Thread: Remington moving shop to more "gun friendly " state

Howa for the win.

Originally Posted by STC

Not going to tell you what you should buy. Plenty of remington or ruger fanboys out there, and that is fine. Some people like the tinkering and their "remingtons" (after replacing pretty much every part for an aftermarket version) will work splendidly.

Its like people driving Holdens...

There are firearms available nowadays in NZ that both are accurate enough for general hunting purposes (and many even better than that) with a bolt that does not need to be worked 1000 times with some lapping compound to make it workable and do not requiring extra money for a new trigger, stock etc... And they are not just from finland.

I have a bunch of Remington with their original bits that work just fine too.

Yup. Like anything, if you don't continue to innovate and improve you cease to be relevant and price increases basically render your product commercially obsolete. Tikka in my opinion are in this same position, despite the fanboi hype it doesn't do anything that any other rifle doesn't. With a smaller amount of available accessories and usually at a higher price for what is about. One thing you can say for the Rem platform - it's effectively a default industry standard.

Originally Posted by No.3

Yup. Like anything, if you don't continue to innovate and improve you cease to be relevant and price increases basically render your product commercially obsolete. Tikka in my opinion are in this same position, despite the fanboi hype it doesn't do anything that any other rifle doesn't. With a smaller amount of available accessories and usually at a higher price for what is about. One thing you can say for the Rem platform - it's effectively a default industry standard.

The next push forward is going to be rifles chambered in mordern cartridges designed for modern bullets, coming in a 'cheap' polymer composite chassis that allows you to use AICS mags, ARCA rails, adjustable buttstock and comb.

The concept of the bolt action isn't going to get pushed along much further. We are going along the path of incremental improvements to the point that it has become iteration, not innovation.

Some extreme designs like the new American Rifle Company action look interesting:



The Fix by Q is an interesting example, although you can tell the designers live in a hot place as the amount of exposed metal is just too high.