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"Among people I know who track modern firearm technology I don't know a single person who would even contemplate buying a Remington." Anecdotal, but we needed
by rsync 6y ago
"Among people I know who track modern firearm technology I don't know a single person who would even contemplate buying a Remington."
Anecdotal, but we needed several workhorse .308 rifles and even considering the previous issues with the Rem 700 triggers, etc., I still chose that model.
In addition to being a simple mechanism and easy to clean and maintain, it has a very high adoption rate which means parts and chassis replacements are readily available.
Those attributes, combined with a very reasonable price, made it easy to select.
If it were a single rifle, just for myself, I may have chosen a Savage model instead. On the other hand, my personal rifle now matches, and parts shares, and has identical maintenance, with all of the rest of them. I find that valuable.
- brodouevencode 6y agoFor hunting, a Savage 110 is a great tool IMO.
- hef19898 6y agoI like that logic. Something a lot of enthusiats, fire arms, cars, etc.., don't get. Servicability and maintainability of a large fleet of X is such a big deal that you chose X for these reasons over Y. even if Y would, on the single unit level, be a tad better.
- SEJeff 6y agoThe remington precision is also at an incredible price point for a longer range rifle compared to much of its competition.
- FireForce 6y agoAre you referring to the RPR? If so, that's made by Ruger, not Remington.
- SEJeff 6y agoLysdexia for the lose. You’re spot on. I read this article thinking of Ruger for some stupid reason. The Ruger Precision Rifle (I have one chambered to 6.5mm creedmoor) is an excellent and affordable distance shooting rifle.
- manfredo 6y agoBut why pick Remington 700 over one of the countless other Mauser derivatives? Mechanically it's essentially identical to a Savage Axis, which costs half as much. You can get a Ruger Hawkeye or Winchester model 70 for the same price as the Remington, but from a company that isn't having quality issues. Is parts availability really significant?