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Opinions on the Remington 783 ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Frog4aday" data-source="post: 1664994" data-attributes="member: 9308"><p><strong>COHUNT</strong>, I've just gotten to the point on any gun that won't shoot (or fouls like mad) to do two things: Recrown the barrel and 'fire-lap' the barrel. Seems to work like a charm. But with a gun as 'inexpensive' as the 783, you'd be out nearly $100 doing the crown via a gunsmith and buying the fire-lapping bullets from David Tubb, so I'm not sure it'd be worth the time and effort.</p><p></p><p>As for the 'faulty' magazine <strong>MIKE 338</strong> mentioned, seems this is becoming the 'norm' for the budget rifles. When researching for which 'short' .300 Blackout bolt action to get (Ruger American or Howa 1500) there were tons of reports of the .223/.300BO mags from Ruger not feeding properly. People would complain to Ruger, then Ruger would send them a new magazine that also failed to feed correctly. Genius (not.)</p><p></p><p>Thankfully I found a YouTube video showing how to pull the mag apart, wind the spring another turn tighter (more spring tension) and that seems to 'fix' the rounds getting stuck in the mag issue on the Ruger. Not sure what the problem was on the Rem 783, but if a manufacturer is going to go the 'detach mag' route, they should make it fool-proof as that's how the gun is going to be a repeater and not a single shot. I guess we pay our money and get what we get. Thankfully MOST glitches are fixable on these budget guns...it's just a matter of how much it costs to do that.</p><p></p><p>To the OP, I just can't see how you could possibly go wrong with a Remington bolt action .308 Win for the equivalent of $75. If it doesn't shoot well or the mag is finicky, you can easily sell the gun and get triple your money out of it. A 'no-lose' situation. And if you are one of the lucky ones that gets a 'shooter', then awesome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frog4aday, post: 1664994, member: 9308"] [B]COHUNT[/B], I've just gotten to the point on any gun that won't shoot (or fouls like mad) to do two things: Recrown the barrel and 'fire-lap' the barrel. Seems to work like a charm. But with a gun as 'inexpensive' as the 783, you'd be out nearly $100 doing the crown via a gunsmith and buying the fire-lapping bullets from David Tubb, so I'm not sure it'd be worth the time and effort. As for the 'faulty' magazine [B]MIKE 338[/B] mentioned, seems this is becoming the 'norm' for the budget rifles. When researching for which 'short' .300 Blackout bolt action to get (Ruger American or Howa 1500) there were tons of reports of the .223/.300BO mags from Ruger not feeding properly. People would complain to Ruger, then Ruger would send them a new magazine that also failed to feed correctly. Genius (not.) Thankfully I found a YouTube video showing how to pull the mag apart, wind the spring another turn tighter (more spring tension) and that seems to 'fix' the rounds getting stuck in the mag issue on the Ruger. Not sure what the problem was on the Rem 783, but if a manufacturer is going to go the 'detach mag' route, they should make it fool-proof as that's how the gun is going to be a repeater and not a single shot. I guess we pay our money and get what we get. Thankfully MOST glitches are fixable on these budget guns...it's just a matter of how much it costs to do that. To the OP, I just can't see how you could possibly go wrong with a Remington bolt action .308 Win for the equivalent of $75. If it doesn't shoot well or the mag is finicky, you can easily sell the gun and get triple your money out of it. A 'no-lose' situation. And if you are one of the lucky ones that gets a 'shooter', then awesome. [/QUOTE]
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