WTH? This gun dealer scares me.

[LordRaiden]

Got to looking around on the web today to try to find a new rifle for range shooting (my 1975 Remington model 700 finally gave up the ghost) and found a store that had a brand new Model 700 classic for an ungaudly low price. So out of curiousity I called him. A very nice gentleman (I'm guessing mid 30's by the voice) answered the phone. I asked him about the rifle they had listed on their website and strangely enough, he seemed confused. I began describing the gun and he was like "Oh, the Reem-in-tongue. Yeah, we got those. The ones with the shinny barrels. You wanna tip rib with that?" I had to think of WTH a tip rib was. Then he says "Yeah, the tip rib. It makes the gun not so loud and not flashy and all." (he's refering to a noise reducing flash suppresser, which the model 700 can't use.) This conversation went on like this for about another 2 minutes at which point I just hung up. I'm really scared because people like this shouldn't be gun owners let alone dealers. Interestingly enough the place is located in texas.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Dumb man, good gun.

What's yours chambered for, .308WM or 30-06?

- M4H

 

[MrBond]

"Yeah, the tip rib. It makes the gun not so loud and not flashy and all." (he's refering to a noise reducing flash suppresser, which the model 700 can't use.)

He may have just been refering to a flash/recoil supressor, which is perfectly legal and can be mounted to a model 700. Usually that's sort of an aftermarket thing, I know my dad ended up milling one for his so he can use it for prairie dogging.

 

[edro]

He was probably the janitor.... haha.

Most gun store guys are real knowledgable about what they sell....

Link to the site?

 

[notfred]

I want a remington 700.

 

[LordRaiden]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Dumb man, good gun.

What's yours chambered for, .308WM or 30-06?

- M4H

I prefer 30-06 which is what my old one was chambered, but .308 does a good job too. So I'm not sure which one I'll buy this time around. I've got both .308's and 30-06 cal rifles. So ammo isn't really that big a deal.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I have an M700 BDL chambered for the 30.06, I managed to put a pair of good sized knicks in the stock the first time I went out to use it..

Good gun though, you need to clean the bolt with hoppes oil before you use it in cold weather though.

 

[LordRaiden]

I'm really liking the new Remington 710. I don't like the plastic body, but the gun overall looks sweet.

 

[ElFenix]

sounds like east texas to me. probably cut-n-shoot.

 

[desy]

Most gun nuts don't like the 710 cause the barrel isn't removable BUT super tight lockup.
The scope they ususally come with is a throwaway so usually a good used 700 or Walmart ADL is a better bet

 

[LordRaiden]

Originally posted by: desy
Most gun nuts don't like the 710 cause the barrel isn't removable BUT super tight lockup.
The scope they ususally come with is a throwaway so usually a good used 700 or Walmart ADL is a better bet

Hmm, yeah. I hadn't seen the real thing yet, so that would probubly be another reason I'm not gonna get a 710. Oh well.

The 700 classic looks awesome though. Might look into getting one of those. What's the largest shell it will safely take? 180 grain, or will it take a 240? I'm only asking cause I may take it out later for some moose hunting and I hunt moose with at least 180 grain.

sounds like east texas to me. probably cut-n-shoot.

Yep, that sounds like the name I think. It sounds familiar.

 

[desy]

A 308 with 180 grain is fine just use a good bullet like a Nosler partition for moose to get the penetration.
That 700 classic is a fine gun and there are all sorts of custom parts for it.
You don't need a muzzle break for a 308 more greif than they are worth IMO .
You find anything yet?

 

[Pliablemoose]

If he's in the DFW area I can look him up & see if it's real...

 

[LordRaiden]

Actually, I haven't gotten the money yet to buy the new rifle. Still suffering sticker shock from my bulk pc purchase of recent. :Q

But I should be buying it come soon here...I hope.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: LordRaiden
Actually, I haven't gotten the money yet to buy the new rifle. Still suffering sticker shock from my bulk pc purchase of recent. :Q

But I should be buying it come soon here...I hope.

In advance - :camera:s?

- M4H

 

[LordRaiden]

Well, this is close enough. I'm split between getting this one in the 30-06 or the 300 winchester magnum. I'll probubly go with the 30-06 as I've got two cases of it still.

I'm going to get mine mounted with a snap swivel scope. They're very nice. If I want to fire with iron sites, I just unlock the scope, if I wanna fire with scope, I just put it on the slide, twist and it locks in place. The cool part is it is always lined up when it locks in. No resighting needed.

 

[LordRaiden]

Doh, dead post.