Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Why do we love our 700's

They work, but they ain't more special than the rest, other than good selection of aftermarket parts.

Assuming accuracy ain't a concern, I agree...

And weight

Easy to get to shoot, in 100% factory configuration?
Savage comes to mind, and there's really no reason to spend any money "customizing" one.

700's are great, they just rarely stay "factory". (almost never 'round here)

Can't really think of any eye candy 700's either.(I'm talkin' carved, hand checkerd, etc. The 700 is shooter/hunter's platform - and a good one.

Swampy says they are " THE BEST IN THE WORLD...."

Remington would do well to pay Swampy to tout T/C's and Rugers....

jorge touched on the safety issue but I've been around em for more time than I care to remember and haven't seen or heard of one issue.Maybe a glitch in the newer ones but when considering the total production numbers they have a pretty good track record IMO.

Then as sure as money buys things, one will break if I borrow it!

Only rifle that ever fired itself while in my hands was a M77 Ruger (not a MKII, a M77).

it's not rocket science, which just about all manufactures have proved.

eh76 just put together a nice one on a donor 700 just don't think you can beat em for price and overall looks after the metamorphosis.

He's also taunting, and tempting me with a full blown custom 6.5x284-Norma on a 700 platform. Same fella that built the long range bangers you guys used on "The Hunt", built it.

Depends on how you look at the rifle. If you're lookin' for long range, accurate, and go-to for shooting, it's "it". If you're lookin for fine figure, eye-catching checkering, carved metal, and "wow" factor - to be hunted from a blind, or hung on a wall - not so much.

Yeah after watching speed goats shot over the curvature of the earth with that one I referred to it as the "it's not fair rifle"

Used to be a die hard. now just good for a donor action. I'd rather buy a "custom" Clone re; Stiller, GAP, Surgeon, etc
even their custom shop guns cost as much as some customs. still a remy barrel the tactical guns are a little better 5r.

The ONLY reason I would own a 700 is to build off one, simply because of the available parts. The triggers are dogcrap, and the "short actions" are too short for medium cartridges in my opinion.

And there is a reason to admire the 700 (or more correctly, 700 Club rifle).

Price for the optional styles. Lefty short actions that arn't Savage's or Browning's.

Remington could build a lefty Seven...
Winchester could build a lefty Short action...
Browning could build a blind magazine micro-hunter with an honest trigger and not the x-bolt style wood...
Ruger could offer their light-weight compact left handed...
But that's all personal gripes.

M700 owners brag about accuracy. M70 owners brag about how much money they spend trying to make them accurate.

They are a tool, just like any other tool.


Not sure I would bother to wax lyrical about them to total strangers though.

Because the 700 was (and might still be) for many, many years, the best left-handed bolt action available.