remington 770

[Dr_Zinj]

I'm a semi-prepper. It has to last, it has to be reliable. If it's on the bottom 25% of the price range, it's not likely to be either.

 

[Soundguy]

on a side note, I took my rem 700 in .222 out to the range last night.. is a tack driver for sure! want to take my .218 bee out there next time...

 

[MossRoad]

please describe the problems you've heard. I've not heard any about remington rifles.. especially not the 7xx bolt models.

I've quite a few caliber in the 700 lineup from 222 thru 30-06 with nearry a problem. I realize the 770 is a variant, and not the same modle.. etc.

There are some big lawsuits right now concerning the Remington 700. Google "remington 700 lawsuit" for more info.

 

[Toyboy]

Those law suits are lawyers wanting to make a name for themselves and get paid big bucks in the process. As far as that CNBC investigative report, if you trust the liberal media then you still believe in the tooth fairy. Everything the media reports on about firearms is slanted to make firearms the evil of all mankind and should be destroyed.

I've had a pair of 700's in .270 & .30-06 since 1971 and have hunted hard w/them and they've never failed or malfunctioned. I just don't buy into all this crap that seems to hang around like a lot of these internet rumors.

The Remington 710 was the model that was cheaply built w/pressed in barrel that got all the bad press, not the 770. I've never handled a 770 but when they first came out they looked pretty good for a European manufactured gun that Rem had badged.

Sorry about the rant, but this one hit a nerve.

 

[RollingsFarms]

Remington has addressed the trigger issue a few years ago if I remember correctly. They still don't make a trigger like Savage though in my opinion, but it was a big improvement. I don't own Remington rifles currently, not because I don't trust them, I just dont like their safety(yes the actual safety, i prefer a tang safety). Few other things I personally don't like, the trigger was one but that seems to be corrected. I also think the older Remington's are far far better then ther newer lineup. I do own several Remington shotguns though. I just happen to not be too find of their current rifle lineup. I do want a Sendero oneday though!

 

[pjbci]

Remingtons new trigger is as good as it gets. Far better than the savage with the little thingy in the front. I just dont like the feel of the savage trigger. I used to put timney triggers on all my rifles before I ever shot them. Remingtons new trigger is good enough that I dont pull them off and replace em like I do the rest.

 

[RollingsFarms]

Remingtons new trigger is as good as it gets. Far better than the savage with the little thingy in the front. I just dont like the feel of the savage trigger. I used to put timney triggers on all my rifles before I ever shot them. Remingtons new trigger is good enough that I dont pull them off and replace em like I do the rest.

I'll be honest I haven't shot a rifle with Remington's new trigger but from looking at rifles that have it I think it still would need some adjusting for me. A lot of people don't like the accutrigger, I LOVE it! It teaches me to squeeze instead of pull the trigger and it comes out of the box at the perfect setting for me. I will say that I am deadly accurate with every Savage rifle I've shot but not quite as accurate with Remington's.

 

[pjbci]

I agree. Out of the box, you cannot beat a savage, I have 3. Two without accutrigger, 1 with it. You have to flinch to shoot anything bigger than 1.5 inches. Do your part and they will always go an inch or under. The remingtons need a lil tweaking to do this.

 

[MossRoad]

Those law suits are lawyers wanting to make a name for themselves and get paid big bucks in the process. As far as that CNBC investigative report, if you trust the liberal media then you still believe in the tooth fairy. Everything the media reports on about firearms is slanted to make firearms the evil of all mankind and should be destroyed.

I've had a pair of 700's in .270 & .30-06 since 1971 and have hunted hard w/them and they've never failed or malfunctioned. I just don't buy into all this crap that seems to hang around like a lot of these internet rumors.

The Remington 710 was the model that was cheaply built w/pressed in barrel that got all the bad press, not the 770. I've never handled a 770 but when they first came out they looked pretty good for a European manufactured gun that Rem had badged.

Sorry about the rant, but this one hit a nerve.

I'm not taking sides one way or the other. Soundguy asked about it, so I provided a way for him to read up about it. I've owned a Remington .22 rifle for 36 years. Not a 700, but still a Remington. I learned to shoot with it and won quite a few awards and tournaments with it in my teens. It is a great machine. I have no beef with Remington.

That being said, you can read this article in the Missoulian from last October and find several references to many lawsuits, an article from 1994 Business Week on the subject and a man named Richard Barber who lost his son to what he and his wife claim was a malfunction of a model 700 that killed their son. Fatal shooting: Father wants Remington lawsuit documents unsealed in hopes of rifle recall
It never hurts to read all sides of a story and there's nothing wrong with changing your mind should new light be shed on a story.

Personally, to me, it sounds like Richard Barber has a case.

 

[sandman2234]

I'm not taking sides one way or the other. Soundguy asked about it, so I provided a way for him to read up about it. I've owned a Remington .22 rifle for 36 years. Not a 700, but still a Remington. I learned to shoot with it and won quite a few awards and tournaments with it in my teens. It is a great machine. I have no beef with Remington.

That being said, you can read this article in the Missoulian from last October and find several references to many lawsuits, an article from 1994 Business Week on the subject and a man named Richard Barber who lost his son to what he and his wife claim was a malfunction of a model 700 that killed their son. Fatal shooting: Father wants Remington lawsuit documents unsealed in hopes of rifle recall
It never hurts to read all sides of a story and there's nothing wrong with changing your mind should new light be shed on a story.

Personally, to me, it sounds like Richard Barber has a case.

How did the son get killed? Did somebody forget the first rule of firearms, which is to NEVER point a gun at anything you don't want to kill? I have had guns fire when I didn't want them to, or expect them to go off, but have never killed anything in the process. Last time one went off, I killed a piece of tile in the kitchen of my Dad's house. He took the gun from me and proceded to show me what I had done wrong... and ended up with another hole in the floor (which was less than six months old at the time). We took the gun outside and unloaded it, and it was tagged for repair.
David from jax