A couple of the 870s were Frankenguns and one wouldn't zero, but that's the only one.

That said, I stayed away from them because of the problems that were reported. Maybe if I'd owned more than I would have had more trouble.


Okie John

Have two sitting here that need to go back to them...

One a 243 ADL, that shoots patterns instead of groups.

The other a 7mm Rem Mag that you have to beat open the bolt after a round of factory ammo.

Those are the last two I purchased prior to bankruptcy, have not sent them in because I know what could have happened during bankruptcy (worked for a bankrupt company ). They are going back soon though, as I learned about 2 weeks ago that they exited back in May or June.

I have owned many but only once did I have the bolt handle come off. I currently have another but I hate the chambering (30-06) and will dump it as soon as I have some $ saved up. This one shoots M.O.A. when I do my part. On the whole they seem to have served me well.

This is worse than a Leupold bashing thread, and that is bad.

Last year I jumped on the 6.5 Creedmoor bandwagon by buying a cheap Howa that Whitakers had on sale. Right out of the box it was one of the most accurate rifles I've ever owned. I had no plans to get rid of it, but I happened to mention it, and a neighbor kept pestering me about buying it, so I sold it for a very nice little profit.

I replaced it with a Model 700 in 6.5 CM. Shot it for the first time yesterday, using the loads I'd worked up for the Howa, and the 120 grain Sierra MK's shot very well. Of course, like any rifle, it needs to be experimented with and find the bullet-powder combo that it likes. But, I think it's going to be okay.

By the way, the holes for the bases were all in line, the bolt handle did not fall off, the barrel isn't rough looking, and it didn't come apart when I took it out of the box. I did replace that awful X Mark Pro trigger with an older Walker one, as that's my one and only gripe against Remington these days.

I've had one stinker of all the 700's I've owned. It was a .280 Classic purchased many moons ago with an out-of-round chamber.
That rifle soon turned into my first dip of the toe into custom(ized) rifles.

There are a lot of great custom actions on the market but the 700 is still my favorite action to build around in a hunting rifle - which is what I use them for.

Interestingly enough, I have only owned 3 M70's - one being the biggest cluster#$*! I've ever experienced with any rifle.

Yep, I have had a few. A brand new .22-250 bdl that the head spacing was so tight I could close the bolt on a chambered round. Remington no longer chambers that cartridge in the bdl line. A .300 win mag adl that shaved off the brass casing so bad that after four rounds it became difficult to chamber a round as the shavings worked their way into the chamber. A sps 7mm mag that had a bad chamber and could not extract the fired case without beating the bolt back. All of these rifles were bought new in the box as I don't buy used guns at all. I have one Remington at the moment, a 700 sps 7mm mag that replaced the one with the bad chamber. It works and shoots great.

Nope. And I’ve had a crap load of em too.

I’ll gladly sell the two I have (described above) to anyone at a fair and reasonable price!

I have had well over 50 different Remington rifles over the years. I have had only 1 turd in the bunch. It was a 25-06 Mountain Rifle. I so wanted it to shoot, but after two trips to the gunsmith to bed and true. It would not shoot any better than a 2" group. I sold it the day before deer season with the declaration that it was a 2" rifle. The guy took it out and killed his biggest white-tail buck to date on opening day and ending up winning a local Big Buck contest and won a free mount and a fist full of $$$. Oh Well. The rest were consistent shooters with a couple being phenomenal shooters.

I've had 4 Rem 700s, 2 in 7mm RM, a .375 H&H, and a .375 RUM. I traded the H&H for a Rem 541T, and I "upgraded" the 7mm ADL to a BDL. Never had any problems with any of them, and other that the .375 H&H, all my 700s have been on at least one international hunt along with multiple hunts here at home.

I had a Remington SPS-DM in .243 that wouldn't shoot better than 6 MOA with 2 different scopes and 4 different kinds of ammo. It also failed half the time to pick up rounds from the magazine if I didn't put upward pressure on it. It did that with two different magazines. It's the only rifle I ever sold.

I have purchased two Model 700s that would not chamber a round out of the box. They claim that all rifles are test fired before leaving the factory. No way one can test fire a gun if it will not chamber a round. I have a 22 Auto given to me as a new rifle that jams every third shot. I have had and sold other 700s that had extraction issues. Not another Remington for me.

Yeah...I bought one bout 18 months back and it's nothing but a POS! Couldn't get it to shoot any better than this:

308 Win/Remington M700 factory barrel/action by Sharps Man, on Flickr

Ten rounds 900 yards that I covered with the palm of my hand!

Damn Remington! One of these days they're gonna learn how to make a decent shooting rifle!!