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The Remington 700 is a manually operated bolt action rifle with two forward dual-opposed lugs. The bolt face is recessed, fully enclosing the base of the cartridge. The extractor is a C-clip sitting within the bolt face. The ejector is a plunger on the bolt face actuated by a coil spring. The bolt is of 3-piece construction (head, body and bolt ...
A Remington Model 870 shotgun. Below is a list of firearms produced by the Remington Arms Company, [1] founded in 1816 as E. Remington and Sons. Following the breakup of Remington Outdoor Company in 2020, the Remington Firearms brand name operates under RemArms, LLC.
.308 Winchester.30-06 Springfield. 7mm-08 Remington. 2012 United States: Murata rifle: 11x60mmR Murata 8x53mmR Murata 1885 Empire of Japan: Remington Model 700.223 Remington.243 Winchester.300 Winchester Magnum.300 Remington Ultra Magnum.308 Winchester.338 Lapua Magnum. 7.62×51mm NATO. 1962 United States: Ross rifle.303 British: 1903 Canada ...
Remington 788 with the 18.5 inch barrel in 243 Win caliber made in 1982. A left-handed version was produced in .308 and 6mm Remington calibers. The Carbine version with an 18.5-inch (47 cm) barrel was produced in .308 Winchester, 7mm-08, and .243. The stock was revised in 1980 being the only significant change throughout the production history.
Remington advertised the rifle as having the "strongest bolt action ever developed." [3] with a new encased bolt head. The bolt was redesigned and made from multiple pieces. The large claw extractor was eliminated in favor of a small, but effective part mounted in a newly recessed bolt face.
Little is known of its usage or technical data, and pictures are rarely available. The pictures that have been released show a Remington 700 Long-Action receiver mated to a McMillan A2 stock. The rifle was chambered in .300 Winchester Magnum. The rifle was the most prolific sniper weapon in the Navy until the advent of the Mk 13 Mod 5.
The M24 SWS has the "long action" bolt version of the Remington 700 receiver but is chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO "short action" cartridge that has an overall length of 2.750 inches (69.85 mm). The "long action" allows the rifle to be re-configured for dimensionally larger cartridges up to 3.340 inches (84.84 mm) in overall length.
The original production rifles by Roy Weatherby were built on commercial Mauser actions manufactured by FN, Brevex (magnum), and Mathieu (left hand). Weatherby would build a custom rifle from a customer's specifications for bespoke rifles, using any action the customer requested - provided the action was strong enough to tolerate the pressures for their desired cartridge.