Original Remington Mountain Rifles

[shb]

Either my Google game is weak, or there's not much info out there.



When did they come out, how many calibers were there?

Thanks

 

[Mark W]

I can remember seeing them on the shelf in the early 90’s. I worked with a guy a few years ago that claimed to have one chambered in.243 Win, but he wouldn’t entertain the idea of selling it.

 

[cmysix]

short barrels, .270 .30-06, maybe .308

 

[L.Sherm]

Mid 80's i had one in a 280 Rem.

 

[358WCF]

Late 80s were the 1st in 270, 280, & 30-06 only with thin 22" barrels if I remember right. The 280s were hardest to find.

 

[jackieschmidt]

I remember well when the Mountain Rifle came out.

Remington paid particular interest in keeping the rifle light. The barrel contour was keeping with this theme as while not being “pencil thin”, it was on the light side.

If remember, it was only chambered in the popular cartridges that shared a .473 bolt face. No magnums.

 

[Just Say Moe]

I had one in 7mm-08. Kicked like a mule!

 

[Edd]

Either my Google game is weak, or there's not much info out there.



When did they come out, how many calibers were there?

Thanks

Bing found this for me.

REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY, INC. MODEL 700 SERIES Models :: Gun Values by Gun Digest

gunvalues.gundigest.com

 

[STORM2]

I own one in 308. You are correct, not a lot of data or supply of used guns. I like mine a bunch.

 

[L.Sherm]

Late 80s were the 1st in 270, 280, & 30-06 only with thin 22" barrels if I remember right. The 280s were hardest to find.

Nope I bought my 280 in 1985.

 

[Dub]

Ruger model 77 Hawkeye was also offered in a mountain rifle around the same time. Mine is in 308

 

[jepp2]

When they first came out I got one in 280 Remington. It was blued with a wood stock. Decided I wanted a rifle more suited for hunting in the WV rain, so I sold it and bought the SS synthetic version again in 280 Remington. A few years later they went to a very nice synthetic stock (can't recall maybe Bell & Carlson). It was a joy to carry. The 22 inch barrel is much easier to carry on your shoulder. Catches many less limbs than the 24".

 

[gunnermhr]

I have one in a 25/06 DM, it's my go to deer rifle, liked it so much I bought a 2nd one for my son's 1st Birthday in 2003, it has the J lock, I think that's the last year of the DM and possibly the 25/06. Mine looks like it's been though a war, my son's is unfired in the safe.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I have a friend with one in a 280. I put a bell and carlson stock on it for him many years ago. It has like a #1 thin pencil barrel and shoots as if.

 

[jcm800]

Had Model 7 KS 6mm 20" barrel. 80's ...maybe pre mtn rifle. Really light, around 6 1/2 lb scoped.

 

[Dan V.]

A friend of mine had one in a 7x57.

 

[Edd]

Had Model 7 KS 6mm 20" barrel. 80's ...maybe pre mtn rifle. Really light, around 6 1/2 lb scoped.
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I have a Brown Precision Model 7 KS style stock blank. It is the same pattern as the one they made for Remington but it is made from fiberglass. I also have a Krieger 6.5mm Mountain rifle contour barrel and a Defiance Model Seven length Rebel action. One of these years I'm going to turn the stuff into a rifle.

 

[cjames]

I bought one in 270 back in 1998 right after I got out of the Marines. It was a awesome looking rifle to me at the time. The stock looked like a CDL and at that time I thought it was the best looking rifle I could afford. I wasn't packing up and down hills or anything like that so I really didn't need a "Mountain Rifle". It really didn't shoot all that great, maybe 1 1/2" MOA @100 with the thin barrel and I was really wanting more than that. So I traded it for a stainless BDL in 270 and got what I wanted MOA wise, after I replaced the factory stock with an HS. But that Mountain Rifle was a good looking rifle.

 

[K22]

A friend had one years ago - shot terrible until he had it professionally bedded. If I remember correctly, it was a 280 Rem. Even with the bedding and tailored reloads in was at best a 1 1/2 moa rifle, good enough I imagine for big game at reasonable distances.

Shooting off the bench was not fun, and it took a lot of discipline to not flinch after a couple of shots. This could have contributed to the unimpressive groups rather than any inherent flaw in the rifle.

He purchased the rifle for a big game hunt out West where the terrain was reported to be difficult. He wasn't in great shape thus opted for the lightest rifle possible.

Yes, it was light weight and would be a joy to carry. But I wonder. I mean if you are going to spend a lot of money, time, and effort on a big game hunt out West or in Canada, I wonder if a standard, excellent Rem 700 (excellent in those days) would be a better choice on a hunt of a lifetime.

 

[Will Henry]

Every big game animal I have shot, in sixty years of hunting big game, could have been taken with a 1 1/2 moa rifle or worse; in fact, most of them were! With a 1 1/2 moa rifle, I can, from a sitting position, hit 1 gallon milk jugs, at 300m, all day long.
In all of my hunting, the ratio of time spent carrying the rifle to time spent shooting it is incalculable. I was never a real fan of the Remington Mountain rifles because I thought the grip was too thin and the butt too narrow but they are still nice to carry. My Dad had a 280 which was pretty nice to carry. It shot quite well but recoil was attention-getting. WH