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Remington 700

mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
edited November 2007 in Ask the Experts
I have a Remington 700 sps tactical chambered in .308. Does anyone make a detachable magazind system for ths and any comments on the quality. Thanks

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  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was at a gun shop today and was looking at a remington 700. It was a BDL in 270. It was totally parkerized and appeared to have a mcmillan (or similiar) stock with a cheek piece. Was this a special model or is it just customized aftermarket. What would you think is a good price for this given it is in decent condition.(handling marks but no rust or damage)I have not seen a gun like this before.


    Any info would be great

    Thanks
    John
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know that this has been hashed over a few times, but how do you remove the finish from the remington 700 stocks? If cracked they get water under the finish, and that will lift some of it. Maybe a torch.? Carb. cleaner? Any in put welcome. Thanks in advance.
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Are there any differences is quality in an older 700 compared to a newer one?
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've got a remington 700 in 300 win mag, and for some reason it is harder than heck to eject the shells out of it! You literally have to yank as hard as possible on the bolt before it finally gives. I clean every inch of my gun every time it's shot, and I lubricate it lightly. Can anyone give me a hand here? The gun is in probably 95% condition. Thanks guys.

    john kerry, out to prove he's got nothing to prove.
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am thinking of getting rid of my 280 Remington in a Model 700 Remington. It is stamped as a 7mm Express and have read that this marking is somewhat rare. The gun is in nice shape and was just wondering an approx. value.
    Thanks
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hi; I was just looking on Gunbroker, and there seems to be a lot of Remington 700's for sale on it. Are they good? Or is there a reason for them being for sale? I want to get one, but now I am a little hesitant. Thank you in advance, Mike
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a Remington 700 in 222 Rem. Going by the barrel code it was made in 1962. The unusual thing about it is it has a 20 inch barrel. My question is how long did they make the 20 inch barrel before going to a 22-24 inch barrel, and are the shorter barrel guns worth collecting?
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have heard that Remington 700's had "better" production years than others (similar to the famed pre-64 Winchester) but have never heard which years were better.
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a Remington 700 300win mag and i want to convert it to a detached magazine and also i want to install a muzzle break on it. Who can do this for me and how much?
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Does anyone know if the Remington 700 BDL wood stock is of the same contour/size as the Remington 700 Varmint Special rifle wood stock of the 80's? I need to know since i want to put a heavy barrel on my 700 BDL 30-06 similar in contour to the heavy barrel on the old 700 varmint special but i need to know if the stocks are the same size to allow for a heavy barrel on my rifle...?
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Haye guys I was looking at whether purchasing a Remington Sendero in 300 mag or a 700 police in 300 for medium to long range elk hunting is there much of a difference between the two? and is either one more accurate than the other and in your opinion which would you go get for function and accuracy appreciate your help
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    what is the difference between the remington 700 adl, bdl, and cdl models?
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey guys I have a qustion, I have a Remington 700 Sendero with the Kevlar stock and a heavy barrell. The gun has had the bore broke in and that is all. With this gun I have about 300 rounds of Winchester ballistic silvertip ammo and dyes and a caliber conversion kit for the Dillon 550. I am wanting to sell this rifle and get a Remington 700 22-250 with a stainless fluted barrell. Do you guys think I should put the rifle on auction and if so what should I ask for it. Should I sell everything as a whole?? Then what should I ask?? Thanks for the help. Oh yeah if I get a 22-250 what should I look for for accuracy out of the box. I assume the stainless flutted whould be a good choice. A guy told me that lighter barrell is more accurate, is this true and why?? Thanks again, you guys are great.

    New gun??? No, honey, I've had it for years.
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Are all 700 actions created equal. Is the action on a ADL the same as on a sendero
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I need a spring and magazine follower for a Remington 700, 243 caliber. Can anybody help me????
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would like to know the approximate value of a REMINGTON 700 chambered in 30-06. It has a scope on it, not sure about size. The gun is blued with a walnut stock. The model number is 6318264. Also I need to know approximate age if possible. THANK YOU
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If some of you remember I asked you about my wife's 700 sps varmit rife about putting a new barrel on it.
    Well I took it to a gunsmith who was a acredited Remington smith.
    Come to find out that the barrel threads where not concentric to the chamber,the lands and grooves where not even all the way around and the chamber was barrel shaped.
    It took some time but he put to where she can shoot half MOA at 200 yards.
    So this will be the last Remington I will buy her.
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is there a difference between the magazine spring for a Rem. 700 long action ADL and one for long action BDL ? I need a spring and see them listed on our host GunBroker but don't know if they are different. Any info is appreciated. Terrill
  • sandwarriorsandwarrior Member Posts: 5,453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    mikecarol63,

    Rem 700's are about as good as any 'off the shelf' rifle. Sellers may need money or be tired of a certain caliber, wanting to move up or down in power. Don't be afraid of buying a 700 you see to be in good or decent condition.
  • mikecarol63mikecarol63 Member Posts: 336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sandwarrior; Thanks for the advice. Mike
  • chumchumchumchum Member Posts: 847 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    HI, I have ten of them and I think you can't go wrong buying one. I still have the first one I bought when I was 14. I'm going to give it to my son for his first gun I have that much confidence in them!!!!
  • I.ShuteI.Shute Member Posts: 647
    edited November -1
    I'm not sure how it happened, but I've gathered up some 700s, 721, 722, 742, 788, 7600 and the strange thing about them is - I never hunt with them. It's because of those flimsy extractors.
    I've replaced 3 or 4 of them and the last time I ordered them (from Remington) all I got was 2 rivets.
    I just use them for busting rocks and cans.
    Remington really goofed up when they stopped making the 30s and 720s and it took 65 years to realize it and now are having the Russians make them.
    Even the top 700 shooter we have here- JustC- had a Sako type extractor installed in one so he would be safe with a maximum load!

    As a side note, Col Art Alphin and I love the Remington M-1917 for a safe, strong rifle.

    Edit: An added note:
    greg4 and Ronald J. Snow - I'm sure there are more gun people out there like you guys who are impressed with the Remingtons, but I was telling you of my experience with them. For years you couldn't buy an extractor for them from Remington or anyone else.

    Ron, your 2 (TWO) extractors that failed, - why did they fail if they contacted the rim better than any other extractor??? Why didn't they tear off a chunk of the rim? Because they're flimsy! If you had been trying for the second shot at a charging bear or rhino when they failed, you could have died twice!
    That's why some of us don't hunt with them. Groundhogs or prairie dogs? No problem, just pick up your spare rifle.
    Nothing wrong with the 700s for bench rest, targets, busting rocks, but hunters of dangerous game don't trust them.
  • greg4greg4 Member Posts: 5 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The Rem 700 BDL is one of the best and most accurate out of the box rifles you can buy in my opinion. I bought a 270 700BDL new in 1974 and it is the best shooting rifle I own. Had the action glass bedded and topped off with a Zeiss scope it has been my main deer rifle and shoots great. Have taken quite a few bucks at 300+yds if I do my part. Have never had a problem with the action even when shooting compressed loads. Two of my sons shoot the 700s in 243 and 270 cals and they are both very accurate rifles.

    We have a range here at home and sight in alot of new rifles for people and the 700s will hold their own and in alot of cases outshoot new Brownings, Sakos, Savages, Winchesters etc.

    My pet peeve is the scopes that some people put on their rifles. Cant believe the number of people that spend $1000.00 for a rifle and then put a cheap scope on it and then wonder why the gun doesnt shoot well. The gun is only as good as the optics you put on it. Greg
  • Ronald J. SnowRonald J. Snow Member Posts: 1,346 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have been shooting (722, 600, 700, Model Seven) Remingtons since 1966 and have been selling them since 1981.

    In all that time I have seen 2 (TWO) extractors fail and both were due to excessive pressures! As far as being flimsy, bologna. The Remington extractor has as much or more contact with the cartridge rim than the Mauser style does; not supposition, FACT. If you don't believe it, check it out for yourself.

    You go ahead and alter the Remington bolt to accept the Sako extractor and you have lessened the strength of the Remington bolt and there is no other on the market any stronger. Another point to consider when making the change to the Sako style extractor is that you have voided the warranty on the firearm.

    I do like Remington rifles, also like Ruger, Winchester, Sako, CZ, Anschutz and about anything that goes bang.

    Buy a Remington 700 rifle and it will last several lifetimes and still retain its value as long as it is maintained properly.

    EDITED:
    The two failures were due to excessive pressure, ruptured case and head seperation. The extractors were toast and the Remington bolt design kept any debris from injuring the shooters. As far as Remington extractors being flimsy I say again "bologna". I have seen many cartridge cases with the rims torn off by Remingtons' "flimsy" extractor and that is very common when dealing with their semi-auto rifles in which the owners fail to keep the chambers clean and free of rust.

    Please feel free to own all the Mauser and Sako style extractors you desire; leave the Remingtons for me!!

    RJSnow
  • reddnekreddnek Member Posts: 1,552 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have no idea why but Remington has never built a firearm that looks or feels right to me. I realize thats one mans opinion and I know tons of people that swear by them. However give me a Ruger or a Savage
  • MichibayMichibay Member Posts: 816 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    700's are GREAT Rifles with excellent triggers. The very early ones had 20" barrels and I think they were considered "standard size" at the time...early 60's. My dad had an early ADL in 30-06 with 20" barrel and on several trips to the Northwest Territories,Yukon, British Columbia, Montana and Wyoming shot all kinds of game. He is gone now but my younger brother has the rifle. My dad also had a 700 in .280 that he kind of customized and turned it into quite a light mountain rifle. I have that one now...dad took that one of his last hunt when he was 70 and got a five-point bull elk in wyoming with it in 1979. I remember years ago the Maple Grove Gun Club in Mt. Clemens Michigan...they were Remington Distributors...and sold TONS of Model 700's...Hyme their gunsmith said "there was not a better bolt-action made".
  • eastbankeastbank Member Posts: 4,052 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i have owned many types of firearms,rem,win,mauser,ect. in my 64 years and the only extractor problem i,ve had was when i dropped a single shell into a ww-2 98 mauser and closed the bolt,breaking the tip off of the extractor. and that was my fault. had i fed it thru the magizine it would have been ok. when i had a new one put on i had the gunsmith bevel the tip so you could feed it a shell without putting it in the magizine. but if i were going after big game that could kill me, i would want a claw type extrator so i could clear a short stroke or double feed problem fast. eastbank
  • greg4greg4 Member Posts: 5 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Heres a little more info on the 700's action strength that I forgot to state on my previous post. I used to shoot compressed loads in my 270 trying for more speed and a flatter shooting bullet. The loads were so hot that after reloading the casings the 2nd time most of them after being shot would split right around the casing head and when extracted all that you had on the end of the bolt was the casing head. Never had any problem with the action even under those conditions.

    Alot smarter and wiser now and dont shoot anymore of the hot loads. Hopefully no one trys this. Go by the book on reloading. Greg
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