New Remington 783

[flshooter]

Dec 20, 2013 15:52:06 GMT -5 twomoons said:

From the repair point of view they are not desirable guns, they are replacable hunks of plastic assemblys. I have a 770 in the shop now with one little spring missing. To fix the gun you ship it to Remington and they replace a whole assembly for $70 plus shipping two ways for a5 cent spring. Another prime example of our throwaway society. IMHO the 788 was twice the gun at 1/2 the price and I would rather even have a Savage 340 than a new plastic Remington.

Kinda like the Remington 870 ejector, eh?  That is less than desireable.

On the other hand, how many times will the typical hunting rifle be fired in its owner's lifetime?

I took my new Remington 783 in 7mm Rem Mag to the range yesterday and shot 150 gr Sierra MatchKing bullets over 57 gr H4350 with a Federal 215 primer. I shot 20 shots in all from a bench, some while using an adjustable front rest and fixed rear, and some while using a fixed front bag and ‘squeeze’ bag I made for the rear.

The fore-end doesn’t sit stably in my adjustable front rest; the fore-end is very slim and just wallows around, which made it hard to get good groups at first. But the trigger’s good (reportedly 3.5 lb from the factory, and user-adjustable from 2.5 to 5 lbs) and it broke cleanly with no noticeable creep or stacking.

I zeroed the scope by removing the bolt and looking through the barrel at a target placed at 25 yards, then adjusting the scope to match. Got the first shot on the paper, shot two more to fine-tune and I was ready to rock. Shot 3 more at the 25 yard target to get used to the rifle, then started shooting at 100 yards.

At 100 yards shots were hitting high and right, so I had to adjust the scope again. After I’d re-zeroed the scope, the ‘wallowing’ fore-end took a few shots to overcome. My best 3-shot group measured about 0.4” center-to-center, so I’m pretty happy with it.

Here’s my best 100 yard group.

[Jack]

Hard to complain about that!

[flshooter]

After shooting the group above I used the 3 finest grit bullets from a David Tubbs Final Finish kit on the rifle, then fired a four-shot group measuring 0.30" center-to-center.

I've got to say, my Remington 783 exceeds my accuracy expectations for a $342 rifle by a large margin.

[twomoons]

You know at the local gun show I saw a 22 rifle with a stock made from a squared off cedar plank and a butt plate made form a door hinge. The owner said it shot like a house a fire and it probably did, but he couldn't sell it to anyone else. I have a new Remington on the shelf now and it may very well shoot, but it will IMHO never develop a following and will go the way of the 710.