i went to the gun shop today to check out a remington 700 mountain rifle. they had one in stock just like i wanted. the one in stainless with the laminated stock. it feels great and everything but man is that barrel ever skinny!! one of the reasons i want a 260 is cause it'll be a pleasure to shoot at the bench as well. with a barrel that skinny am i gonna have to wait 10 mins after every shot? my .22 has a thicker barrel then that! maybe i'm making to much out of it but if ur in the field and for some reason have to shoot more then once at a deer or whatever will the barrel heat so fast that after the first shot u ain't hittn anywhere near to where ur aiming?

let me know what ur thoughts are on this guys. deer season's comming mighty quick!

PB yep its' gonna walk after the barrel heats up but that is an allright tradeoff to a degree and I like the rifle. The problem I have with Remington is the dangerous fire control mechanism they have...ie the trigger and safety. Plenty of other manufacturers out there with a better trigger system and comparable or better accuracy.

You're right. That thin barrel will heat up and shift impact on the bench. It's a non issue for a mountain/hunting rifle. I don't think a quick second shot will cause your point of impact to go hog wild, but not what you'd want in a target rifle. If you want a rifle for informal paper punching, I'd look to something with a little more meat to the barrel.

dang it! i'd like to shoot her of the bench too. u guys know of any other light weight rifles the come in 260? remington has the titanium series but that thing is just a tad to expensive. maybe i could get the mountain rifle and get a different barrel put on by a gun smith. i bet that would cost me a couple hundred extra tho. the reason i'm getting a small caliber like the 260 is so i can have a really light weight gun. help me out here guys. what do u think? i'm open to suggestions.

HUMMMMMMM light weight and target bbl? you will have to trade something here. Look into a fluted bbl, it'll have a bit less weight.

Oldelkhunter, if your 700 is befor mid 80's than a gun smith can fix the safety thing, all the newer ons canbe opened with it on "safe"

Hurry up and wait.

bruce what does bbl stand for?

while we're at it i have a couple more questions. do the mnt rifles have a free floating barrel? are they glass or pillar bedded? would it be possible to flute a skinny barrel like the one that comes with the mnt rifle or would that make it to flimsy? i guess i could get the blot fluted to shave some more weight off as well.

Bruce I am well aware of how the Remington action functions..having owned just a couple of these rifles both old and newer models...They are about the most dangerous bolt rifle one can own period...I had a bad experience with a 25-06 ADL that I bought in the early 70's and had I not been paying attention and acting safely would have killed my best friend. Gun went off when switching the safety to on to unload the gun. Does anyone ask themselves why these things don't happen with other gun makes? Thats why Remington was sued and that is the result of it switching the safety mechanism. I don't carry a gun with a round in the chamber until Whatever I am hunting is right there. I would not risk my life or anyone elses with a gun that has just .020 if that of steel holding the firing pin from hitting the primer. Now their action is fine and is accurate but there are others out there that are just as accurate. I know that Remington pumps big dollars into their advertising and all these "Professional Hunters" on the Outdoor channel carry them but there are plenty of other guns that will outshoot them and are infinitely safer.

I will not own a Remington for the one simple reason that the bolt will open when on 'safe'. gg.

"The instant you start talking about what you'll do if you lose, you have lost."

PrarieBoy,
With my Rem. Mtn rifle I could reel off five shots from the bench before the barrel heated up. I never noticed too much impact shift while load testing, it shot about the same cool or hot. One thing to think about , thin barrel heats up fast and cools off fast. IMHO the Mtn rifle is one nice piece of equipment.
Also something to think about if you are shooting in cold ambient temps barrel heating usually isn't a problem. Most of my shooting was in ambient temps between 40-90F.
Rem. 222

Edited by - Rem. 222 on 10/31/2002 20:31:05

As far as the impact changing when the barrel heats up. It's definitely not a varmit gun. But it'll take more that 5 shots to do it. Just this past Sunday 5 shots, with less than 30 seconds between shots and one ragged hole at 100 yards. Rem 700 mnt in 7mm-08. I've seen them walk when they heat up. But find it's usually due to a pressure point on the stock more than the barrel itsef. As far as the trigger goes... everything I've heard from guys who know what they are talking about is this is caused by improper adjustment of the trigger. Usually by a do it your selfer. Everyone tells these guys that it's so easy to do. So a lot of guys do it themselves. Bad idea in my opinion. I do all my gun maintanence except for the trigger. I leave that to the professionals. By the way always point the muzzle in a safe direction. You never know when the gun will have a malfunction no matter what manufacturer you shoot.

Hunt safe!