#6516951 - 05/18/12 06:13 PM
Re: How many use the Remington 788
[Re: 429CJMach1]
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I have owned a 788 in 223 and one in 7mm08.
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#6517460 - 05/18/12 08:36 PM
Re: How many use the Remington 788
[Re: Cag]
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You shot ol' G Dub right in the brain housing group! Freedom hater! 
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#6517519 - 05/18/12 09:01 PM
Re: How many use the Remington 788
[Re: Jeffrey]
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I like thumpers: deep woods, heavy thicket, soggy bottom, gully and gulch guns. I've wanted to find a beater 788 30-30 and since the 30-30 has the same head size as a 375 Winchester. Have a 30-30 788 re-barreled to 375 Winchester. The clip should only require a simple modification.
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#6517783 - 05/19/12 03:56 AM
Re: How many use the Remington 788
[Re: 429CJMach1]
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I LIKE 429CJMach1 - Fast & Quick??
578hp BBF C6 trans 3.89 gears...Yes its fast! Sweeeet!!
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#6517856 - 05/19/12 05:14 AM
Re: How many use the Remington 788
[Re: Buzzsaw]
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788, The most underated rifle ever. I got to get one!!! Many think they're highly over rated (and now over priced), but I have several of 'em, anyway. But the last one I bought some years ago (243), only cost me $300 and was a bargain. ;O) The protruding box magazines never bothered me.
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#6519571 - 05/19/12 05:16 PM
Re: How many use the Remington 788
[Re: dubePA]
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I passed on a custom M788 in 6X45MM several years ago, I often
think of it.
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#6519622 - 05/19/12 05:43 PM
Re: How many use the Remington 788
[Re: Jericho]
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We have a .243 my dad bought back in the middle 70's. My brother and I both learned to hunt with it but never killed anything but some squirrels and a coyote with it. Now it just sits in my brother's safe in AZ. Doubt it has been shot in 10 years.
Edited by PastorDan (05/19/12 05:44 PM)
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#6519872 - 05/19/12 06:57 PM
Re: How many use the Remington 788
[Re: Cag]
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I've had my 6mm since 1972 and it still gets used every year. Right now it's off getting a new, well-earned stock for it's 40th birthday. Too bad the lefty's didn't come in 22-250 or 44 mag - those would be fun.
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#6519931 - 05/19/12 07:15 PM
Re: How many use the Remington 788
[Re: bpas105]
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Registered: 08/12/10
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I've had my 6mm since 1972 and it still gets used every year. Right now it's off getting a new, well-earned stock for it's 40th birthday. Too bad the lefty's didn't come in 22-250 or 44 mag - those would be fun.
You better hang on to that lefty....they are getting harder to find......I really like mine too...mucho better with the new timney too....
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