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Remington 783

Post by DaleH » 01 Nov 2013, 12:25 am

Just seen the price on the latest Remington 783 ($575 from a WA dealer) in 308 and it looks not too bad for an name brand firearm. Does anyone know what they are like? Should I save more and pay for a Tikka or even more for a Sako?
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Re: Remington 783

Post by Aster » 01 Nov 2013, 6:43 am

The 783 is the middle ground rifle from Remington.

Half way between the budget 770 and the quality 700.
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Post by Norton » 01 Nov 2013, 6:48 am

DaleH wrote:Just seen the price on the latest Remington 783 ($575 from a WA dealer) in 308 and it looks not too bad for an name brand firearm. Does anyone know what they are like?


Compare the price to a Remington 700, Tikka or whatever and that should give you an idea.

DaleH wrote:Should I save more and pay for a Tikka or even more for a Sako?


I'd take either over a 783, especially if you can afford a Sako?
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Re: Remington 783

Post by salate » 01 Nov 2013, 6:54 am

That's quite a jump from budget Remington to a Sako.

What's wrong with a trusty old Remington 700?
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Post by sha » 01 Nov 2013, 7:04 am

Norton wrote:I'd take either over a 783, especially if you can afford a Sako?


If I could afford a Sako, problem solved...
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Re: Remington 783

Post by Bourt » 01 Nov 2013, 9:00 am

Hang on...

Everyone's bagging the Remington for Sako or whatever... It's $600?

A Tikka is nearly double the price, a Sako is 3-4 times the price...
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Re: Remington 783

Post by RDobber » 01 Nov 2013, 9:09 am

Yeah, he didn't say he has piles of money laying around to go and get a Sako with :roll:

For $600 I reckon you'll do all right Dale.

If you can save up for something the $1000 mark I'd get a Tikka personally.

A Sako is $2700 whatever though :roll:

There's nothing wrong with Tikka and they are less than half the price.
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Re: Remington 783

Post by hrrl » 01 Nov 2013, 9:26 am

RDobber wrote:A Sako is $2700 whatever though :roll:


People conveniently forgot that when bagging out everything else.
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Re: Remington 783

Post by DaleH » 01 Nov 2013, 9:50 am

I would have to have $ to spare to go after the Sako. the Tikka is not too much of a stretch and from the Remington and as I will be looking for a keeper, whatever the spend, I would want to make sure that what I get will last and has the quality of build to eventually pass on to the kids.
I have heard that the Remington has lots of after market bits n pieces available so that it can be customised cheaply. At the same time, the people I spoke to said that to bring the Remington up to the spec/performance/quality of the Tikka, you would spend much the same as you would on buying the Tikka.
At the end of the day, the Tikka will probably be my choice and what I save from not buying the Sako, I can get myself one or two more toys......
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Re: Remington 783

Post by tiki » 01 Nov 2013, 10:22 am

DaleH wrote:I have heard that the Remington has lots of after market bits n pieces available so that it can be customised cheaply.


Yeah, but for the 700. Not sure how much of that translates to the 783?

Spend the bit extra and get a 700 or a Tikka I reckon.

I used to do that in the past and just get the cheapest thing I could.

Always ended up hating it then buying what I should have from the start. Buying the cheaper one to start was just a waste of money.
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