News to me, I've had 4 Remington 700's in my life. 4 of 4 problem children so I never paid that much attention to them. Always thought the Safari's were a different action.
1st 700 was a .243 I bought new from Cabela's 20+ years ago. I could not get that thing to shoot under 3". I did a chamber cast and the rifling on one side started an inch further forward than the other side.
I took it back to Cabela's and told them it was defective and I wanted my money back. Handed them my target with the grapefruit size group. Was told it was my scope. Told him I used a 6.5x20 Leupold. He still insisted that it was the scope. Target #2, same group. 36x Leupold. Well, maybe it isn't the scope but it's not a defective rifle. It's your shooting and reloads. Target #3, 5/8" group from my 220 Swift. It's still not a defective rifle. Pulled out the chamber cast. Well, it does appear to have a small problem. Told him my next conversation was going to be with my lawyer. They consented to trade me for a new identical model in the box.
Took rifle #2 and a box of Remington Premiers. Group was now baseball size. I then wrote a nasty gram to Remington. They sent a box and a pre-paid shipper. A week later I get an email stating they found a problem with the barrel. Two weeks later I get rifle #3. It shot ~1-1/4" with what was left of the box of Remington Premiers. But coppered so badly, after 40 rounds you could see chunks of copper hanging on the rifling. Cleaning every day for a week is not my definition of a usable rifle. After about 4000 rounds the coppering kinda sorta went away. Right about the same time as the throat. Need to Re-barrel that. Just have to decide what caliber.
Rifle #4 was a Classic in 221 Fireball that I trade a buddy for. He wanted my 94 Trapper in 45 Colt for his grandson. He warned me that it was squirrelly but he had only shot a couple of boxes of ammo through it. That rifle will shoot beautifully for 5-10-40 rounds with no problems. Then completely disintegrate the primer. Or just flatten it mildly. This is with loads at the very bottom of manual listed loads. Cases trimmed below minimum length, necks turned to almost paper thin to make sure I'm not pinching the bullet. Different primers, powders, bullets seated waaay below max. Same loads I shot out of a Contender all day long with nary a problem.
Still have that and don't know what to do with it. I had two different gunsmith's look at it, including a "certified" Remington repair station. To them there is not a single thing they can find wrong with it.
Don't want to do a Cabela's, rifle #1 in this long winded diatribe ended up on the used rack at Cabela's the following week I "traded".
The moral of the story is I don't pay much attention to Remington 700's.
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Originally Posted by Remiel
