A 788 or a 700? Lots of people are scared of Remingtons. I'm not one of them. mtmuley
Any Remington 788 fans here?
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Me neither!
Its best to install a trimney trigger, it will resolve issues.
A good smith that knows Remingtons can tune up a Walker trigger. mtmuley
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It went boom, and that was it. It gave me the “I can’t trust it itch.” I was also a kid with limited cash.
Yes they can, but the Walker design will never be safe. Having said that, the 788 did not have a Walker trigger.
In this day of safe aftermarket triggers it's utter foolishness to keep a Walker trigger on a 700.
I know the 788 is a totally different trigger. We can disagree on the Walker. mtmuley
I helped Rich Barber some with his Remington Lawsuit back in the early 2000's and read piles of classified Remington internal documents, including Mike Walker's court sealed testimony. In his testimony Walker stated he pleaded with Remington to not use his trigger, calling it completely unsafe. Internal Remington testing showed this to be the case. The volumes of what I read was absolutely chilling, as was Remington's wanton disregard for public safety. Per firearm it was $0.12 cheaper to stick with the Walker trigger, even though Remington's internal documents showed they absolutely knew they had a dangerous design. They calculated it was cheaper to settle lawsuits than change, and the internal documents showed this to be their reasoning.
Keep using your Walker triggers, even though Mike Walker himself wouldn't use them...
Old news. And yeah, I'll use what I want. Thanks. mtmuley
Gravity is still real even though it's "old news." But suit yourself...
Thanks again. mtmuley
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Sounds like the Ford Pinto situation. Cost benefit analysis.
I should never have brought it up. mtmuley
That is 100% what it was.
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I heard of that on the 700s, but not on the 788.
But the only safety you can EVER count on is the one between your ears.
I had a Charles Daly trap gun, single shot. One time at a shoot it went off when I closed it up into the ground!
The next day, I went to the gunsmith.
He replaced a trigger spring. Said it was wore and probably dirt got in there. Never had a problem after that.
But those 788s are pretty much all shooters.
Another fellow told me that’s why they were discontinued. With the solid receiver they shot better than the premiere 700!
I have too many guns as it is.
But if I find a 788 in .223 at a decent price, I’ll have one more!
My father in Law has a 243 and its a shooter as well. Lots of coyotes and whitetail have taken note over the last 40-plus years. He shot deer with it when most thought a .243 was too small of a caliber. He showed them otherwise with 100 grain winchester or federal bullets.
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It’s a shame that Remington discontinued these rifles.
Invariably they’re great shooters.
The story I got from a few other “enthusiasts” is that the enclosed breech makes them better shooters than Remington’s premier rifle, ALA the 700!
And we all know it’s bad business when your cheaper models are actually better than your premier.
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Invariably they’re great shooters.
The story I got from a few other “enthusiasts” is that the enclosed breech makes them better shooters than Remington’s premier rifle, ALA the 700!
And we all know it’s bad business when your cheaper models are actually better than your premier.
PTRN
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About 16 years ago i drew a tag to hunt California Inyo Mule deer.My first rifle is a 788 in .308. Bought used in 1977 when I turned 12. Started hand loading for it when I was 14, and used it until I joined the Army when I was 19.
My Old Man started using it and fell in love with it. When I got out in 1989, I bought myself a new Ruger M77 in .30-06. The .308 was Dad’s until he went home in 2010. The last 1/4 century of his life.
I still hunt with it occasionally, just for old times sake. Been shooting 150 grain Hornady SSTs over H4350.
It’s got a couple sisters now. I added one in .243 for my Daughter in law to use. And found one in .22/250 at a flea market. 3500 FPS with 55 GMs pills over Hogdon 335.
Might give thought to upgrading it for deer.
Im though buing new rifles, at my aga. That is unless I find a 788 in .223 without breaking the bank.
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They live in extraordinary high country, starts around 7,000' and goes to the stars. This is the land of 5,000-year-old bristlecone pine trees and 1,500 year old groves of mountain mahagony.
Had to come in by going around through Nevada. Drove up a desert beaver damn creek, really rough. Over halfway in a small metal homemade horse corral was set up as far in as a compact one horse trailer could be towed. Most all the metal had been desert sand blown with lots of paint removed on the horse trailer and here and there was a harmless light rust film.
Inside the corral was a tuff-ruff looking russet mustang gelding that had been recently shod
Getting into the high valley we set camp and met the owner of the horse, trailer and corral.
He drove this extremely well used old 4x4 in and set up a quick camp. Then he walked back to his horse when needed.
We called him Mr. Rust.
On a rear window gun rack was a Model 788 in 308. It was his only rifle. He used it for deer, elk, antelope and it had a simple fixed 4x scope. The entire rig had the bluing and wood finish heavily worn off from decades of going in and out of his leather saddle scabbard
At dawn the next morning I watched him through my scope. Before dawn he had walked down, got his horse and was riding it along a steep basin side. As he passed some huge boulders he got off and let his horse mosey on grazing.
Then he did a 10-minute stalk through the boulders and shot a fine buck near where he had glassed it the night before. That buck had watched him and his horse coming up the basin,,,not having a bit of concern.
He led his Mustang up to buck, dressed in out, put in on his horse and walked it back to the corral near the snow melt creek.
I walked down to say hello, again.
He put the perfected dressed out buck in a deep pool above the small beaver dams, put some bigger rocks in its chest cavity to keep it submerged and fully chill. Then went back for his truck.
Mr. Rust was done by 1 pm, driving away towing his horse and in the trucks rear window gun rack was his Model 788.
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