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Hello all,

So I have been reading here and elsewhere from people in the know (or having been told by their gunsmiths etc) that the new Remington 700 actions made in the Huntsville, Alabama plant are made on new CNC machinery. Consequently they are a lot more true than their NY counterparts were.

Is there an easy way to know if one is buying the newer rifles? Serial number, date on the box, etc? I had seen on Google that the place opened in 2017 or so, forgot exactly which.

In the market for a 700 and would if at all possible like to have one of these.

Thanks!


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Don't know how to tell, but I can tell you that the last several 700 rifles I have worked with (over the last 4 years or so) have been way better than some of the so called "good ones" from the 80's.


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Originally Posted by pullit
Don't know how to tell, but I can tell you that the last several 700 rifles I have worked with (over the last 4 years or so) have been way better than some of the so called "good ones" from the 80's.


That bodes well at least! Thank you. Happy to hear it.


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I bought one of the 700 Package Rifles (https://www.remington.com/rifles/bolt-action/model-700/model-700-adl-stainless-synthetic-scope) last February. I haven't shot it much, but a couple of cheap 150-grain factory loads are sub-MOA with velocities over 2,800 fps, so I'm happy with it thus far.


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Originally Posted by okie john
I bought one of the 700 Package Rifles (https://www.remington.com/rifles/bolt-action/model-700/model-700-adl-stainless-synthetic-scope) last February. I haven't shot it much, but a couple of cheap 150-grain factory loads are sub-MOA with velocities over 2,800 fps, so I'm happy with it thus far.


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Very cool and again, good to hear!

May pick up the same package in blued and have it cerakoted. They're a slim, trim little rifle!


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If I were interested in a Remington I'd look hard at Bergara. They are a Remington clone made in Lawrenceville GA. They even use the same scope mounts, but with several improvements over the 700. Remington has certainly had their ups and downs, but I think the Bergara is a better rifle than the 700 at its best.

If you want walnut/blue I think this is a much better looking rifle than any 700.


https://www.bergara.online/us/rifles/b14/woodsman-rifle/

Or if you want a more practical synthetic stock. This is their lighter weight version with a #4 barrel contour

https://www.bergara.online/us/rifles/b14/hunter-rifle/

Or basically the same thing with a heavier #5 barrel contour that is threaded for a suppressor.

https://www.bergara.online/us/rifles/b14/ridge-rifle/


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JMR40,

Thanks for the suggestion. I've had a Bergara actually. A Hunter. If they are made over there in Georgia now though, that is pretty cool.

They sure do have good barrels and they shot great. Smooth action and the triggers spoiled me. But the cheap MIM/cast or what have you bolt shrouds breaking and the threads shearing off on the 6.5CM models kinda gave me pause.

On a rifle that costs double what the 700 does up here in crazy Canuckistani prices, I wasn't too sold on that.

I know...talkin about buying a rifle with a handle thats brazed on here too...But otherwise I hear you. It was like a boutique, small batch, single malt Rem 700.

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Take it to a restaurant. If it orders sweet tea it was made in the south. If it bitches and complains, it’s a Yankee rifle.

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Originally Posted by 16bore
Take it to a restaurant. If it orders sweet tea it was made in the south. If it bitches and complains, it’s a Yankee rifle.

Good to me.........


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Wrong. If from the South it would just order tea, as "sweet tea" is all there is.


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Since they are now being made in a plant in Alabama are we going to have to start calling them roffles instead of rifles?


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Originally Posted by Igloo
JMR40,

Thanks for the suggestion. I've had a Bergara actually. A Hunter. If they are made over there in Georgia now though, that is pretty cool.

They sure do have good barrels and they shot great. Smooth action and the triggers spoiled me. But the cheap MIM/cast or what have you bolt shrouds breaking and the threads shearing off on the 6.5CM models kinda gave me pause.

On a rifle that costs double what the 700 does up here in crazy Canuckistani prices, I wasn't too sold on that.

I know...talkin about buying a rifle with a handle thats brazed on here too...But otherwise I hear you. It was like a boutique, small batch, single malt Rem 700.

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Don't think these rifles (Bergara) are made in Georgia..


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I’ll know some of their line is now produced in Huntsville, but I did not know that 700 production moved. Does anyone have a Huntsville, AL stamped 700?


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The CNC receivers have the RR serial number. The ones that I've had in the lathe are very straight. A lot of them had the bolt handle mistimed and hard extraction. I've had to send the bolts to Dans40X to be located correctly, timed, and tig welded. I'm starting a 308 with an Obermeyer 11.25 twist barrel. Believe it or not, this is my first 308.

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What chamber will you use Butch? A SAAMI 308 has a lot of slop.

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My Remington 1911 has Alabama markings. I don’t know about rifles.

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Bergara makes their production rifles in Spain and their limited production/custom rifles in Georgia- I’ve toured that facility. They also make barrels for a surprising number of manufacturers. Great rifles as are the recent production Remingtons I’ve used.

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Phenotypically - missing and/or buck teeth, a ratty hat with a cursed red “A”, and an absent minded expression. If you poke one of them with a stick, they shout “Roll Tide” without any prompting other than the initial poke.

Wait, were you asking what an Alabaman looks like?

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That's not an accurate picture. Some versions may be seen wearing Navy/Orange and yellin' "War Chicken".

Either version is quite unconcerned with anything Big Aurenge related to the only college sport there is...no idjet, nascar ain't college....

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