Thread: Remington in a Spot of Bother

Originally Posted by stug

Remington were the go to standard for an accurate rifle back in the 90's. There are probably more aftermarket parts for Remingtons for a reason. They had a lot of innovative models; Sendero, Alaskan Wilderness Rifle; Mountain Rifle; Titanium; Model 7 to name a few.
They were the benchmark for accuracy, like a T3 is now.
Pity they tried to race the others to the cheapest rifle.

I am quoting Stug again, however I think he is correct
I have a 1990 made rem BDL 30 06 that will , every time, print less than a 1 " group with Winchester 150gr ammo
My Mountain rifle which I replaced the Remington trigger on for a timney only went to buy a Finn light It was very accurate easily 1.5 inch with factory 280, this is good from a pencil thin barrel

Remington with the push rd feed was, in the day considered a more accurate rifle than the Winchester with their controlled rd feed as it was the considered opinion of everyone that wrote to and for magazines that it locked up tighter, though, some writers had some difficulty explaining the excellent accuracy or the post 64 push feed as they did the Remington 788, which was hurriedly discontinued as accuracy seemed to far exceed the 700
788's in 22 250 etc are still very much valued today.
The Remington triggers, apart from the 40x , are shit, they either don't go off or they go off when they shouldn't.