New to me Remington!

[billyburl2]

Well after a being a true Savage Fan-boy for the last several years, I finally bought my first Remington. It is chambered in 7-08. And after doing some research on the barrel stamp, I found out was made in 1980 which was the first year that was available. It came with an OLD Leupold M8 10x with 1/2 MOA target turrets. The scope pre-dates 1974, as there is no letter prefix in the serial, but the glass is pretty decent.

 

[Graham]

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Nice!

 

[Niles Coyote]

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NICE, and a great caliber as well!

 

[Graham]

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I like the desert digi-camo marpat-like color motif to the desk and the room.

 

[billyburl2]

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The wife picked that all by herself...

 

[billyburl2]

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It came 100 rounds of reloads too, and the trigger needs help! Any suggestions? I am also probably going to re-stock it, as I really don't want to mess that one up.

 

[Cegorach]

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Very class rifle, I like it a lot.

As far as the trigger is concerned, a reputable smith should be able to tune the factory unit very nicely. Or if two stage is your thing I really like the CG Xtreme trigger. It's what I run in my 700.

 

[fdkay]

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The old rem triggers can be tuned very nicely.
First thing I would do is flush it out then lightly lube it.

If that doesn't work, the instructions for tuning it are available on the internet, or you could pay a smith to tune it for you.

 

[Travis S]

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That's a real beauty. Had one like it in 6mm rem. Shot really well. Too bad I got it late in its life. Barrel let go after 350ish rds. Just started shooting softball groups. I was young and dumb and let it go too cheap!

 

[jordan0317]

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Looks like you got an ugly pos, might as well box it up and send it to me to dispose of properly

 

[Black Ops]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I finally bought my first Remington. It is chambered in 7-08. And after doing some research on the barrel stamp, I found out was made in 1980 which was the first year that was available. It came with an OLD Leupold M8 10x with 1/2 MOA target turrets. The scope pre-dates 1974, as there is no letter prefix in the serial, but the glass is pretty decent.</div></div>

<span style="font-weight: bold">Nice!!!! I'm sure I could do a thing or two to that old Remington for you

Once again nice stick enjoy

Mike
Tac Ops</span>

 

[billyburl2]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Black Ops</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I finally bought my first Remington. It is chambered in 7-08. And after doing some research on the barrel stamp, I found out was made in 1980 which was the first year that was available. It came with an OLD Leupold M8 10x with 1/2 MOA target turrets. The scope pre-dates 1974, as there is no letter prefix in the serial, but the glass is pretty decent.</div></div>

<span style="font-weight: bold">Nice!!!! I'm sure I could do a thing or two to that old Remington for you

Once again nice stick enjoy

Mike
Tac Ops</span>
</div></div>
Someday Mike, I might let you! But the biggest reason I have always played with Savages, is my shoe-string budget...

 

[Okie Gordon]

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I bought one similar to that many years ago brand new in 243 Win caliber.
The biggest problem with mine was that at the time Remington did not do any sort of actual bedding. Just some sort of hogged out wood with a bump on the forearm wood channel to put pressure on the underside of the barrel.

The thing would shoot about 2" groups at 100 yards with the zero wondering around between trips to the range.

Ended up doing an acraglas bedding job on the action and it went to shooting about 3/4" groups with a consistent zero.
Since you mentioned being on a tight budget you might want to go that route before buying another stock.

Trigger was about what you mentioned. Crappy. A bit of adjustment made it nice and crisp at 3 lbs.

 

[slowyellow]

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Good looking stick man. And like you said, restock it so you don't mess up that original. It looks to be in very good condition.

 

[hahco]

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I would leave it as-is, it just looks right in that BDL stock. Like everyone is saying, a good smith can tune up a Remington trigger to be a very crisp 3 lbs or so (that's what I had done on my Sendero).

I really like that rifle, I'd leave the whole thing as-is (other than trigger and maybe bedding work). Great old Leupold on it too.

 

[StockDog]

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Very nice. I have been tossing around doing an old school style rig much like yours. I was thinking about a few modern touches like a DBM and having someone add an adjustable cheek piece as well as a good pillar and stock bed job. I would hate to beat that stock up. It's a little too nice.

 

[6.5BR]

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Had one mfg around 1994 or so, chopped to 21", dropped in a VLS stock, pressure point removed, floated bbl.

Shot about as well as w/an HS stock. Shot some groups of 1/2" and 7/8" at 200 yds, w/100 gr Hornady HPs over 47/Varget.

Used 4-14 fine duplex for those. If your bbl/action is good, it should shoot fine.

 

[billyburl2]

Well I got it re-stocked, and changed the scope to a SS 3-15x42 FFP. Rifle shoots great! Really loving the BC of 162gr AMAX's!