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6.5 prc what action
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<blockquote data-quote="CMP70306" data-source="post: 1754224" data-attributes="member: 36999"><p>Older Remingtons were great, the new ones not so much. My family had a number of older ones and I grew up thinking Remingtons were great based on our 870's and 7600's and my 1903 Springfield. Our friend has a number of older 700's and they are all nice with deep blued metal and a quality high gloss finish on the wood. When I was starting looking at long range rifles the first ones I looked at were the Remington 700s based on my experiences with their older stuff.</p><p></p><p>My opinion started to change after my brother got a new 7600, the wood was plain, the finish was lackluster and the metal would have an orange film after a day of hunting in the fog. Next my cousin got an 11-87 that had the curious issue of the trigger going dead when it got warm to the point that he couldn't even finish a round of trap. Between those two guns and others I have handled I honestly believe that Remington is living off their name and these days there are far more higher quality options to chose from.</p><p></p><p>As for buying American, I did exactly that and bought three actions from the American Rifle Company which is a small shop outside of Seattle, WA. I personally am a CRF guy so the 700 does nothing for me but if I'm spending the money to build a custom why cheap out on the heart of the rifle when there are ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CMP70306, post: 1754224, member: 36999"] Older Remingtons were great, the new ones not so much. My family had a number of older ones and I grew up thinking Remingtons were great based on our 870’s and 7600’s and my 1903 Springfield. Our friend has a number of older 700’s and they are all nice with deep blued metal and a quality high gloss finish on the wood. When I was starting looking at long range rifles the first ones I looked at were the Remington 700s based on my experiences with their older stuff. My opinion started to change after my brother got a new 7600, the wood was plain, the finish was lackluster and the metal would have an orange film after a day of hunting in the fog. Next my cousin got an 11-87 that had the curious issue of the trigger going dead when it got warm to the point that he couldn’t even finish a round of trap. Between those two guns and others I have handled I honestly believe that Remington is living off their name and these days there are far more higher quality options to chose from. As for buying American, I did exactly that and bought three actions from the American Rifle Company which is a small shop outside of Seattle, WA. I personally am a CRF guy so the 700 does nothing for me but if I’m spending the money to build a custom why cheap out on the heart of the rifle when there are ? [/QUOTE]
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