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Other than the rail, what's the story? How do they compare to contemporary pushfeed m70s? Can the trigger be replaced?

Thanks y'all.

They are an easy pass,from any/all angles. 70's have greater COAL and triggers are easy. Hint...............

my 350 is very accurate and has a nice trigger. not sure if it has had any work other than the remington recall. it is pretty obnoxious to shoot though. hard to get a good check weld and not take a punch. plus the muzzle blast is substantial. i have shot the 308 and 222 versions and they are much more agreeable. they are a love/hate thing for the most part. stock is kind of like a 2x4 and the rib and trigger guard are plastic. the trigger guard is always warped. i replaced mine with an aluminum one. a lot of them have warped or cracked ribs, although mine does not. i am the 2nd owner and i think the first owner barely shot it.

Thanks guys. I know it *should* trigger the "ugly alarm" but I sort of liked the rail look... though based on feedback it doesn't seem worth the project.

I never liked the original ribbed barrel version, but I like the Mohawk and 660 models. Timney makes triggers if you need / want one. There's a member here that sells aluminum trigger guards. I particularly like the looks of the 660's. I've owned a dozen of so and my current one is a 660 in 6mm. You can only kill critters so dead, so hunt with a rifle you enjoy owning.

Also if you don't like the ribbed barrel a 700 barrel is an easy swap and there are a blue million takeoffs out there.

Willie Manning makes a great alloy replacement bottom metal unit for the 600/660s.

Willie goes by CVMW on this site.

This one for the aluminum treatment.

I'd like to find one of those laminated stocks for my .35 Rem.

35 Rem with big brother's.

There was a time when they were among the most sought after actions on which to build a LW rifle. I did so and still have that rifle, although it looks a little different now.



Picture taken circa 2004-ish

There are much better choices for a lightweight build (or buy) nowadays.

I have a semi-custom 7mm-08 on a 660 action, which is basically the same thing. I only went that route because I killed my first deer with my father's 600 and I wanted a dogleg Remington of my own. We had a 660 with a tired barrel, so I decided to put it to use. A 700 is a better design.

This one wears a 700SS standard sporter tube that was cut to 20", a 700 SS recoil lug, a Holland 700 ADL guard, and a McMillan Edge M7KS pattern stock. My smith drilled and tapped the rear receiver bridge for a second screw and opened the rear tang for a 700 action screw. The rifle is fairly light, as I think it's around 5.7lbs before scope and mounts. It's wearing a 3-9x40 at the moment, but would be better with a 2-7x33. Shoots around MOA with 139gr Interlock factory loads, so that's usually what it gets.

I need a bolt for my 6mm Any got one ? Not a big priority now but maybe

I really like this template and rifle. It checks off a lot of boxes.

Pass the S/S Montucky and hold ALL The Fluff. BT/DT and have all the T-shirts. Hint...................

i did one in 300 savage with a Remington 722 barrel, it was a 600 in 308 win. super cool rifle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have had 600’s (or 660’s) when 600’s were not cool. I mostly had 308’s. I never had a 600 with the rib. But several chambering from a couple 22-250’s to a 350. Oh yeh, one 222 also.
I’m down to one 600 dang it. It’s a 350. It has a custom: barrel, floor plate, stock and trigger. The metal is Cerakoted and the Kevlar stock is painted.
If a person does not like a 600 there’s only one reason that I can see how that could possibly be - they never owned one.
I really wish I would have kept one of those 308’s! The price on the 600’s are pretty high now, I think. I sold the last 22-250 and the 222 a couple years ago. The 22-250 was stock except the trigger and the Douglas premium barrel - the only way I was to get the rifle I “needed” was to throw that sweet 22-250 rifle into the trade.
On my first elk hunt I carried a 600 Mohawk in 308.

660 6ai, timney, talleys, McMillan, 22” hart, leupold, buck hammer. Just waiting for the “failures”. 👊🏻

I may be selling a. 308 soon.

I've had at least 1 600 or 660 for over 50 years and still have the first 1, a 660 in 6mm REM.

I current have 2 660s that are in their original specs, except for the CVMW bottom metal, the 6MM REM from 01/69 and a 308 from 07/69.

Also have a few parts guns:

600 Mohawk in 243 with CVMW bottom metal, Brown Precision stock, and a Remington 700 SPS 24" stainless barrel.
600 in 6 BR REM with Williams bottom metal, McM Mountain Rifle stock, and a Hart 25" stainless barrel.
600 in 260 with CVMW bottom metal, Richards Microfit stock, and an unknown 22" barrel. This rifle used to be a 22-250 with a 24" Remington barrel. I loaned it to a friend and he burned the throat out of the barrel on a pdog hunt in SD. The barrel got so hot that it scorched the stock's barrel channel. He bought 500 rounds of 40 grain Winchester factory ammo and apparently fired it about as fast as he could load the magazine, work the action, and sqeeze the trigger.
660 in 260 with Williams bottom metal, McM Mountain Rifle stock, and a Remington 700 MR 22" stainless barrel.
660 in 308 with CVMW bottom metal, McM old style Sako stock, and a Remington 700 SPS 24" stainless barrel.

Many years back I built a Swedish M38 6.5x55 into a pretty neat custom rifle. I'd just taken it out for final test firing before mounting a scope when I guy came up and said he just had to have that rifle. His offer was a bunch of Benjamins and a M600 Mohawk thrown in for good measure. I thought about it for about 30 seconds and made the deal.
Kind of sorry I got rid of the Mohawk though. I gave to to a 17 year old kid who'd hunting with me a few times but had always needed to borrow a rifle. Guess I took care of that problem. I do have an M660 that I've done a bit of custom work that I've used to take more than a few big Nevada Mule Deer. I made what was my very first long range shot on a nice 4 pointer my hunting partner had wounded and it was getting away. Took it down with one shot and when we paced it out, it was 426 paces. That was back in 1973. Love that 660. I wouldn't mind picking up another should the right one come around.
Paul B.