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dhermesc 12-28-2012 09:30:10 24.248.193.103 Report to Moderator	The Remington 788s were great rifles. The problem is the lugs on their bolts were the weak part of the system (good enough for factory loads) - to many aholes sought out these accurate rifles and put hot handloads through them and set them back on the their lugs giving them excessive head space. After they've ruined the rifle they dump them at gun shows. [Reply]   [No Email]
Bret4207 12-29-2012 05:16:10 64.19.90.196 Report to Moderator	Re: OT..varmit rifle low cost bolt action in reply to dhermesc, 12-28-2012 09:30:10   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see I've been shooting my 22-250 with fairly stout loads since 1980 and have seen no issues as described or ever heard of that before. Is this something you saw yourself?   [Reply]  [No Email]
RGMartin 12-29-2012 06:56:33 98.16.79.4 Report to Moderator	Re: OT..varmit rifle low cost bolt action in reply to Bret4207, 12-29-2012 05:16:10   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see The issue I have seen with a 788 is someone hot loads it, gets sticky bolt syndrome, beats bolt open and breaks off the soft soldered handle in the process. It can be repaired if you get to it before some bubba-gumsmith does. Only ever seen it in on a couple .308s. I started hunting with a .243 788 that my dad bought many years back. Not an issue ever, several summers it killed a lot of groundhogs. For a cheap varminter, I'd be looking at a Savage 110, 10 or Savage-Stevens 200. Walmart has the Savage "Axis" models for $277.   [Reply]  [No Email]