New (RemArms) Remington Rifles...

USA forums are throwing around estimates in the US$1000 - $2000 range, meaning the NZ$2000 - $4000 range. My prediction is that if - and that is a big if - RemArms can keep retail below US$1000, there is still hope they can be competitive against similarly featured and finished rifles here in NZ. Otherwise they will be taking on the premium offerings, but the reputation of Remington needs to be repaired and trust in their product restored before they can do that. I mean, admitting they haven't even been using the proper steel....

As with all new and shiny things, the millions of American magpies will ensure we have quite a long wait before significant stocks alive here anyway.

I’ve spoken Briefly to a mate about this he’s got contacts in the usa gun trade
The guy who has brought remington is only looking at doing lower volume compared to most other factory’s
But they will be tighter Tolerances (factory custom) type rifles of very high quality certainly not your shity old 700sps
With poor qc remington had suffered with over the last few years unfortunately they were not really a loss in my opinion
Very good action but a good action is still shit if it’s not built to a high enough standard

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Originally Posted by caberslash

Hope support for the Rem700 continues... have not been able to source spare extractors for mine.

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Got one recently for an old action I bought. Cost about $10 from memory and not hard to find. Old ones are pinned, newer actions don’t have the pin.


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Originally Posted by Bagheera

Are there any other brands that say bolts will be interchangeable between different guns ?

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I doubt any production maker would offer interchangeable bolts simply due to liability should anything go wrong. No one else does it, so it would entirely be on the maker to prove it's safety...

One of the things I hated with the later production guns was the bloody awful Xmarkpoo trigger with the smooth slippery as crap blade. It was just awful in design (weak as crap with the screw through the blade) and nothing to stop the trigger finger slip sliding all over it. Worst feeling trigger I've ever used absolutely dreadful. No redeeming features at all, it couldn't even be set to a pull weight that it would stay at. I remain amazed that that trigger alone didn't kill off Remington forever!

If it was me in charge, I would have abandoned trigger production and done a deal with a 3rd party like Timney and gone from there as a major advertising and selling point. Primary extraction issues are one thing, a non-concentric bore is the same provided the hole is straight but a garbage trigger is a total show stopper for me. And I liked M700's...

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Originally Posted by Dicko

Got one recently for an old action I bought. Cost about $10 from memory and not hard to find. Old ones are pinned, newer actions don’t have the pin.


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Post or PM a link please.

Not buying from PTG though.

@No.3, tikka t3, Sako 85, blaser , sauer , desert tech and many custom action makers have their tolerances so clause that you can swap bolts or bolts heads with out any headspace issues.

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Originally Posted by Friwi

@No.3, tikka t3, Sako 85, blaser , sauer , desert tech and many custom action makers have their tolerances so clause that you can swap bolts or bolts heads with out any headspace issues.

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@Friwi yep, I've done it with No3 .303 bolts and Savage as well but for a US based company if anything were to go wrong the first question would be "did you test the bolt and firearm before you advised it was safe?" - and that only goes one way. You might be able to do it, and all safety checks are OK but the point is no US manufacturer would advise it's OK just on liability...

They look like a massive leap forward for a factory gun.

Good to see they have someone in production who is a shooter / hunter.

Fingers crossed they nailed modern twist rates ;)

Can't wait to get my hands on one!

Yes a 243 2506 and 7mmremmag all with a 1:8 would be great

I think that all modern rifle actions suffer poor machining and finish and are overpriced relative to the quality of other machined items. Take bearings for example - beautiful self aligning paired roller races and perfectly matched tapered rollers, and they cost bugger all. Rifle actions are shit in comparison. The Mannlicher-Schoenauer M1903 is of the standard that all rifles should be at now imo. Barrels have got better but action design, finish and function are lagging. I dont expect this Rem to be any better finished

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Originally Posted by deye223

Yes a 243 2506 and 7mmremmag all with a 1:8 would be great

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you forgot the 264 win mag.

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Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

I think that all modern rifle actions suffer poor machining and finish and are overpriced relative to the quality of other machined items. Take bearings for example - beautiful self aligning paired roller races and perfectly matched tapered rollers, and they cost bugger all. Rifle actions are shit in comparison. The Mannlicher-Schoenauer M1903 is of the standard that all rifles should be at now imo. Barrels have got better but action design, finish and function are lagging. I dont expect this Rem to be any better finished

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Rifle actions are, from a functional standpoint, glorified door latches.

So long as you can feed, fire and extract a case reliably, that is all you need. Add a good trigger and optics mounting solution (picatinny rail) and you are sorted.

Well there is one more possible up side to this one is if they do their short action to fit the PRC they will be at least 3 inches in mag lenght which would be a whole lot better than the 2.8 of the previous short action .