TheFirearmEnthusiast wrote:bigpete wrote:Then dont buy one ?
That's right
I'm not gonna buy one
But I thought I would have a discussion with everyone to see what they thought of Remington
I thought it might be nice and educational (for some people) to have a discussion about it
Is that okay?
Sounds good to me
Personally, I'm not a fan of Remington.
I think I own just one Remington currently, a 1940 Model 510. I own it because it was Rose's dad's first rifle, bought new in 1940. He always wanted to make it a repeater so I bought a US Army surplus Model 513T stock and 10rd magazine and turned it into a ten-shot faux Model 513T repeater for him, just before he died. The barrel is totally shot out though. I managed to find a Lithgow Model 12 that was being wrecked due to a damaged bolt and salvaged the barrel from it, it's a very close visual match to the original Remington.
My first centrefire rifle was the Remington 788 in .222Rem, fantastic rifle at an incredible price. In '83 it was around half the price of the Remington 700, and is a better rifle, in my opinion. The 788 is one Remington I would grab if I saw one available in .222Rem or 7mm-08. They stopped production in '83.
Oh, I forgot, my 1943 M1903-A3 is a Remington also
My local recently had an old pump .22 on the shelf that I looked at hoping it was a Winchester Model 1906, but it wasn't.
So, some of the old Rems, yes, but overall I avoid Remington. I buy the firearm because of the firearm itself, not because of some decades-old reputation attached to the name currently tacked onto it.