my new 788 30- 30 [Archive]

testhop

11-08-2007, 06:49 PM

ihave just gotten a long awaited remington mod 788 in30-30 it has been glass bedded ihave been looking for one as a cast boolit shooter the 788 is suppose to be a great c b rifle it was in near perfict but it came very dear it cost 450.00and i got only 1 clip i put a 3-10 scope on it
i have a pile of 311291s casta few 311284 311332 311487so i will load up some of each from all the info i have been picking up here i ll let you know
how it works if it is good if not i ll keep quite

MGySgt

11-08-2007, 07:53 PM

I am jealous - I have been lokking for one myself!

The Dust Collector

11-08-2007, 09:32 PM

A month or so ago, Numrich Arms http://www.e-gunparts.com/ had new reproduction magazines for sale. I bought two. I cann't really tell the difference from my Remington magazine.
IIRC they're $30.00 a pop.
DUST

wmitty

11-08-2007, 10:59 PM

Congrats! I bought my 788 about ten years ago in a local pawn shop for $ 150; the kicker was there was no clip. I thought " no big deal " at the time; turned out it was several years before I found one.

Be careful about resizing your brass; I managed to break the extractor by not adequately sizing a case and then yanking on the bolt to remove it when it would not chamber. Wisner's has these, along with ejector's just in case something goe's wrong.

Bore on this rifle slugged .3084" with six grooves; I have used the Lee soup can along with the RCBS .308-180 SP and the group buy 31141 sized .310 and .311 and the rifle shoots really well with both Re-7 and surplus 4895.

TCFAN

11-09-2007, 12:38 AM

Boy I sure would like to have a 788 in a 30-30.I don't know about that 450.00 dollars though....

About 30 years ago I bought a 788 at Wal-Mart for 89.95 and I thought that was to much money. Its only a old 222,but it does shoot cast very well. Just wish I would have bought a 30-30 instead......Terry

BudRow

11-09-2007, 07:56 AM

Often times the model 788 (Economy offering from Remington) would out shoot the model 700 (The Flagship line). This was some what of an embarassment to Remington. I was sorry to see the 788 production discontinued.

Thin Man

11-09-2007, 08:28 AM

Back when the 788 was in full production, most owners found they would out-shoot almost everything else in the market. There was some discussion and even magazine articles that the 788's extremely fast lock time was resonsible for this. Some sources posted the measured 788 lock time against that of the 700, and there was considerable difference. I can't say whether this was the reason for accuracy by itself or if other factors weighed in, but practically every 788 I saw in action was a sweetheart at cutting beautiful groups if the shooter did his part!

Dale53

11-09-2007, 11:34 AM

I have owned two 788's in the past (one was .308, was "fixed up" and sold and the other was a 30/30). I haven't worked much with the 30/30 but intend to eventually.

The .308 was EXTREMELY accurate with those "J" word bullets. Did not try cast bullets...

Dale53

Mallard57

11-09-2007, 12:51 PM