Bought a Remington 798 a few weeks back and finally got the chance to shoot it yesterday. Rifle was $450 new in box. I had a Barska Huntmaster Pro 3-12x50mm IR in a misc. box so I mounted it with weaver bases and rings.
I like the laminated stock and the weight of the rifle. Action is a little rough but I'm sure with time or some polishing it will smooth out nicely. I did have some feeding issues. I think I had the cases too far forward. The trigger has some creep to it, but not enough for me to complain. It is not my CZ 452's trigger or anything comparable to a Tikka T3.
For shooting and sighting in I had some Remington Core Lokt 100 Grain PSP laying around and a box of Hornady 95 grain SST Super performance I picked up with the rifle. I wanted to put the no increase in felt recoil part to the test. The Hornady did have less perceived recoil than the Remington. Average 2 shot groups sighting in the scope was .387 with the best being .181 avg. 3 shot groups .627 with the best being .453.
Pictures coming when I figure out what the problem is with uploading them.
I like the laminated stock and the weight of the rifle. Action is a little rough but I'm sure with time or some polishing it will smooth out nicely. I did have some feeding issues. I think I had the cases too far forward. The trigger has some creep to it, but not enough for me to complain. It is not my CZ 452's trigger or anything comparable to a Tikka T3.
For shooting and sighting in I had some Remington Core Lokt 100 Grain PSP laying around and a box of Hornady 95 grain SST Super performance I picked up with the rifle. I wanted to put the no increase in felt recoil part to the test. The Hornady did have less perceived recoil than the Remington. Average 2 shot groups sighting in the scope was .387 with the best being .181 avg. 3 shot groups .627 with the best being .453.
Pictures coming when I figure out what the problem is with uploading them.