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The Director of Product Management at Remington Arms answers questions about the new startup.

I was kind of disappointed when he was asked the question about the Model 7, the 7600, and the 750 and he glosses right over them and talked about the 1100 and Versa Max.

Yeah bring back the 1100, screw the Versa Max and bring back the model 7 and 7600. Additionally, drop the 750 and bring back the 7400 instead.

Buddy has a 750 he had to bring back to Remington 3 times for not cycling(he's local to Ilion), and he was told when he brought it back by the repair guys that the engineers had their heads up their azzes when they designed the 750.

Can I hear a 7600 CARBINE in .35 Remington coming into production? I'll put an order for TWO of them right now.

Latest from Remington Arms May 4th, 2021

V3 and Versamax are indeed revolutionary and do need to be a major part of the brand. Some of remingtons only wins in recent years.

Needless to say id guess the days of the walmart express and ADL are likely gone

The jam-o-matic and the pump? Don't imagine those will be around.

It will be a shame to see the 7 go...2 short action bolts are not needed imho.

"Twist rates" was the best thing mentioned in the link.

I like the 760, but I don't think that model or the 7600, 7400, 1100, or 7 would have much market share these days. So why focus on them, when the 870 and 700 are central to their future success? Get the foundation right, then go for the fringe market if need be.

PS - I'm not a gun writer

Agreed. Focus on what really works and sells today. Focus on the basic upgrades to the 700 that other manufacturers have been doing for years. Rather than downgrade it to a cheaper Walmart price point upgrade it to sell at a reasonable increase with the features today’s consumers want.

I would think they will eventually bring back a Model 7 in some configuration or another. They were popular rifles.

Years ago I got a set of drawings to Bobby Brooks for improvements for the M760. Nothing was ever done, but it would be good to maybe try again today with the new management. My ideas were to use a square tube over a square tube for the slide instead of round over round. The way my modification is set up the free-floated barrel cannot ever be touched my the for-stock making the 760 have the same accuracy potentials as a bolt action. Other suggestions were to go back to the basic design of the older Remington M141 for the extractor and ejector. Lastly I suggested going to a slightly larger magazine well to take a magazine made from sheet steel .020" thicker, feed lips made for specific cartridge's and spring tempered. These ideas were all for an up-grade in longevity and reliability.

Lastly I suggested learning how to do good trigger angles and set them up for 3.5 lb pull weights before they are assembled, and if it costs a few dollars more to pay for that work it's fine, because the American rifleman wants a good trigger in a rifle that can shoot well. Give the shooters a trigger that doesn't need gunsmithing or replacement!

No answer ever came back to me, but that was a different man. Maybe the new man would listen? Doubtful because as of now I believe money to tool up even for small modifications is likely not there, but I still think my ideas have merit and that a Remington pump rifle made in the way I suggest would be VERY popular.

The reasons people don't choose pumps is largely a matter of accuracy (the square sliders and good trigger address that) reliability (the extractor and ejector I suggest are better than those in the 700, and the beefed up magazine, done from spring steel would cure all the problems we hear about in the 760/7600)

I wouldn't mind seeing the Remington 700 classics come back.

I'd like to see rifles made with faster twists to handle heavier lead-free bullets, (think 22-250 with a 1:9). I think more states will ban lead eventually.

Curious if LH 700 actions will be made.

If they sold stand alone 700 Actions I'd buy some and have fun building up some rifles.

Anyway, it's good to see them back up and running with at least their core products.

Since Remington has owned the center fire pump action market niche for longer than I've been alive, I can't see why they would give up a market niche where they are the only player. It might not be a large market niche, but as long as they can make a profit, why wouldn't they want to produce a product that has zero competition and produces a steady income stream?

Because there are 45 billion used ones for 350 bucks out there. Anyone who wants one has one.

and nobody under the age of 60 wants one

Ive come to believe the only area Remington was able to hold onto any market share was with shotguns. 870s are still the king of the pumps and the V3 and Versamax were darn good and pretty popular. I still saw a lot of clays guys buying 1100s as well believe it or not. The 1100 is still a very relevant gun imho.

700s have lost a lot of market share due to Remington's shenanigans and strong competition from companies like Tikka etc.

I hope the 700 comes back and takes its throne back...just don't know if it can.

Make that 1:8 and you might have something.

And few of us older than 60 wants one. We done learnt the hard way!

Really?? Where?? I guess you haven't looked at closed listings on Gunbroker much.

Put me in line for a $350 30-06 7600 carbine and let me know where to send the check or money order

Hey, I'm ahead of you, LMAO and I'll take the first 50 of them, just let me know where to bring the cash !!!

But 700s made them money. So when the CF rifles (bolt actions) start up...

Found a bunch for around that price in Pennsylvania gunshops. Call around.

If you guys are trying to find good prices on gunbroker for anything you're not going to find much luck

Buy them and post them here for those of us not in PA !!

I'll take a high gloss .270

Mike