If you polish that barrel until those marks don't show, it will be quite a bit oversized.
25-06 factory barrel question
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If you polish that barrel until those marks don't show, it will be quite a bit oversized.
Aye Sir, well said.
Sad but I totally agree.
MudRunner2005
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Welcome to the forum. Any fuel that Savage supporters or anti-remington people can use to hate on Remington, they will sniff it out, and use it to try to turn people from buying Remington's (I've witnessed it a lot in real life, too)...
They will also at every turn try to convince you that Remingtons are garbage and you should sell all of yours to buy Savages or Weatherbys, or full-customs...
You just have to learn to ignore the negative bullcrap. If you like Remingtons, keep shooting them and ignore the negative comments, because everyone has an opinion, and they are entitled to it, just like you are entitled to your's.
I seem to recall Savage with a barrel with the same issues...
http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f19/difference-between-savage-tikka-barrel-116983/
Here's an aftermarket Shillen barrel with they same issues...
https://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=6&f=49&t=408642
And I had a Weatherby Accumark with a bad barrel from the factory... So, it's definitely not just a Remington problem.
How did we get here from there? 
MudRunner2005
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How did we get here from there?
If you read the revised version of my post, you will see that it was a post pointing out that this incident is not an isolated one.
And also, because when a post about a Remington having a problem is made, it's like a drop of blood in the water...The sharks will be along shortly.
I don't see anyone disputing that.
MudRunner2005
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Now that we're on the same page, you see it was not a post taking jabs at anyone. It was just stating what I've seen happen on here pretty much every time a post about a Remington has been made.
I mean, I get it (to a point)... Remington 700 is the old tried & true, but it's "old-school" and they may not be the most modernized or progressive rifles. And Savage is the new hip cool thing to buy because it's "DIY". So I understand that aspect of it, but I just don't understand all the animosity towards Remington and how it's an immediate shark pool of negativity when other brands have had severe issues over the years, too. It's like Remington is the 1 brand that everyone absolutely loves to hate. And I just don't understand it...
I think everybody are on the same page. Shortgrass puts it best in #14, "quality begins at the factory".
MudRunner2005
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Definitely no disputing that one. I agree completely, and I do think that Remington needs to step-up their game a bit on their barrels. Whatever they do on their 5R barrels, they need to do on ALL of their barrels, and it would completely turn their reputation around.
Agreed!
Welderboy11972
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I don't think it's a secret that all "off the shelf" companys could improve on there manufacturer and QC department.
I think that the reason why Remingtons catch so much slack from the older members on here, is because they remember that back in the 70s and 80s, Remington was the talk of the town. If you had a rem 700 you had the best. Now there products have gone down hill in quality and craftsmanship. They know that Remington could do so much better but won't because they sale them everyday. If enuff people stop buying them, sales go down and they will be forced to up there game.
Any how, I took my extra clean, tooled up barreled rifle back to the range today. It took 9 rounds to get the groups back to under .3". So I'm gonna leave well enuff alone and put this rifle in the " shoot well fouled" category. I have 2 new pac-nor barrels in the safe but they are for other builds. After I have them built and more funds, I'll get it rebarreled.
I think that the reason why Remingtons catch so much slack from the older members on here, is because they remember that back in the 70s and 80s, Remington was the talk of the town. If you had a rem 700 you had the best. Now there products have gone down hill in quality and craftsmanship. They know that Remington could do so much better but won't because they sale them everyday. If enuff people stop buying them, sales go down and they will be forced to up there game.
Any how, I took my extra clean, tooled up barreled rifle back to the range today. It took 9 rounds to get the groups back to under .3". So I'm gonna leave well enuff alone and put this rifle in the " shoot well fouled" category. I have 2 new pac-nor barrels in the safe but they are for other builds. After I have them built and more funds, I'll get it rebarreled.
