Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles would you buy the new remington 700 mountain ss

A real 700 Mountain Rifle, 7-08. Not for sale, but there is a list of potential buyers for it.

Best 700 of all time........

Not in a million years would I waste my money on one.

I loved the old wood stocked Mountain rifles, nothing feels better in My hands that one of these, I had a pile of em though and never really had one that I would call a great shooter.................Hb

My first gen SS Mountain Guide goes 5 lb 10 oz on my trigger scale, no scope or mounts. Anyone else weigh theirs? I'm not so sure the Mountain SS short action is really 6.5lb, same as the long action? Or did Remington/ Bell and Carlson change something?

As much as I love my Montana 8400 WSM I can't seem to like the feel of the 84s. Though if a 338 Federal came along for the right price I'd have to try to like it!

I'd shop around for a first gen Mountain Guide, should be able to find one for around $700-$800. I missed one on GB a while back. They are often not labled as Mountain Guides and were a limited run so there are not many around.

Tht's funny stuff right there.....

No, its SAD stuff. How many brand new Remmy barrels have you examined the crown of (with a loupe) in the last 36mo?

My last two M700's shoot great. Both are X-Mark era rifles.

I third that, my little bro has one in .243 Win. I love shooting that gun, balance is perfect and drops whiteys with aplomb.

I have bought at least a half dozen new Remington 700's in the last year all were shooters (MOA rifles right out of the box) and fit and finish has been fine, I really don't see where Remington QC has gone to hell in a handbasket like I read about so often on this site....................Hb

I won't ever buy another Remington 700 after several bad experiences with horrible QC. I buy European guns now, and am much happier.

Personally I would never buy a Remington (or Remlin for that matter) that was made as of late. That is just me though.

The old ones rock the new ones suck!

My Mtn Guide 7-08 is 6 lbs 12 oz with talley LW lows, a VXIII2.5-8, and alumina flip covers.

Since mine shoot bug holes I haven't bothered to look at the crown. There is nothing wrong with Remington rifles. They are "the most accurate production rifles in the world." Anyone that says otherwise is either biased from listening to others or telling a lie. Mostly I just find that they don't know much about firearms.

Nope, Wat too many other things on my list...and none of them carry the Rem. logo except maybe a used 870 for my kid.

That's pure crap. If you can't get a Remington to shoot it's not the rifles fault.

Out of the box Remington Mountain Rifle accuracy...



300 yard groups from a Ti mountain rifle.
SAUM punched to WSM.

Swampman, not trying to argue or get your goat but you can ask any custom gunsmith and they will confirm for you that remington tolerances are off by a surprisingly large amount. That my friend is piss poor QC to say the least. A well put together rifle is deserving of a beuitiful stock that complements what the rifle truly is. The new Remingtons quite frankly should all come with a plastic stalk. And for the record this isn't based on hear say it's based on barreled actions that have been taken apart and checked for trueness. You haven't done this so what you said is hearsay and BS.

Shod

Last Remmy action I had trued up, the smith commented on how good it already was. Course I don't really care much about tolerances when rifles hang good groups and kill things well.

Everybody has their own tastes, but I find that it takes a fairly light stock and optic to make the 22" pencil-contour 700's balance right. A 22-24oz Edge and about 12oz in scope and mounts really would help. I have no qualms with buying regular old SS 700 sporters and cutting them to my desired length. They nearly always shoot well when bedded to a decent stock and often respond well to free-floating.

Just out of curiosity, how many 700s have you taken apart recently and measured, or witnessed measured, and what were the specs on them?