Hello All,

Wanted to know if anyone would share their experience (hunting/longrange marksmanship) with the Remington Model 798? Considering it with other possible choices as my first bolt-action/308. rifle. Any principled info shared would be appreciated. Thank You.

From a Veteran's Son, Brother & Father.

Hi there. Have not fired/touched/held one yet, but have been looking at it. {Because they have a .375 H&H mag. and I live in bear country.}
I'll post the link to Remington's site. I read that the 798 is actually made in Serbia, not here...? You might Google and see if you can find a review/test of the 798 in American Rifleman/G&A/Shooting Times/Gun Tests/Rifle/Guns magazines.

If you wanted a good Bolt Action .308, you can't beat the Rem. model 700. It's been around for decades and is very accurate right out of the box. (and it's made here!) They also come with sights like a real rifle should!-

http:www.remington.com/products/firearms/centerfire_rifles_798.asp

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Originally posted by swremwin:
Hi there. Have not fired/touched/held one yet, but have been looking at it. {Because they have a .375 H&H mag. and I live in bear country.}
I'll post the link to Remington's site. I read that the 798 is actually made in Serbia, not here...? You might Google and see if you can find a review/test of the 798 in American Rifleman/G&A/Shooting Times/Gun Tests/Rifle/Guns magazines.

If you wanted a good Bolt Action .308, you can't beat the Rem. model 700. It's been around for decades and is very accurate right out of the box. (and it's made here!) They also come with sights like a real rifle should!-

http:www.remington.com/products/firearms/centerfire_rifles_798.asp

Thanx, I'll look at the 700. You're correct, the 798 is made in Serbia, still has my interest, anyone else have any real world experience with the 798 wish to weigh in?

Being the Savage fan-boi that I am, I gotta steer ya toward America's most accurate out-of-the-box rifle.

Their line-up includes iron sighted models, and scoped deals too.

www.savagearms.com They don't update their site too often, but everything there is available.

I've about a dozen Savages of all sorts of flavors and calibers. Wouldn't trade them for any RemChesters out there.

The only other civilian rifle I would ever consider would be a Cooper.

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Originally posted by STARSnBARS:
Being the Savage fan-boi that I am, I gotta steer ya toward America's most accurate out-of-the-box rifle.

Their line-up includes iron sighted models, and scoped deals too.

www.savagearms.com They don't update their site too often, but everything there is available.

I've about a dozen Savages of all sorts of flavors and calibers. Wouldn't trade them for any RemChesters out there.

The only other civilian rifle I would ever consider would be a Cooper.

SSG, I thank you for your input and respect your choices, appreciate the shared knowledge.

Anybody have experience with the new Remington 700 VTR? I'm considering it in .308 with a Zeiss Conquest scope, 3-9 x 44mm w/Zplex recticle. I like the balance and feel of the VTR and the triangular barrel with integrated muzzle brake. It sells for $625 locally and the Zeiss scope is $509 postage paid (no taxes) thru the AAFES on-line catalog. I've had a Rem 700 BDL in 30.06 w/3-9 x 40mm Leupold scope for 30 years and it has always performed
exceptionally well.

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Originally posted by STARSnBARS:
Being the Savage fan-boi that I am, I gotta steer ya toward America's most accurate out-of-the-box rifle.

Their line-up includes iron sighted models, and scoped deals too.

www.savagearms.com They don't update their site too often, but everything there is available.

I've about a dozen Savages of all sorts of flavors and calibers. Wouldn't trade them for any RemChesters out there.

The only other civilian rifle I would ever consider would be a Cooper.

Remington just bought Savage in the past couple months. They also bought Bushmaster and DPMS.
Their CEO said they look to buy a handgun manufacturer within the next year. I wonder who?

Smith & Wesson bought Marlin and Thompson Center Arms.

Gumby---Yep, I heard about the Remington deal.

yaa know...it seems like whenever that happens, the company that gets bought out/taken over/absorbed (like the various american auto makers over the decades--Packard,Hudson,DeSoto) doesn't get advertized, or written up in magazine articles, and then gets scaled down to one model in one caliber... Sooo our old favorites "wither on the vine".

{Speaking of Savage Arms...I had a Stevens model 620 slide action 20 gauge shotgun. Gift from my Grampa. It was made in Chicopee Falls, Mass. in the late 1920's. First gun I ever shot, even before I shot a .22 It was a John Browning design. Then Savage bought out Stevens and eventually the Stevens guns were not made at all, but they became the "plain-jane" editions of the Savage weapons.}

I've got a catalog from Marlin and they mention that they have taken over N.E.F. and H-R, but I haven't heard about the S&W deal. Where/When/Who told you about that?

Golden Sabers--Sorry for the Detour of your thread. I guess we be con ver sat ing-

It's been in a couple firearms trade magazines (Shooting Industry for one), plus folks I've talked to at S&W and TC told me. I work in the firearms industry. We make the Ransom Rest.

Roger that. hmmm,,,was reading an issue of Handloader magazine yesterday and Mike Venturino was shooting a Single Action Army .45 in a Ransom Rest for the chronograph tests.

Well,,,let's hope that they do NOT whittle down the product line. Especially since Marlin has been working with Hornady ammo co. on new cartridges, and improvements to existing ones...

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Originally posted by swremwin:
Gumby---Yep, I heard about the Remington deal.

Golden Sabers--Sorry for the Detour of your thread. I guess we be con ver sat ing-

No offense takin', its all about conversin'

BTW, learned much from those here and now the proud owner of a Savage Model 111FXP3 in 300 Win Mag with Accu-trigger. LOVE IT and thank you all. Now if I can just keep up with my Marine son and his AR-10, I'll be happy...

Guys, I had to put my 2cents in about the Rem798 yes, its a serbian made rifle, made by Zastava the state arsenal, and its a MAUSER, you know the rifle design that every rifle manufacturers has been emulating for donkeys years, with the features all have been incorporating, you know with the famous "massive claw extractor" that yanks out every hot loaded cartridge even when the lesser extractors give up? The rifle that no self respecting hunting would land in Africa without? The rifle that our fathers/fore-fathers found ourselves up against during a couple significant skirmishes in Europe last century..

The 798 is basically the rifle that had been issued to the soldiers (of many many nations) since, yep, 1898. As I understand the stock is installed in the US and that is the Rem input (should even say Zastava on the metalwork..).
The 700 is 'the kit' over there (I'm in Australia, you know that nation down under, where we have Kangaroos for pets in our backyards!) because of the availability of accessories parts and of course the sheer availability of the rifles, and of course I'm sure they are a good rifle thats been continuously tweaked since the 60's. also the rep of supplying the forces in combat.
I shoot military rifle at club level, (M98) and I think the fact that the M98 is available in a brand new rifle is fantastic, its a tried and true design that you have confidence in every time you close the bolt or pull the trigger. You have the option of old/renewed M98, M48 or a brand spanker!!

Oh, sorry, experiences... given that the 798 is pretty much the same as my rifle: strong action easy to strip bolt, again - confidence with the extraction, and the famous CONTROLLED ROUND FEEDING i.e. once a round is stripped from the magazine the bolt has it firmly in its grip. The feature not on the 798 is the stripper clip recess and accompanying thumb cutout, that will increase the the rigidity over the mil issue '98
nuff said (probably a bit much)
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Hello
I have had a Remington 798.308 for about six months now and love the rifle, people need to remember it is not a model 700 and its action is not quite a smooth of some 700,s, but with minor polishing it is great ( it is not bad at all out of the box, nothing as horrid as some guys say )one other thing, the guys who whine that it is not from america, just ask those guys what they drive and wear and where there clothes and cars are made. Ok back to the rifle, I like the Mauser action, because there is nothing stronger or more rock solid, the trigger ( read some of the gun mags reviews)is fully adjustable in pull weight, sear, and travel, no other remington rifle has this much adjustment.Shooting from the bench,it is very acurate and will shoot very small consistant groups (still working on differnt loads, but it seems to like the Sierra 168g HPBT Match bullet, and 42 grians of IMR 4064 powder) and another thing I like not everybody and his brother has one, so if you like something differnt and still a great rifle you cant go wrong, people have not really taken to it, so you can also get them at a great price, and people dont know what they are missing, and Midway USA has everything to hot rod one if you like.