just bought a nice model 788 remington in 243 win. give your thoughts on this rifle, good and bad.

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One of the best "truck guns" every made.

I was given thatrifle in that caliber when I was 11, and shot my 1st whitetail (a 10 pointer!) with it the next Fall. I think I took 4 or 5 deer with it, all told.

I never shot it much outside of deer season, and hadn't shot it at all since I left for college. 20 years later, I got it out, & it prints some awfully nice groups. I had hunted with 100 grain Cor-Lokts, but it really seems to like the 80 grain Power-Lokt bullets. It's got less than 150 rounds through it in all these years, so I really can't speak to its longevity.

I've since acquired a 700 CDL that feels infinitely better in my hands, but that 788 was probably a great choice for a young boy.

I have one that's been on the farm for many years and it's harvested a lot of deer. Dad used it year around for a pest and everything else gun, and it still shoots today as it always has.... and that's excelent!

It's too bad that Rem. quit makeing them!

DM

I had quite a few of them as they were available in LH as well. I had a 243, a LH 6MM Rem and a couple 308's. The bolt handle came off of one of the 308's. Good rifles.

I bought one for my kids to hut deer and pronghorn with. They have and so have I. It is a very peasent rifle to shoot and shoots well.





But I think it will become a coyote gun for me. And I'll get the kids something else like a 7mm08. The .243 will kill game. But I don't like the way it does. No blood trail to speak of or none at all. I lost a big buck partly because of this and could have lost a couple deer if not for good circumstances.

Robin down under

Sorry the pic is so big. I could not edit and resize it after posting here.

my dad has got a 243 222 308 30-30 in a 788 they have been great guns he got the 243 in 1972 has shot 1000's of rounds through it the only problem he had with any of them was the bolt handle came off the 243 once a gun smith put it back on its been fine me and my dad both shoot 243 for deer andi have never had one get away i have only had two go more than 50 yards from where they were shot the gun and the caliber have been great for every thing from deer to prairie dogs it dont matter what you shoot if you don't hit it right it will run

I personally never owned one, but I do keep some track of current gun values, and the 788 is doing nothing but going up in value at a nice rate. If nothing else, it's something you probably will not lose money on. Also, from what I have heard in the past, and what has been stated here so far, they seem to be decent shooters, for the most part.