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New Rifle by Remington
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 871948" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I've seen a few of them, have handled them but never shot one. I agree the stock is a complete joke. The trigger felt rough to me. But have no real complaint. Compared to my 700 Remington, it's a toy. Yet I also remember what my 700 was like out of the box (4.25" groups with hand loads). I figure the 783 has to be better than that!</p><p> </p><p>Now we can pretty much expect somebody like Rifle Basix to come out with a new trigger, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. The barrel is probably suspect, but most factory barrels out of that group are anyway. One thing I didn't look at on the 783, was the way the bolt was designed. If the head floats like a Savage, I'll consider that a plus. The one serious issue I saw was they stock, and for some of us this can be a major issue. </p><p> </p><p> sort of consider the Remington 783 a "homologated design" in that it takes ideas others have proven out, and incorporates them into their own design. Marlin did this with their old MR-7. Didn't catch on, but was a good sound idea. </p><p>Nothing like the newer Marlin bolt gun. I own one and love it for what it was built for. (light weight hunting rifle in a long action). To me it almost had everything going for it. Winchester style safety, Browning style magazine, Remington style bolt head in a nice compact 30-06. I'd liked to have seen them add a barrel nut to make it complete! The rifle is fairly light weight, so 180 grain bullets are quite noticeable (doesn't seem to like them much anyway). Anyway; had I been Remington, this is where I would have started.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 871948, member: 25383"] I've seen a few of them, have handled them but never shot one. I agree the stock is a complete joke. The trigger felt rough to me. But have no real complaint. Compared to my 700 Remington, it's a toy. Yet I also remember what my 700 was like out of the box (4.25" groups with hand loads). I figure the 783 has to be better than that! Now we can pretty much expect somebody like Rifle Basix to come out with a new trigger, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. The barrel is probably suspect, but most factory barrels out of that group are anyway. One thing I didn't look at on the 783, was the way the bolt was designed. If the head floats like a Savage, I'll consider that a plus. The one serious issue I saw was they stock, and for some of us this can be a major issue. sort of consider the Remington 783 a "homologated design" in that it takes ideas others have proven out, and incorporates them into their own design. Marlin did this with their old MR-7. Didn't catch on, but was a good sound idea. Nothing like the newer Marlin bolt gun. I own one and love it for what it was built for. (light weight hunting rifle in a long action). To me it almost had everything going for it. Winchester style safety, Browning style magazine, Remington style bolt head in a nice compact 30-06. I'd liked to have seen them add a barrel nut to make it complete! The rifle is fairly light weight, so 180 grain bullets are quite noticeable (doesn't seem to like them much anyway). Anyway; had I been Remington, this is where I would have started. gary [/QUOTE]
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