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Stock has typical bench handling marks/safe marks, certainly not perfect but not trash either. Its in nice shape (stock 90%, blu 95%), has sundry scope (Tasco 3-9x32 about same age as gun, in great shape and very clear, Tasco Japan I believe), end bell of scope has small dent in it (I didn't do it!). Trigger is very heavy (6+ lbs) lending itself to limit group performance. I ran some generic handloads through it, used a random mid pressure load with quality 55 gr HPBT's and it did 3/4 inch and better at times. 270 Sportsman 78 recently and they were in good shape and priced just right, so I figured why not. I have fired about 100 rounds in testing after thorough cleaning and it does the typical 1 MOA with Walmart Rem FMJ's. Ive had a Remington Sportsman 78 in 30-06 for many years, and it shot great, but kicked like a donkey with the factory stock, so I stuck a B&C stock on it last year. This was made for a few years to compete with the Win 770, which was a similar no frills walnut stocked Model 70. 223 Rem bolt action rifle based on the 700 action, so you can do everything to it as if it's a 700 BDL, etc.
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Thus the Remington 788 has the structural foundation to be a very accurate rifle.This is a walnut BIRCH stocked, iron and scoped. make the case as long as your magazine so you can have a camber that will let you seat the bullet long. Hawk you can make dummy case if you have the reloading dies already. A rifle's accuracy tends to increase slightly as the rigidity of the receiver increases, as this slightly reduces barrel deflection during firing. Post subject: Re: Remington Sportsman 78. These characteristics combined to make the Remington 788 receiver more rigid and stronger than most, if not all, competing designs, including the Remington 700 which shares the same outside receiver diameter. When machining of these smaller ports is complete there is more steel remaining in the receiver between the ejection port and adjacent feed port, and significantly more steel overall where all receivers have the least strength. The single stack magazine design yields a smaller feed opening in the bottom of the receiver compared to rifles using a double stack magazine well. It has a smaller ejection port than similar bolt-action rifles, and no bolt lug raceways. Auction:8686358 Remington Sportsman 78 Offered here is a Remington Sportsman 78 bolt action 30-06. The second distinguishing feature is the receiver.
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Rifles manufactured from 1975 to 1983 have non-locking bolts which can be actuated while the safety is engaged. The locking bolt requires the safety to be in the "fire" or "off" position in order to rotate the handle and actuate the bolt. The bolt pictured is a pre-1975 locking model from a.
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Specifications Make REMINGTON Model SPORTSMAN 78 Serial Number B6582818. The bolt travel is also reduced because of the rear lugs. REMINGTON SPORTSMAN 78.30-06 SPRG RIFLE > Next Item. Due to this design, the bolt handle lifts only 60 degrees on opening giving more clearance for scopes compared to the 90 degrees required for the Model 700 and other two-lug rifles. They lock into the receiver behind the magazine well. The bolt has nine lugs in three rows of three lugs each. The Remington 788 has two distinguishing design features. 22 caliber 58x series, the 540X, was used by the US military as a training rifle and later disposed through the Civilian Marksmanship Program. 22 rimfire model was also produced known as the 580, 581, or 582 depending on its method of feed. The 788 utilizes a single-column detachable magazine holding 3 rounds.
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It was marketed as an inexpensive yet accurate hunting rifle to compete with other gun companies' less expensive rifles alongside their more expensive Model 700 line. The Remington 788 is a bolt-action, centerfire rifle that was made by Remington Arms from 1967 to 1983.