Remington 660

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steveNChunter

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I spotted an ad in the local classifieds that caught my attention. Its a Remington 660 chambered 6mm rem. It has a Weaver K6 scope on it and appears to be in excellent condition just judging by the pictures. The guy wants $500 dollars for it but I'm hoping to negotiate or possibly trade another rifle for it to get a little better deal.

I know they were only made for four years and about 50,000 exist, so they're kind of rare. I know they are a carbine but I'm not sure of the exact barrel length. I'm a fan of the 6mm rem cartridge and I already own two, so the chambering caught my eye more so than the model of the rifle.

What I want to know is are these rifles accurate, dependable, and what are they typically worth?

Here's a pic:

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Actually I think the 500 buck price is pretty fair if the rifle is in very nice original condition....not counting the scope. I have one in .308 that I have used for years and they are very nice little rifles ( 20 inch barrel). They use an action similar to the old Remington XP-100 and work great....I shot a hog last night just before dark with mine and the .308 left a nice little 1/2 inch hole on the exit side. The 6mm in one of these would make a dandy little deer rifle for whitetails.
 
What I want to know is are these rifles accurate, dependable, ]

Yes they are. I have no idea what the worth is, but I bought my son one in 6mm Rem in about 1971. and it is extremely accurate. Wish I had bought the two mag calibers, but I was dumb.

Jerry
 
So far what ha sbeen said is generally accurate. Barrel length is 20" The original M600 and the 600 Mohawk has 18" or is it 18.5", I forget. :( I've owned a Mohawk in .308 Win. and is was very accurate. I gave it to the son of a good friend with his dad's pemission over 40 years ago and that gun gas been through hell and back and it's still his main hunting rifle. My Remington .308 is the 660 but it's been through a few changes over the years. First off, I hated the stock as it just didn't fit me so I put it in a Mannlicher style stock, full stocked to the muzzle. I lost count of the der killed with it but it's somewhere in the lower 20's. I made the second most long range shot I ever made with that rifle, 427 Paces on a running Mule Deer. My partner had wounded the deer and I was trying to stop it before it got away. I only had time for one shot before it got over a ridge.
The only problem I ever had with that rifle was whem Remington recalled tthem for rigger problems similar to the ones they had with the M700s, the replacemect was bffger and fatter and the shop that did the job cracked my stock trying tp force fit that trigger into the stock. Took me a while to figure out just what the problem was. Neither Remington nor that gun shop would make it good on replacing that stock. :mad:
I replaced the stock with aan H.S. Precision Fiberthane synthetic and the gun has been in that stock ever since. That was around 1980 as I recall. I bought the gun in 1973. I would estimate that I've run somewhere between 5,000 and 6,000 rounds through the rifle. I was going to loan it to one of my students in my Hunter Ed class last year but he did not care for the recoil. A hot loaded .308 in a 5.5 pouns rifle does set back some. I shot a three shot group to check if it was still sighted and and it put three holes in .80" at 100 yard exactly 3" high, just as I'd sighted it in many years ago.
Put it this was, one the price is fair, especially with that scope, so if I had the money handy, and you turned it down, I would snag that one in a heart beat. I like them.
Paul B.
 
have one

That was my first center-fire rifle many moons ago. Mine is in .222 Rem and was and still is a tack driver.

Don't let it get away.
 
Had one in 6mm, and should have never let it go. It was a tack driver. In a weak moment I sold to a friend. Have tried to get it back for the last 10 years, and he won't sell!!
 
Well I just got back home with it and just now read all the posts telling me to buy it. I'm glad I did. It's in awesome shape for its age, only has a couple little scratches in the stock, the bluing is perfect, and the bore looks like it hasn't had very many rounds down it. I hope it shoots as well as the others I've heard mentioned in this thread.

A quick question regarding the model 660/600...

What is the action screw torque? I took the action out of the stock just to clean it up, and I noticed the very small action screw in the back and larger one in front. Does anyone know the torque specs for these action screws? I dont want to strip/break the rear one and also the trigger guard is plastic and looks like it could be easily cracked if someone got carried away tightening the screws.
 
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I got my first model 600 in 1973, a .308 Win, my first deer rifle, a gift from my father, and I still have it.

Since then I have gotten other .308s, a Mohawk in .243, a .222, a 6mm, and a .350, either 600s or 660s, and an XP-100 pistol (.221 Fireball).

They are great carbines, and quite accurate, given the limits of extreme light weight barrels and factory bedding. Accurate for field use, bench shooting for groups is not the carbine's strong suit. Especially if you don't let it cool long enough between shots. 5 shot groups are often much larger than 3 shot ones, when fired fairly rapidly.

Saw a 600 in 6mm at the last gun show I visited, and it was a mess, besides a number of scratches on the wood, there was more than a little rust on the barrel, and to top it off, it had been misassembled, and the floorplate was bowed. The seller had a $795 tag on it, and no takers, for good reason.

Sorry I don't have torque specs on the action screws, I just always go tight, and then just a bit. Here is something IMPORTANT, when you reassemble the rifle, pay close attention to the magazine box. It is split at the rear, and must be squeezed together a bit and fitted into the bottom of the action. IT just sits in there, and is easy for it to pop out, before you get the floorplate on. If it does, it slips down a bit, spreads apart a bit, and cannot be put back into its proper place unless you squeeze it back together and fit it in (again). If you don't notice that this has happened, and put on the floorplate, tightening the screws WILL BEND the plastic.

The best way I know to reassemble the rifle is invert the action, fit the mag, carefully lower the stock onto the action, then place the floorplate on, making sure it fits flush in its cutout, THEN put in and tighten the screws.

It is easy to bump the mag box and have it pop out, so you may have to do it a few times before you get it all right. Don't tighten the action screws until you do have it right, or you give everyone who really knows 600s a clear, ugly, visual clue that someone who didn't know what they were doing (or worse, didn't care) has messed with the inside of the rifle.

For $500 you got a good deal. Not a steal, but less than what a lot of them are going for today. A few years ago, I saw one, 6mm and still new in the box for $575, but gas was less than $3 a gallon then, too....
 
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