Thread: Remington 700 AWR

Hi team, who’s got one, thoughts? I’m thinking of 300WM and shooting 200 grainers up.

I’ve seen mentions of the action being trued and squared up/blueprinted.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers Cliff.

I'm not sure what the synthetic stock on the AWR is made of but it is bloody heavy!
All up with the scope and mounts it was hitting 10 pds and this was in 270 Win.

I suppose this weight would be a benefit with a 300 WinMag in regards to felt recoil, but it was too heavy for me so I sold it.

"A heavy rifle is bad except for when you fire it".

Thanks for the replies Hermitage and Mauser. Good intel and valid points made.

Look at proof researched barreled 300 UM on tm all the hard work been done and a real cheap
way to get into a custom rifle. At 2.8k I thought it was a bargain

Check primary extraction before buying.

If you don't know what this means or how to check it, do some research and thank me later.

Originally Posted by caberslash

Check primary extraction before buying.

If you don't know what this means or how to check it, do some research and thank me later.

Yep it will save you a whole lot of heartache and cash.

Thanks, Caberslash. I’m aware of a small percentage of rifles with extraction/cam issues and/or sticky chambers. Have you personally had or dealt with these issues?

Cheers Cliff

Originally Posted by Cliff

Thanks, Caberslash. I’m aware of a small percentage of rifles with extraction/cam issues and/or sticky chambers. Have you personally had or dealt with these issues?

Cheers Cliff

When I bought my two Remingtons (a Model 7 from '94 and a 700 L/A Sendero from '02) it was the first thing I checked. US forums will give you plenty of material, accurateshooter is the best one.

Both of my rifles had work done on the bolts, the M7 had a PTG bolt with Sako extractor and new handle fitted whereas the 700 had a new barrel, been re-timed and the gunsmith even went so far as to re-cut the primary extraction cam. Bear in mind these are the older and supposedly better actions which carried the 'S' prefix (for stainless).

Still got screwed with a sticking chamber on the Model 7 as the factory barrel had a chamber which was ****, it's back at the dealers now getting reamed and polished again as whilst the bolt lift was fine, trying to pull the case out made it seem like a muzzleloader. The tell-tale scratches and scores on the cases meant a return to sender.

Anyway, RR serial actions are ones to avoid, as they are 'Freedom Group' era.

Long story short, the original bolt forging was changed, and the new bolts which have different handle dimension often miss the primary extraction cam entirely. Furthermore they were timed in the factory for battery/headspace, not primary extraction. Basically a time saving and cost cutting measure which cost the company it's once rock-solid reputation.

The is a reason why a cottage industry has sprung up around Remingtons in the States... look up Long Rifles Inc. and Accu-Tig.

If you want more info with references to actual books for research into the design of the Remington 7XX series of rifles, I'd be happy to send you details via PM.

The above is very good information and I wish I had know before I got my RR series M700

Grayboe stock?

I’ve got 8, I think, R700s. 6 have been rebarreled. Never come across primary extraction issues. Replaced one worn extractor clip. A,B,C and S series actions. Greyboe stocks on the AWR rifles. Great actions in my opinion for 06 length rounds. A Reloaders dream.

I have a RR, it was a real pain in the bollocks to get sorted out. Avoid the buggers if you can.


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wow. I have 3 older M700s, all excellent - 17Rem, 243AI, and 270. Super accurate, reliable, great guns. These quality issues explains why Remington went bust this year I guess.

Originally Posted by mikee

The above is very good information and I wish I had know before I got my RR series M700

We did cover PE on this forum in depth probably 6 years ago, I will try find the threads…….. it was about a year before we showed an article on the Houston Warehouse.

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Is this the thread?
https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....80/index2.html