Remington Model 783 rifle

[Grunt67]

 Been reading about Rem. new offering, sounds great, haven't got my hands on one yet.

 Anyone had any experience with one?

[z0mbies fear me]

My dad bought one of the 783's in 30-06. My first impression of it was that it felt cheap and kinda poorly made. He put a Bushnell trophy XLT 3-9×40mm on it. We took it to the range and it blew my mind. It seemed to love the heavier 180 grain bullets. At 100 yards it will stack round after round into one jagged hole!

As a matter of fact I'm going to be getting one for myself very shortly! Definitely a "buy" in my opinion.

[Grunt67]

 Thanks, that's the kind of reviews I've been reading elsewhere in the mags, etc. Thinking of selling my old Mod. 70  30-06,

 after deer season ends, and buying one for next year.

[Dolomite_supafly]

Glad to see Remington has finally decided to embrace the barrel nut. Savage has done this for decades. It also seems as though they took another clue from Savage and started using a floating bolt head which some say is the reason for Savage's accuracy.

 

This will also make swapping calibers as easy as it is with a Savage. 20 minutes at home without the need for a smith.

[Grunt67]

I read an article on this in Amer. Rifleman. Rifle was designed from the ground up. They did take these features from Savage,

and tho it's not the prettiest rifle on the rack, it does what it was intended to do... Function, accurate, reliable, low cost.

List is $451, drilled & tapped, no sights.

Guess I'm going to wrap my hands around one.

[z0mbies fear me]

If I remember correctly Dad got his at Dicks for $329 and it had a $30 mail in rebate. And I think that we had to use two weaver front scope bases for a rem 700. That was all we could find at the time that had the correct hole spacing. Edited December 26, 2013 by z0mbies fear me

[Grunt67]

 According to what I've read ( can't remember where exactly ), the 700 bases fit, and there is a base specific for the 783

also. So should be no problem there.

I have a Simmons scope on the Mod. 70, that I'm just not particulary fond of, may let it go with the rifle & start from scratch.

Seems like the eye relief doesn't work for my eyes/glasses.

We'll see how the mindset is down the road.

 

 That's not a bad price BTW...thks.

Edited December 27, 2013 by Grunt67

[gregintenn]

What's wrong with the Winchester?

[Grunt67]

What's wrong with the Winchester?

 

 Nothing really wrong with it, just never had really liked it, personal preference, I suppose.

 Always preferred Remington + the ex gave it to me one year for Christmas LOL.