The Rem 788 has a reputation for extreme accuracy...it's a fine horse gun...throw it in the scabbard and go hunting.
Some of them had some feeding problems but with their accuracy nobody ever needed a second shot anyway. The action was used as a benchrest action for a while by the crazies in the tight group circles and still is to some extent.
Back in the early '70s they sold (with a scope) for under $125 and today they're (used) ABOUT $300.....WISH i HAD BOUGHT A TRUCK LOAD OF THEM THEN!!!!
yea what he said. The prettiest ugly rifle I ever owned wish I had never sold mine. I guess I could say that about most of the guns I have sold over the years.
I've owned several 788's in different cals. over the years, and all were good. My mother and i bought one in cal. .243 Win., for my dad many years ago. He used it a huge amount includeing carrying it all over on his ATV. He even once tipped over backwards pulling out a "huge buck" with a Honda 90 3 wheeler, (many years ago, as he has a Yamaha Kodiak today) that he shot with the 788, and broke the stock off it!! Today at age 90, he still sometimes hunts with it, and in fact he shot a big doe with it last year!! It's never failed to function, and as was already said above, they are quite accurate, and a great inexpensive rifle at the time they came out!!
I kind of wish i had kept one in 44 mag, but i shoot left hand, and that's the reason i didn't.
I had several 788s in the past...and I wish I still had them. I got them in my younger days, and "graduated" to a more expensive rifle later on. They are good shooters! The one I had in 22-250 was one of the best shooting rifles I ever owned.
I have one in 7mm-08 Rem. My uncle gave it to me fter the barrel got ruined in a roof leak accident. I had it rebarreled and it has served me well. Too bad the aren't still making them instead of those 710s.
All of the one's I've seen aren't much to look at, but they are solid guns that tend to be very accurate, you would be well served to pick one up if the price is right (check gunsamerica for a price guide).
DG, I think you're thinking about the Remington 600, and it has the "dogleg" bolt too. The 788's I've seen have iron sights but no rib on the barrel.
Gordon
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No DG the one with the rib was the 600, the 788 is the butt ugly model with the clip mag, and rear locking lugs on the bolt (9), built pretty cheap but shot like a house on fire. Remington discontinued them because the lock time was faster than the model 700 and average people could outshoot the top of the line 700 with the much cheaper 788. The remington sportsman replaced it for a few years then it was dropped also.
I've had 5 (788's) and all of them shot like a custom built rifle. my current one is a LH 6mm, I bought it for the action cause the barrel was pitted bad, it will still do sub MOA so I'm still shootin it
788's were chambered in 222, 223, 22-250, 30-30, 44 mag., 243, 6mm, 7mm-08, and 308, the last few years of production saw the big game cartridges barreled in 18.5" lengths, the varmint calibers were 24". The LH models were available in 6mm and possibly 308 with left hand bolt and right side ejection w/22" barrels
RR
I've own a couple of 243's and couple of 308's and a 222 and a 22-250 and have to say they all worked well for me. I took some time and redone the stock, added some life to it and a little fancynest and turned the gun into a gun. Taking off all the metal and added a white plastic rim under it, the butt plate off and added white plastic. Turned out not bad...BT
Remington model 788??????
