A new video on Remarms new (well, old design) guns. Looks like QC hasn't improved very much:
REMARMS *new production*: FIRST LOOK - YouTube
REMARMS *new production*: FIRST LOOK - YouTube
I'm still seeing 700's on the regular, can you not get them in your part of the country? I see them at my LGS, Wal mart, etc all the time.I am hoping they work out the kinks in quality. I still want a Rem 700.
Buy an old one in good condition. I recently bought a very nice '74 BDL for $450.I am hoping they work out the kinks in quality. I still want a Rem 700.
Good call. Yeah my LGS just posted an old 700 BDL in .270 with an older glossy Zeiss (maybe conquest) scope on it for $700. Smokeshow deal. He is always getting and giving killer deals on the good old stuff, if I didn't already have a A-Bolt .270 I would have had to jump on thatBuy an old one in good condition. I recently bought a very nice '74 BDL for $450.
I'm still seeing 700's on the regular, can you not get them in your part of the country? I see them at my LGS, Wal mart, etc all the time.
Buy an old one in good condition. I recently bought a very nice '74 BDL for $450.
Buy an old one in good condition. I recently bought a very nice '74 BDL for $450.
It's the cheapest long gun they make - Express model - so there is going to be zero or very little hand fitting. When cutting tools wear out they make oversize parts so no surprise there. Honestly Remington quality for fit/finish has been poor for years now. They generally function just fine but look like the price you paid for them. These days there are better budget guns for equal or less money. I suspect the Remington premium lines will still be good and priced to match.The thing that it think is odd is that they didn’t stain the front end of the butt stock to at least hide the fact that the wood to metal finish ain’t all that great on those 870s. It’s almost as if they either took the time to mask off the face or they stain the stocks then sand them to fit. Either way it’s pretty freakin’ hokey.
It makes me wonder what other corners they’re cutting.
Buy an old one in good condition. I recently bought a very nice '74 BDL for $450.
Good call. Yeah my LGS just posted an old 700 BDL in .270 with an older glossy Zeiss (maybe conquest) scope on it for $700. Smokeshow deal. He is always getting and giving killer deals on the good old stuff, if I didn't already have a A-Bolt .270 I would have had to jump on that
It's good that they saw this and responded but at the same time it does not give warm and fuzzy feelings given their excuse. Not a good way to start a "new" gun company. The small profits made selling that inferior quality old product will/has hurt the new company's reputation far more than the small revenue generate by selling that product they did have full control over the QC. RemArms making the same bad decisions Remington did not a good sign but at the same time not unexpected given that management has not really changed. Adam Ballard was part of the Remington Outdoor Company too, came from DPMS.
Has anyone bought an entry level standard production gun in the last 20yrs??? An 870 Express was the first firearm I bought without my parents on my 18th birthday, nearly 30yrs ago. Don't recall it being fitted like a Westley-Richards either.