673 in 350 Rem Mag?

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I looked at one at sportsmans today. Anybody have one? Use it on anything big(moose/bear)? What bullets work best in them. I would think like the 35 whelen, remington is not loading these to anywhere near there max. what kind of groups could I expect? Will heavier bullets stablize with that 1:16 twist?

Any info would be appreciated,

thanks, CZ
 
I have a 673 in .350 Mag. Mine shoots great. I use 225 gr. Sierra SP BT bullets and it shoots 1 MOA or less. The recoil is not bad, about like a 7 Mag.
The only animal I have shot with mine was a bull elk at about 125 yards and it was a complete pass through. But he droped like a rock.
R Johnson
 
I have a friend that has one. It has the most beautiful stock I have ever seen on a factory rifle. He told me remmy has already discontinued the rifle? His has never been fired, and he already has ordered another one (700 in 350) to replace it.

The cool thing about the 350 is you can load pistol bullets in it for plinking. and as said above it packs a punch on elk.
 
I just purchased a Ruger in 350 Rem mag. I am not a fan of the 673, I seen one with a poorly fit stock. Maybe it was an oddball but it discouraged me. If I bought a 350 in a remington I would get a 7CDL, very nice. Since I wanted the caliber, I got a Ruger. I am going to load 225 Nos partitions for the best combination of trajectory and energy. I like the 225 over the 250 because I hunt the occasional powerline and field. For terrain where there were all shots under 200 yards, or I was hunting "big bears" I would use 250 grain. I will use my rifle for black bear, or a dream brown/grizzlie bear or thick terrain moose hunt. My rifle recoils about halfway between a 300wsm and my brother's Mossburg 835 with 3.5 inch turkey loads, when using factory 200 gr Rem shells.
 
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I have a 673 in .350 Mag. Mine shoots great. I use 225 gr. Sierra SP BT bullets and it shoots 1 MOA or less. The recoil is not bad, about like a 7 Mag.
The only animal I have shot with mine was a bull elk at about 125 yards and it was a complete pass through. But he droped like a rock.
R Johnson



R Johnson,

Have you chrono'd your loads? Just curious how much faster you can push them then remington.

thanks, CZ
 
I have not shot mine very much, I just got it a couple of weeks ago. I think that Remington got the stock design just about perfect on this one (finally)! It fits like a glove and is very comfortable to shoot with factory loads. It also has very good between the hands balance. So far I only have two complaints, first the trigger, sear engagement was to little to reliably keep the sear engaged, a modest bolt slam would drop the firing pin about 85% of the time and the pull was about 7 pounds with a ton of creep. 15 minutes turned the trigger into a safe 2 lb. pull hunting trigger with no noticible creep. Second the rear sight is far too flimsy for a gun of this type, I can easily move it side to side with very little thumb pressure. Otherwise so far I like it very much. Time will tell about the accuracy, only shot factory stuff so far with about 1.5" average (5 shots).
 
I do not have a 673 but have owned and shot a 700 Classic in 350 for many years. I too utilize the 225 Nos. for Elk but use the 200 factory Rem. load for about everything else. I got the 350 many years ago as a backpacker's Elk rifle and have carried it many miles in the high country but never had it in my hands when I tripped the trigger on an Elk. It has accounted for several Deer and the 200 gr. factory load does a very nice job on them. I get about 1.5" 100 yard group with the 200 factory loads but the 225 Nos. will give me about 1.0" at 100 yards. I push my reloads a bit but get close to 2700 fps with the 225's and to 300 yd's you will be surprised how well it shoots.

AIRBORNE
 
I believe that Rem screwed up again by not putting out the .350 and 6.5 mags in their Model 700 rifles. They are not known for being too smart.
 
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