There is a good chance you have never heard of Alamo Precision Rifles, and an even better chance that you should have. Alamo Precision Rifles (APR) is located 275 miles north of the Alamo near Dallas, Texas. I recently made the trip from Austin to APR to check out their facility. Big things are happening […]
Remington’s South Dakota-based custom shop — an operation you may not be familiar with — turns out some truly beautiful work. Now they’re teaming up with SIXSITE Gear to produce the Model 700 SIXITE Gear collaboration rifle in just about any caliber you want. Here’s their press release: Remington Custom Shop Collaborates with SIXSITE Gear […]
Following hot of the heels of .223 Remington (see my earlier post here) in terms of general popularity is .308 Winchester. The .308 has enjoyed a reputation of excellence for decades and deservedly so. Most shooters that grew up before and even during the AR revolution that wanted a do-all cartridge went with the .308 because […]
I’ve been hunting whitetail dear since I was a tyke. Over the years I’ve tried different rifles and calibers, but I always come back to the Remington Model 700 .260 that my father gave me as my first rifle. It’s seen a lot of use, doesn’t have a high-priced optic and no longer looks like […]
“I was kind of upset. It’s a domino effect. They take one thing and they pick at it and pick at it until it’s eventually all gone. Next thing you know a Remington 700 is going to be a long-range sniper rifle that you don’t need for hunting.” – Robert Smallwood in At South Kitsap, students who […]
Thirty different calibers over twenty variations among five million Remington 700 rifles sold since 1962. If you don’t own a 700, you know someone who does. It’s one of the most dependable, reliable actions ever built, not to mention the basis for more customized rifles than any other bolt gun. But how much do you […]
The Remington 700 5-R Stainless Threaded Gen 2 is one of the latest additions to their classic 700BDL hinged floor plate design. The short action rifle comes in two barrel lengths: 20″ and 24″. If you opt for the 24″ barrel, you can buy one chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor, .300 Win Mag and .308. The gun […]
TriggerTech is a Canadian company that started out making triggers for crossbows and Remington 700s. They’ve more recently branched into the AR-15 market (and a 1911 trigger is currently in the works). Their patented “Frictionless Release Technology” (FRT™) makes their products unique in the trigger world. Although we included TriggerTech’s drop-in AR trigger in our […]
I have to admit that I’ve become a bit of a junkie when it comes to firearms. A year ago, I owned exactly zero guns. Today, I own six pistols and two revolvers. Technically, I still own three additional pistols, but those are up for sale at Gunbroker, so I won’t count them for now. […]
Spinmeisters facing a publicity crisis are advised to live by the “Golden 24.” What you say to the public in the first 24 hours of a crisis is all that counts. Everything afterwards is just mopping-up. In the first 24 after CNBC aired its expose on self-firing Remington 700s, the gunmaker failed to get out […]
“The Portland [Maine] Police Department’s special reaction team has stopped using its Remington 700 sniper rifles,”pressherald.com reports. “Because one of them started firing unpredictably and a network news report said similar problems elsewhere have caused injuries and prompted lawsuits.” Although you’d kinda expect this—what with the Portal Po-Po’s jolt-fired 700 starring in CNBC’s supposed expose […]
