Thread: The Glory Days of Big Green (Old Remington)

Originally Posted by Brian

Got 2 700 actions in tube guns. Do they count?

The 700 is already a tube, so yes!

Originally Posted by gundoc

Caberslash, sadly the days of quality Remington products are gone unless some real engineer or gunsmith buys the business and starts production without the input of accountants and corporate raiders. Basically most of their products have great potential subject to being manufactured by proper tradesmen rather than the shoddy crap turned out by their semi-skilled cheap labour. One of the worst things I have seen in recent M700's is chambers cut with unpiloted reamers that are so far off centre that the leed is only cut on one side of the bore!

What a shame... not to mention the fact that Remington have forgotten about primary extraction cams on their Rem700 and Mod7 actions.

The fact that the US Army and USMC used Rem700's as a base for their sniper rifles speaks volumes. Although these rifles are being phased out now.

I've had a Rem 700 ADL in 7/08, shot great and I really couldn't fault it as a work horse.
Currently have another Rem but something cooler and probably more accurate , a 788 model in 308. it's very accurate and has a cool action .
Yeah the Remington catalogues were a work of art , .... when accountants run a company and it's about $$ and not passion and innovation. It doesn't take long for this to show in the end product.

Dose anyone know or have some photos of the custom shop remington barrel stamps. @gundoc ?
I know that there not all the same.
Im looking at buying a 280 here. They say its a Custom shop one but Id like a second opinion cheers.

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Dose anyone know or have some photos of the custom shop remington barrel stamps. @gundoc ?
I know that there not all the same.
Im looking at buying a 280 here. They say its a Custom shop one but Id like a second opinion cheers.

Custom shop guns were never barrel stamped as they usually didn't use off the shelf barrels.

Some had floorplate engravings but not all.

UK sellers (presume it is in the UK?) throw the word 'Custom' around like how the phrase 'Turbo' was slapped onto everything in the 80's.

Yes I know thats why the question. Yep its in the UK.

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Yes I know thats why the question. Yep its in the UK.

There have been several iterations of the Remington Custom Shop, the last one was actually a separate facility which is best showcased by the KUIU Ultimate Sheep Rifle build series:





Barrel stamp of said rifle



I believe this setup was dissolved when Remington last went into administration in the Cerberus Capital era (2007). There was a fire-sale for industry insiders, PTG hoovered up most of what was on offer whilst LRI bought a load of stainless M7 receivers sans bolts...

If you are looking at an older piece, (Dupont Era Remington) then you will probably be best served by looking at the older catalogs that I put a link to in the first post. There was usually a list of Custom shop offerings.

As usual, a good picture or two speaks 1k words!

well very happy with my remmy. 416 rem mag. Shots 3 different loads (albeit 2 of them are a couple of grains different) with 2 completely different pills under moa.
Good trigger and as I got it in 97 it would have to have one of the first batches of the 416s, Only came out in 89. No custom shop on it anywhere and I only say that because for a while about then that was the only way you could get one.
Just tried putting some pics in but it hates me for some reason lol

Originally Posted by viper

I've had a Rem 700 ADL in 7/08, shot great and I really couldn't fault it as a work horse.
Currently have another Rem but something cooler and probably more accurate , a 788 model in 308. it's very accurate and has a cool action .
Yeah the Remington catalogues were a work of art , .... when accountants run a company and it's about $$ and not passion and innovation. It doesn't take long for this to show in the end product.

The 788 was a bit of an embarrassment for Remington as it was marketed as a budget rifle and consistently outshot the more expensive M700.

The only Remington I own.

@jakewire I had the one a year 700 classic in the early '80's mine was in .243 must have been about 82 or late '81 Friend had one in 7mm RM when that came out.
I remember teasing my flatmate that had a mohawk in .308.
"proper Remingtons dont have bent bolt handles!"
Nowadays what do I shoot?, a bent handle M7

Originally Posted by 40mm

Unfortunately the only Remington I have ever owned was a 597 semi .22
I brought a gun safe, rifle, ammo and cleaning kit off trademe cheap and only kept the ammo.....

Pretty hard to do worse than a 597.

I love my 597, way better ergonomics than a stardard 10/22.

BUT, it needed an upgrade extractor to function reliably prior to the upgrade some ammo would jam 7 out of 10 shots in a mag, now unless it's fithly it functions flawlessly.

I think Remington are screwed.
They won the PSR sniper programme in 2013 and were awarded the contract, but made a bunch of cost cutting changes afterwards and the rifles the delivered and screwed it up, which lead to the termination and the begining of the ASR programme.

If Remington screws up a US Militray contract worth 80million dollars that they had already won, how on earth are they not going to screw up the civilian market.

Originally Posted by john m

The only Remington I own.

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And that is about as humane a way to go as any.

Found some clips of the Remington Museum, shitty quality and annoying music but gives you an idea of what things were like.





Being able to buy chokes, magazines and stocks in the gift shop!

Sad as people cared about Remington once, but those days are pretty much gone now!