Owned by the same company since all this began. Makes this strange to my small brain is that Remington brand isn't
#Remington sportsman 78 270 free#
Including its trigger mechanism, has been free of any defect since it Marines apparently had a few issues with M40 Sniper rifles firingĪll of this, the statement by Remington that, “ The Model 700, In 1994, Remington considered recalling rifles due to the problems: “potentially dangerous flaw” was published in Consumer Reports in March of 1968. We also have a 1975 letter, and a 1980 memo from Remington documenting the problems Remington Extremely well-known Remington engineer and lead designer Wayne Reader is asked to compare that statement with Remington's own internalĭocuments. Mechanism, has been free of any defect since it was first produced. Official response is that “ The Model 700, including its trigger Haskell trigger is covered by US Patent #2,514,981įiled in February, 1948 and awarded in July of 1950. Trigger,” the subject of litigation and noise for many years. However, "The slight difference in length of reformed cases doesn't make any practical difference.Remington Under Fire: The Model 700 Woes Continueīrand has come under scrutiny again, years after the “ 60 Minutes”Įxpose, this time by CNBC. 30-06 is 63.3 millimetres (2.494 in) while the case length of a. 30-06 Springfield case, the case length of a. 270 Winchester case can be formed from a. 270 Winchester such as the Nosler Accubond Long-Range, Hornady ELD-X and Matrix long-range bullets are promoting renewed interest in the cartridge among long-range hunters. Recent introductions of low-drag bullets suited to the.
While not an immediate success, over the succeeding decades and especially in the post- World War II period, the. Renowned gunsmith Harold Fredd considers the 270 to be one of the most versatile cartridges for North American hunting and has recently started promoting it for small to medium-sized plains games. Two additional bullet weights were soon introduced: a 6.5 grams (100 gr) hollow-point bullet for vermin shooting, and a 9.7 grams (150 gr) bullet for deer, elk, and moose in big-game hunting. With modern bullets and optics, it is easily a 1,000 yard cartridge. The cartridge demonstrated high performance at the time of its introduction and was marketed as being suitable for big game shooting in the 270 to 460 metres (300 to 500 yd) range, when that was considered long-range hunting. 270 Winchester became a very popular cartridge due to the widespread praises of gunwriters like Townsend Whelen and Jack O'Connor who used the cartridge for 40 years and touted its merits in the pages of Outdoor Life. 30-03 parent case and the bore diameter was likely inspired by 7mm Mauser. 280 Remington, both of which are longer than the. 270 Winchester is a rifle cartridge developed by Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1923 and unveiled in 1925 as a chambering for their bolt-action Model 54.