Remington 783 opinions please.

Don't trust anything made by Remington since selling out. If you want a Remington buy an old 700 otherwise consider a Savage or Ruger for budget rifles. I bought a post sellout 700 brand new and it was the worst rifle I have ever owned by far. Simply put Remington is not worth it when there are such great budget rifles on the market.
 
Remington has had a rough time lately. I think you can do better than the 783, but would prefer it over any 700 from any era. Every 700 and 600 series rifle including the 721,722, 7, 600, and 660 made from 1946 to 2014 came from the factory with a flawed trigger design. The 2007-2014 rifles have been recalled. The older rifles will be dealt with as soon as a judge decides which direction to go after recent lawsuits. It may be a recall, buyback, partial refund, etc. No one knows yet. I wouldn't own one unless I replaced the trigger with an aftermarket trigger.

The 783 is Remington's latest attempt at a budget rifle. The 1st, the 788 was a very nice rifle, but it had a short production run. The 710 and 770 came next and were disasters. By all accounts the 783 is a decently made budget rifle that shoots well. But the reputation of it's predecessors hurt it's reputation. If it is a used rifle at a good price you could do worse. Most of the scopes that come on those are next to worthless so don't let that figure into the value. If buying new I think there are better options. I really like the Ruger American rifles that can be had for under $350. But they aren't the only option.
 
I've only dealt with one Rem 783. My kid bought one in 270 Win. It was a fairly good shooter.....................until we took it hunting. He had a shot at a nice bull elk. Should have been a gimme shot.

There attempts, all failure to fire. It wasnt the ammo, there were no marks on the primers. Each round fired flawlessly in my Model 70. Later he went off and tried a box of factory. 3 out of 20 rounds were FTF.

This was a brand new rifle, that worked great during the scope mounting and sighting in stages.

I took it home but before I could get it a part to find what was wrong he sold it.

I've heard good and bad things about the 783. I dont know the answer. I would have loved to pay with that rifle before he got rid of it.

But I do know there was nothing wrong with the ammo.

Anyway after missing an opportunity at an elk like that, you're burned for life.
 
I have one in 300 win mag . I have yet to shoot it as we are middle if fishing season right now . I have already bought the upgraded scope but that's as far as I have got . I got mine for 250 out the door at our gander mountain .i held and shouldered the ruger and the regular axis and decided I ilike the feel of the 783 the most . Everything from I hear it's accurate


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They are VERY poor.
I would not take one if it were free.
I have not yet known anyone who had one that liked it.
 
jmr40 said:
Remington has had a rough time lately. I think you can do better than the 783, but would prefer it over any 700 from any era. Every 700 and 600 series rifle including the 721,722, 7, 600, and 660 made from 1946 to 2014 came from the factory with a flawed trigger design. The 2007-2014 rifles have been recalled. The older rifles will be dealt with as soon as a judge decides which direction to go after recent lawsuits. It may be a recall, buyback, partial refund, etc. No one knows yet. I wouldn't own one unless I replaced the trigger with an aftermarket trigger.

The 783 is Remington's latest attempt at a budget rifle. The 1st, the 788 was a very nice rifle, but it had a short production run. The 710 and 770 came next and were disasters. By all accounts the 783 is a decently made budget rifle that shoots well. But the reputation of it's predecessors hurt it's reputation. If it is a used rifle at a good price you could do worse. Most of the scopes that come on those are next to worthless so don't let that figure into the value. If buying new I think there are better options. I really like the Ruger American rifles that can be had for under $350. But they aren't the only option.
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All I know about the flawed trigger is I've never had one. A number of 700's three 788's and three 660's and never a flawed trigger. I read that the number of flawed one's was less than 1%. True or no I don't know but I strongly suspect that most were caused by someone improperly adjusting the trigger. Had to go look at the 783, no idea what it looked like. For myself I'd rather see them bring back the 788 with the wood stocks.
 
The Remington 783 is an even cheaper redesign of the Marlin X7 budget rifle, using some parts completely unmodified. (Remington 'owns' Marlin.)


In regard to both models:

The good:
Good barrels.
Pretty decent overall design that was actually sort of an evolution of the Marlin MR7 - which was based on the Win M70.
Scope bases are cheap and plentiful.

The bad:
Stocks are flimsy, cheesy, nasty plastic - especially on the 783.
Remington's quality level (on the X7 and the 783) is/was far below what Marlin initially released prior to the merger/buyout.
The bolt head has a stupid extractor design. Extractors have shown a tendency to break, jam, or pop out of the bolt head and jam the bolt closed (on a live round about half the time).
The ejector gets stuck down on some rifles, causing failures to eject.
The trigger housing has been known to actually crack or break off of Marlin X7s when shocked with a side load (not repairable, and not available from Marlin); while the trigger internals have had multiple reports of breakage/failure on the 783s (Remington repaired/replaced all but one that I've heard of).


My opinion:
Just say no, and walk away.

I've owned many X7s and worked with a couple 783s, now.
Don't do it.
Some are crap straight out of the box. Others are okay for a while, and then go down hill quickly.

As much as I like my pre-Remington Marlin XL7, I do believe its days are numbered (and short). I'm down to just two X7s, and one of them was recently retired after pushing me over the edge with the all-too-common extractor jams. The pre-Remington XL7 is the only one left and I don't really trust it any more, either...
 
I think you can do better buying a Ruger or a Savage for the time being. {Which ever of the two fits your shoulder best.}

This time of year the manufactures are just {starting} to offer high dollar rebates. Hang in there for a little bit. Get that Ruger or Savage Package {with a factory mounted scope} at a reasonable price plus the mail-in rebate.
 
I got about 500 rounds through a .223. Not one problem and is a pretty accurate rifle. The bolt cycles pretty smooth. I am surprised at how well mine feels. It has a pretty decent trigger I adjusted down to 2#. The stock is flexy, and loud. I think I got a good deal with mine, maybe I just got lucky.
 
I still think it feels better with me than the ruger or savage axis ... by the way I am a savage guy lol


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send me all the Remington 700,s you have with bad triggers, I,ll give you 200.00 for them. just to make you feel better. I have owned between 50-60 Remington centerfire rifles for close to 60 years and never had a problem(not one). eastbank.
 
I will second the Tikka, best rifle I have ever owned, and I have owned two Remington 700s, two Winchester 70s, three Savage 110s, an A-Bolt and a Ruger 77 among other rifles. I lucked up and found a Tikka T3 Stainless for $408 some years ago.
 
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I got one in 223 coming, should be here any day. I looked one
over and liked what I saw. It also has some good tests on it out
on the internet. Mine should show up in a few days, so lets see
what happens.
 
I won a 783 in a raffle. It is a 30-06 with the camo stock. I was going to give it as a gift to the "Stepson from Hell" until he got himself further into debt than he already was and I figured the rifle would only end up in a pawn shop.:(

It isn't the type of rifle that I would buy for myself but it does seem like a good utilitarian knock about piece. I mounted a Bushnell 3-9X40 on it and took it to the range with 3 boxes of 150gr. ammo from different manufacturers and some of my own 150gr. reloads. It gave me average 5 shot groups of about 1 1/2" from all of the different loads. It didn't seem to prefer one brand over another. The rifle also functioned perfectly during the range session.

Remington's last attempts at a budget rifle were a disaster and many shooters are reluctant to try the 783 because of that.
 
Every 700 and 600 series rifle including the 721,722, 7, 600, and 660 made from 1946 to 2014 came from the factory with a flawed trigger design.
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What about the Model 725 which, unlike almost every other Remington bolt-action rifle, came with a three-position safety? I know the safety design is separate from the trigger design but I'm wondering if the Model 725 had a different trigger design?
 
I got my new 783 in caliber 223, and looked it over. I like the looks of it, all the Savage type features it has. I fired it with 55, 65, 75 grain bullets and they all shot nice small groups. The factory trigger setting was pretty good, but I adjusted it down to 2.5 pounds by my gauge and that really felt light, so I left it there. I don't know how far down it can be adjusted, but the trigger seems to be very nice. I am looking forward to putting lots of rounds through it. The 223 has a 9 inch twist barrel.
 
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