Remington 783 looks just like a savage?

[Swannytheswan]

I was just reading my American hunter magazine and is it just me or does the Remington 783 look like they just straight ripped off Savage. Savage barrel nut, Accutrigger savage like floating bolt...only thing on that looks Remington is the safety...could be just me 

[wildweeds]

If you can't beat em,join em comes to mind,I LOVE my Savage predator hunter model 10's.Gonna go shoot em again in the morning with my cousins boys 12 and 15 and both aspiring riflemen.My buddy bought a 783 for his boy for christmas in .270 for the 300 bucks he paid for it seems like a screaming ground floor buy,my guess is they won't be cheap like that for long.A review of them was on the pursuit channell the other night and it included a trip to the range,nice performance was had off the bench and the reviewers had a pair of thumbs up on it for the value.

[Biggerhammer]

Guess their just marketing towards the crowd that won't drop the coin on Remington 700.

[mountainman]

If you can't beat em,join em comes to mind,I LOVE my Savage predator hunter model 10's.Gonna go shoot em again in the morning with my cousins boys 12 and 15 and both aspiring riflemen.My buddy bought a 783 for his boy for christmas in .270 for the 300 bucks he paid for it seems like a screaming ground floor buy,my guess is they won't be cheap like that for long.A review of them was on the pursuit channell the other night and it included a trip to the range,nice performance was had off the bench and the reviewers had a pair of thumbs up on it for the value.

yep, whos chasing who?

[yorketransport]

Guess their just marketing towards the crowd that won't drop the coin on Remington 700.

Really?

Buying a Remington is like buying a Kia. You're just doing your part to guarantee that the repair guy will have a job for years to come. Besides, if you had a Savage I could send you all kinds of interesting barrels to try.

Andrew

[AWS]

There are a couple of companies that have been supplying Rem 700 replacement barrels with a savage style nut for a number of years,  Northland shooters supply and PacNor.  I guess Rem saw the demand and put out what a lot of people wanted.  With months, even years to get a barrel installed by a gunsmith being able to do it yourself is a selling point.

As far as the trigger Rem has had some trigger problems in the past and their new trigger wasn't making people happy.  The Savage/Marlin/Mossberg trigger seems to work and not many people are complaining so why not switch.

It's nice to see Rem trying to keep up, wish I could, I'm still on the 721, 722 series and haven't gotten any farther than the 600, some day I'll own a 700.

[Biggerhammer]

Guess their just marketing towards the crowd that won't drop the coin on Remington 700.

Really?

Buying a Remington is like buying a Kia. You're just doing your part to guarantee that the repair guy will have a job for years to come. Besides, if you had a Savage I could send you all kinds of interesting barrels to try.

Andrew

I have nothing against Savage, I actually own one(7mm Magnum). I waste my hate on Tikka's. While pampering the Remington 700 herd. I may just incorporate the both, Remington 700 action with a Savage style barrel nut.

I just don't know why they didn't do it right and base the barrel nut on the 700, I can't stand that small ejection port on the 783.

[Swannytheswan]

I wonder if the stock is better than the one i have on my 700...plastic piece of junk no pillars or anything very solid

[mountainman]

I wonder if the stock is better than the one i have on my 700...plastic piece of junk no pillars or anything very solid

not much different then the Savage Axis stock, both which are stiffer then the SPS stock. Hace replaced every SPS stock I ever had. Think the savage would be servicable as is..

[Swannytheswan]

thats what I have is the SPS I seriously need to replace it