Remington actions cover about 80% of all tactical bolt guns....remmy clones cover even more. Alot of people....myself being one beleive that a Rem 700 with the R5 Stainless barrel in 308 is a great starting point. Alot of people myself included don't fit well with the HS Precision stocks Rem puts with their R5's and PSS rifles.
Why doesn't Remington take the R5 off of the "uncataloged" mystery list and ditch the HS Precision stocks that seem to be replaced by 90% of shooters or else they have a cheek peice added by screws or duct tape or other material and just make a RIFLE.
Remington already has a working partnership with Bell and Carlson so why doesn't Remington take the R5 or even the PSS and drop it into the Bell and Carlson adjustable Tactical stock with the vertical grip.
We all know of places where you can get the PSS for $800 or so and the R5 for another hundred or so. Wouldn't Remington have a top selling unit if the they matched up their action with a good heavy barrel and dropped it in a scope friendly stock?
Couldn't they sell the heck out of that setup for $1095 to the consumer? They could take an existing barrel length as a test run or make a mid length barrel for this setup 22-24 inches. They could just offer it in 308 and you could choose your stock color........if the buyer didn't like the B/C stock he would have a better take off to sell than the bare bones H/S Precision or even the B/C butthook stock that comes on the XCR?
Oh by the way my last option for that setup would be a tactical bolt knob!!! It might cost Remington $20 to put on another bolt knob but they would get $100 for their $20....who gets all jacked up to pick up their new shooter and then has to ship the bolt off for a couple weeks to get a knob that works.
If that worked maybe Remington could produce the above mentioned rifle with 10 round detachable box mags and get that into customer hands for $1450.
Thats the end of "If I ran Remington for a day"
Derek
Why doesn't Remington take the R5 off of the "uncataloged" mystery list and ditch the HS Precision stocks that seem to be replaced by 90% of shooters or else they have a cheek peice added by screws or duct tape or other material and just make a RIFLE.
Remington already has a working partnership with Bell and Carlson so why doesn't Remington take the R5 or even the PSS and drop it into the Bell and Carlson adjustable Tactical stock with the vertical grip.
We all know of places where you can get the PSS for $800 or so and the R5 for another hundred or so. Wouldn't Remington have a top selling unit if the they matched up their action with a good heavy barrel and dropped it in a scope friendly stock?
Couldn't they sell the heck out of that setup for $1095 to the consumer? They could take an existing barrel length as a test run or make a mid length barrel for this setup 22-24 inches. They could just offer it in 308 and you could choose your stock color........if the buyer didn't like the B/C stock he would have a better take off to sell than the bare bones H/S Precision or even the B/C butthook stock that comes on the XCR?
Oh by the way my last option for that setup would be a tactical bolt knob!!! It might cost Remington $20 to put on another bolt knob but they would get $100 for their $20....who gets all jacked up to pick up their new shooter and then has to ship the bolt off for a couple weeks to get a knob that works.
If that worked maybe Remington could produce the above mentioned rifle with 10 round detachable box mags and get that into customer hands for $1450.
Thats the end of "If I ran Remington for a day"
Derek