Remington 770. Opinions?

Mine is used only for killing deer. I've had it 5 or so years and I've still shot under 50 rounds of it. It's not a play toy.... That's what the ar is for.
 
Friend had one a few years ago in .270 that I absolutely hated, but I'm a Savage and Sako guy. I shot it one day helping him sight it in and cloverleafed a five shot group. I was very impressed until the gun went off from closing the bolt and shot a hole through my truck. Remington replaced the rifle with a 700 and paid to fix my truck so they made it right but I'm still a Savage and Sako guy.

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point of this post was how accurate the gun was - and it was.
 
dc777, Just because you said it was a thick piece of steel, I'm gonna do my best to upload a pic! You will freak when you see how the bolt handle is made! It is NOT a thick piece of steel!


3.5 hours trying to up load a pic, with no success!
 
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Hate to hurt feelings or pussyfoot around the issue and blow sunshine up 770 owner's rear ends but the 770 is a piece of crap, junk, s%(* etc. It's not even a good gun for the costs and buying one is throwing your money away. Doesn't matter the chambering, the scope on top or anything else.

Then again, the base model 700 SPS comes in such poor trim and quality components that it isn't much more than a donor action requiring upgrades to be shootable.

In the day and age of cheap bargain and throw away guns Remington is behind the curve.
 
Is the 783 being marketed as a budget/throw away gun or a midlevel option to the 700? I was under the impression it was the latter.
 
I saw the remington commercial marketing it as an " affordable" gun. It costs more than a 770. It's about the same as a Walmart 700 adl as far as price goes.
 
i have never heard anyone complain about the fact you cant pay some gunsmith a few hundred dollars to change the barrel on the 770. sure the hydraulic pressing is not bad, it does make it more difficult, but if a gunsmith has teh basic ability to use a hack saw and a drill bit, they can change the barrel out.

that post sounds like alot of the early reviews of the taurus 1911, "why buy the gun with the aftermarket upgrades i was gunna pay twice the purchase price for"
 
Been discontinued

For good cause. The early ones were garbage and I don't know if Remington ever solved their issues.
 
I guess that people have ignored that I am looking for positive views and NOT negative reviews. Every deer that my 770 has been aimed at is dead, except for the yearling that I let walk. I've heard enough negative reviews. I want reviews from people that are satisfied with it like I am. No offense folks but I'm starting to wonder if people read a post in its entirety before they respond.

Best regards,
DC
 
Colt- the 710 was discontinued and was an ugly piece of junk, however I haven't heard of the 770 being discontinued. Please tell me where you read tat the 770 was discontinued as I would like to read the article to answer some questions I have.

DC
 
No offense folks but I'm starting to wonder if people read a post in its entirety before they respond.
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No they read it. This happens every time you mention the 770 in any of the rifle forums.

You should try asking this question about the High piont pistols in the hand gun forum. The same thing will happen.

It's cheap therefore it can't be anything more than a club, barely capable of sending lead in the general direction of your target. :D

Boomer
 
My wife likes hers. She thought it was cute. She shoots it ok....maybe two boxes of anmo in the past 4 years....

I wouldn't carry it in out of the rain. I tried to get her something half-way decent... But she stuck with it because "its cute"
 
I really don't understand how a bolt handle can break.
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I don't understand how a thick piece of metal breaks. I've heard bad reviews as far as magazines go, and a sticky bolt, but I haven't heard of a piece of thick metal breaking.
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I'm not sure if this applies to the Model 770 or not but many Remington bolt-action rifles, including the Models 721, 722, 725, 700 and 788, were made by brazing the base of the bolt handle to the bolt body. Whereas this is a satisfactory (and economical) method of joining the bolt handle to the bolt body and, from what I understand, seldom fails, I have over the years read a few reports concerning the handle breaking off the bolt as a result of a poor factory brazing application. I have no first hand experience of this happening but I have little doubt that of the many millions of Remington bolt-action rifles made, it has likely occurred on rare occasions.
 
I might try the hi point thing. I have one. Surprisingly it works without issue. It's always a good one to have to hit someone upside the head with.... It sure is heavy.
 
DC. If you are content with a 770, then that is all that matters. If you came to this site to fish for praise for any rifle you will be disappointed. It doesn't matter what rifle you mention, someone will bash it.

Your 770 meets your needs, be content with that. Any opinion you find here and $3.00 will get you a small coffee at Starbucks.

I personally wouldn't want any rifle Rem makes since they stopped importing the 798. I have owned MDL 700's and they were perfectly serviceable, if cheap and overpriced. I have moved on from drilled out bar stock, fused bolts, and washered recoil lugs, and that's Remingtons top product.

If all you want from your rifle is to put meat in the freezer, and the 770 works for you, great. Many at this forum have no use for a rifle with a pressed barrel, that can't be replaced, myself amoung them.

Personally I consider myself a true rifle snob. I own Weatherbys, Coopers and couple of Rugers. Their receivers are machined from solid billets, have integral recoil lugs, and the bolts, handle and all are machined from a solid billet. I want these properties in my rifles, because I reload for cartridges most consider grossly over powered, and in my retirement I can now afford them.

My first magnum centerfire rifle was a MDL 700, 7mag, I bought in 1976, and had no problems with. My uncle, a minister and gunsmith, thought drilled bar stock was on same moral level as the slaughter of the unborn. I rather resented that. I thought my new magnum rifle was very sexy. I will not bash them though. If they work for you and you're content, that is all that matters.
 
Just for the record, the Remington 770 isn't the only rifle with a pressed-in barrel, there's one other rifle I know of that's a bit more expensive. The Sauer 101 has the barrel seated into the reciever ring through heat treatment. When heated the reciever ring expands allowing the barrel to slide in, then cools and shrinks back up and holds the barrel in tight. The bolt lugs also seat in the barrel rather than the action, just like the 770. While the Sauer 101 has a sub-MOA guarantee and is a much nicer rifle than the 770, I still wouldn't want to spend $1500 on a rifle with a pressed in barrel that can't be changed unless you heat the action up and soften the steel.

http://www.sauer.de/en/weapons/s-101/s101-classic/
 
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I think the 783 is proof Remington knows they screwed up with the 770.
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Dude, There's a difference between replacing a product because it was garbage and upgrading it to match your competitors latest products. Any product that has competition will be upgraded overtime as technology and manufacturing techniques improve.

Apparently if you build something and it isn't the be all and end all the first go around you should throw it in the scrap heap as a complete and total failure. Don't you dare try to improve upon your original product. That's crazy talk and would be an admittance of failure.

Henry Ford replaced his model A with the improved Model T, so using your logic the model A was a complete and total failure and anyone who bought it paid premium money for future scrap metal.

Good thing Mr Ford didn't think like you or we'd still be riding horses. :D

Boomer :rolleyes:
 
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