Remington 788
I have a picture of my dad from 1973 holding an antelope and the rifle he shot it with. He wrote on the picture that the antelope was shot with a 6mm. The rifle he is holding looks exactly like a Remington 788 except it looks like it has a stainlees(or stainless color)bolt and trigger gaurd. The clip is black or is bluing like on a regular rifle as I know 778s to be and the barrel is also the bluing as on a regular rifle. The wood on the rifle has a blond colored finish.
Did Remington 788s ever come with a stainless or stainless colored bolt and trigger gaurd?
Did Remington 788s ever come with a stainless or stainless colored bolt and trigger gaurd?
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I have a Remington 788 in 22-250. From what I read Remington quit making the less expensive 788 to sell more expensive 700's. The 788 was and is a very accurate rifle. I can attest to the rifle's accuracy as my 22-250 is a TACKDRIVER. With the proper handloads it easily shoots sub moa groups. At some point I am going to shoot the barrel out of this gun. Has anybody heard of anybody making custom guns off of this action? or rebarreling a 788? Is that possible due to the way the barrel/action was manufactured? 0 -
Production ended in 1983. They were (and still are!) very good rifles. Many experts were surprised at their accuracy because they have a rear locking action. In other words, the locking lugs are at the rear of the bolt rather that at the front like a Mauser. Conventional wisdom is that rear locking actions are more flexible, and consequently less accurate; but the Rem. 788 is the exception. 0 -
The 788 had a reputation for accuracy, and when it came out, it had the fastest lock time of any rifle on the market. This may still be true, I don't know. 0
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