Original Remington Mountain Rifles

[dryhumor]

I found a 280 at a gun show one morning. Was pretty surprised to have found it. It was an honest 1/2” rifle. Sleek, trim, sexy even… shoulda kept it.

I still look at them from time to time. But like everything else, they aren’t priced right anymore.

 

[gravelyctry]

SHB -

Howdy !

I DK how much difference can be drawn between a " Remington Mountain Rifle ", and a Light wt
Model 7 that orginated in their custom shop.

I saw a Remington custom shop-made M-7 w/ a painted composite ( winter camo pattern ), that was chambered in .35 Remington........ in a Wabash, IN gunshop; some years back.

My assumption would be that it was made for someone who intended to use it for deer hunting, in a state where a CF bolt gun was legal for use on deer. At the same time, it would not have been compliant for use in a state that mandates use of a straight-walled CF case ( in more recent years ).

Woulda been an interesting rifle to use in local score shoots ( IMHO ), if class rules did not preclude.


With regards,
357Mag

A bit off the thread topic, but I’m pretty sure when Indiana went from being a slug gun only state, their regulations specified a bullet diameter and a case length. The 35 Remington case was maybe .1” too long, but some people just trimmed back the cases to meet the requirement. I know I did that for a friend of mine so he could use his Marlin lever gun in 35 Remington.

 

[laedco58]

I bought mine in the late 80's. Blued, walnut stock, hinged floor plate, 280. I killed a few white tails with it.
Sold it and a Remington 725 in 30-06 eons ago to pay off some of my daughters medical bills.

 

[DR_2297]

My cousin bought one in the late 80s chambered in 280 REM. I bought a DM model in 1998 chambered in 25-06. That barrel had a bore to OD offset of nearly .100” and shot like it. I had it rebarrelled in a 280 REM a couple of years after I bought it. Kinda wish I still had it.

 

[LoganDon]

I have one in 270 and one in 280. Both will shoot 1" for the first 3 shots - the pencil barrel heats up rather quickly. I had a brake installed on my 270 and that helps a bunch. My 280 has too many battle scars to do anything more to it but it sure takes out elk with 160-grain Partition.

 

[mauser284]

Old thread but good.

A lot of people chose to get a Model 7 either complete or just an action and put a pencil barrel on it and a light weight stock and light scope and light scope rings.

If you can stalk to with in 500m of your game your not a hunter your a target shooter pretending to be a hunter. If you get within 200-400m of target and you guide your clients that close a 4lbs. rifle in a caliper that is not a mule kicker is the easy button.

ULA, Colt ULA, and NULA was is all about a light rifle, good cold bore shot and a fast follow up in an ultra light weight rifle in a modest caliber!

Likewise a modern rolling block single shot could be the ultimate Ultra Light Weight Mountain Rifle so long as it is not being built by a moron!

 

[209jones]

I had a KS Mtn rifle fom the custom shop, a 24" 338WM, built on a 375 length action, blind mag, McMillan stock, matte finish on the metal, barrel with the heart on it. Bought it new off the shelf in Calgary in 1990-91. Had 9 syn stocked guns on the counter to check what was lightest, KS was it, also second most expensive of the lot at the time,1000.00 Cdn. Right off the bat sighting it in, .6 grp with Fed Prem 250 Nos Part, never shot over MOA. I forget what it weighed, guess 8lbs ish, w/3-9x40 Leupold. It was a sweety to shoot, lot of friends shot it who had 300WM and 7RM said it shot nicer than their guns. Looked at them a few yrs back, maybe 2018 or 19, about 3K US at the time.

 

[rdremsek]

I have one in 7mm 08 it's a tack driver with sierra 120grn sierra pro hunter flat base and varget no kick assume deer thumper