Remington mdl 798

[dadsturn]

I purchased this gun just a few days ago and am wondering if anyone
knows how to adjust the trigger. Its the Mauser action. Remington
wont say. Anybody??

[PartsMan]

I don't know anything about the trigger,
but now that we know you have one you are required to give us a full report.
Including accuracy and loads.

[Dixie Dude]

Ditto on giving us a report.  I am going to purchase a .375 HH in the near future.  Remington makes one in the 798, Ruger, and CZ.  Would like to find a Win 70 in stainless, but they are no longer made. 

[dadsturn]

I actually bought the rifle for my son for CHRISTmas in 30-06. I removed the stock and have put 8 coats of truoil on it so that he can have
a gloss finish. Not my taste for glossy but he asked for a glossy stock.
Since everyone is asking for an update on its performance, I guess I'll just HAVE to run a box through it. Its going to be hard, but somebody has to do it.  but only after he runs a few through.

[Rangr44]

#1: Does it have an adjustable trigger - as in, have you pulled the action from the stock & looked for adj screws ?

If yes, are the screws sealed ?  If no screws, then standard gunsmithing methods would apply.

If it has screws, an inspection should tell which is weight-of-pull, or sear engagement, or overtravel. (There's usually only either two or three screws in adjustable triggers)

If you're not very familiar with adjusting triggers, doing so hap-hazzardly can lead to an unintended discharge and/or death, so please don't try to "wing it".
If not adjusted properly, and in the proper sequence, any trigger may produce such an event - even though it "seemed to work OK" for the first several times.

[jvs]

Would like to find a Win 70 in stainless, but they are no longer made. 

I thought I heard not log ago that the Winchester M-70 was going back into production down in the Carolinas somewhere.  I do not know if Stainless is on the menu.

Shooting a 375 H&H probably is expesive, empty casings for reloading aren't easy to find either, and even if you do find them, they are high in price. 

I've looked at the 798 & 799 a few times, so far I have gone no further.  I can't get accostumed to a Remington made in Russia, even though the workmanship doesn't look too bad and fit and finish is good on the ones I have seen.  I concern myself more with keeping Americans working, not Russians.

IMO, too many American jobs have gone overseas.  I don't support that idea.

[mjbgalt]

that one is not made in russia. its the same rifle charles daly used to sell. i think it's czech.

-Matt

[jvs]

that one is not made in russia. its the same rifle charles daly used to sell. i think it's czech. -Matt

You're probably right about it being Czech.  Either way it is a Foreign made rifle with the Remington name on it.   Amazing how the price initially went up $100+ when it went from being a Daly to a Remington.

The exact same gun...     different price.

Daly's are dirt cheap on the used market. 

[huntswithdogs]

These were originally made in Yugoslavia under the Interarms name. Not sure where they're being made now.

Dad,
 If these have the same trigger asm. as the MarkX(Interarms), the trigger is adjustable ,but a stated earlier they can get dangerous right quick. If you've got a gunsmith around locally that knows how to adjust a Mauser trigger, take it to him/her. Just make sure they don't put in too much travel. The guy that "fixed" mine originally, liked the take up that is in most MILITARY triggers. He'd set it down to right at 3 lbs or a little less, but I couldn't deal with the travel thing and asked him to get rid of it. He said it was supposed to be that way and refused to correct it. I paid him his price and left, only to go home and fix it myself. He didn't stay in business long around here.


HWD

[slayer]

These were originally made in Yugoslavia under the Interarms name. Not sure where they're being made now.

Dad,
 If these have the same trigger asm. as the MarkX(Interarms), the trigger is adjustable ,but a stated earlier they can get dangerous right quick. If you've got a gunsmith around locally that knows how to adjust a Mauser trigger, take it to him/her. Just make sure they don't put in too much travel. The guy that "fixed" mine originally, liked the take up that is in most MILITARY triggers. He'd set it down to right at 3 lbs or a little less, but I couldn't deal with the travel thing and asked him to get rid of it. He said it was supposed to be that way and refused to correct it. I paid him his price and left, only to go home and fix it myself. He didn't stay in business long around here.


HWD

I just looked at one the other day and they say Serbia on the barrel. Sorry, give me an USA made gun. Remington is selling their souls to the devil and also ruining H&R/NEF already .Sickening.

Jack

[Brithunter]

Although I don't like the Remington 700 rifle it's not actually Remington that is behind all this.

It's the Venture Capital Company or Holding Company that OWNS Remington which is destroying them and any quality they had left not Remington them selves. The same will now happen with Marlin now that the sale is going through to the very same people.

[slayer]

Although I don't like the Remington 700 rifle it's not actually Remington that is behind all this.

It's the Venture Capital Company or Holding Company that OWNS Remington which is destroying them and any quality they had left not Remington them selves. The same will now happen with Marlin now that the sale is going through to the very same people.

Agreed and well said Sir!!

Jack

[Mr. Joe]

Hogwash!  The Remington line of 700 rifles are not going to change.  Why?  They are one of the cheapest to produce!  Not to say they are no good, i like them very much, but their entire construction from top to bottom is automated, they were designed to be cost effective to produce replacing the earlier 725, and they sell like hot cakes.  The only rifle that may currently outsell the 700 may be the 77 Ruger, but i have no evidence of this.  It will be their flagship rifle, with the 788 in the middle, and the horid 710 bringing up the rear.

[Brithunter]

Hogwash!  The Remington line of 700 rifles are not going to change.  Why?  They are one of the cheapest to produce!  Not to say they are no good, i like them very much, but their entire construction from top to bottom is automated, they were designed to be cost effective to produce replacing the earlier 725, and they sell like hot cakes.  The only rifle that may currently outsell the 700 may be the 77 Ruger, but i have no evidence of this.  It will be their flagship rifle, with the 788 in the middle, and the horid 710 bringing up the rear.

   Your correct in that the Model 700 is cheaply made and all the time folks buy it they will keep churning it out. I also firmly believe if they could have sold many more of the horrible 710 and 770 that Remingon would drop the 700 and make this even cheaper model. However it seems that even the gullible buyers were not quite as gullible as the marketing boys would have hoped, but enough of this as it's also obvious that your a Remington dyed in the wool fan and will not hear anything that does not fit your Rose Tinted view of an Old Firm.

[jhm]

I brought home this week one of the 799s in 7.62X39, I havent had a chanch to do much other that to mount one of my older redfield 2x7 low pro scopes on it, will attend a gunshow in Little Rock in the AM and look for some ammo dies and componets, I plan on setting it up for our special son Todd for next years deer rifle.  JIM