Remington Model 799

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Bullmastiff

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Does anyone know anything about this rifle. It's chambered in 22-250 and .223. I'm thinking it could be a good truck gun. I also have another motive. I see it is also chambered in 7.62x39. I would like a bolt rifle chambered in 6.5 Grendel - which is based off of the 7.62x39 cartridge. I'm thinking a simple rebarrel is all I would need. But I know nothing of the Mauser action that this is based off of. I know lots of people love them. Any and all info would be apreciated.

http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/centerfire_rifles/model_799_specs.asp
 
It looks like the old Model 7 LS, except just a little bigger. I really like my LS, too nice for a "truck" gun. You might want to consider the Model 7 CDL. It appears to me that it is six to one and a half dozen to the other. If the 799 is like the 7 the first thing you will want to do is adjust the trigger. Nice rifles for sure.
 
The only CZ I saw that was chambered in 7.62x39 was the carbine.

http://www.cz-usa.com/product_detail.php?id=15

Just talking out loud here, but is it just me, or an optical illusion, but is the forearm shorter than on the rifle models since it is a carbine?

I do like the idea of a detachable mag. But to be honest - I still have a hang up on buying a non US manufactured rifle. Although, a co-worker has a .22 CZ and he loves it.

Thought about the savage - but they don't chamber 7.62x39, so there would be work to the bolt face for sure.

And as for the 799 not being a controlled feed, that isn't necesarrily a bad thing - just not as nice.

One way or another, I need to get a bolt rifle in 6.5 Grendel without breaking my bank. Any and all suggestions still appreciated.
 
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But to be honest - I still have a hang up on buying a non US manufactured rifle.



That makes two of us. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
 
The 799 is not a Remington product, but produced in Europe. It was sold as the Charles Dayle (excuse the spelling). It and it's larger brother the 798 are both imported by Remington to compete with less expensive rifles. The barreled actions are stocked here in the US.

It's a straight Mauser copy of the commercial Mauser action.

Yes the CZ carbines do have a shorter forarm than some.
 
Thanks IDBob, you are definitley a good source of info. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
So my two choices are:
1. a complete foreign rifle with a detachable mag and shorter forarm
2. a mostly foreign rifle with no detachable mag.
3......
 
IDBOB,

It is spelled "Charles Daly". It was a brand name created by "SLOANS" sporing goods out of New York who improrted
guns from Europe. Charles Daly as a individual never existed.
 
I was shocked that Remington would even put their name on this thing. I held one at Green Top Sporting Goods the other day and it was absolutley aweful. Little tiny bolt handle, like a toy. It took two men and a mule to get the action open and it never did smooth out either. Cute stock, but it ended right there. NO way Jose'

Spend the money and get a Model Seven, it is a real rifle.

Just my opinion, but I am entitled to it.
 
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I was shocked that Remington would even put their name on this thing. I held one at Green Top Sporting Goods the other day and it was absolutley aweful. Little tiny bolt handle, like a toy. It took two men and a mule to get the action open and it never did smooth out either. Cute stock, but it ended right there. NO way Jose'

Spend the money and get a Model Seven, it is a real rifle.

Just my opinion, but I am entitled to it.



I agree! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif If I could have only one rifle for coyotes, it would be, hands down, my Model 7 in .223. I was encouraged to get it by "Me"(Stacy) about 8 months before she died. She knew what she was talking about.
 
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IDBOB,

It is spelled "Charles Daly". It was a brand name created by "SLOANS" sporing goods out of New York who improrted
guns from Europe. Charles Daly as a individual never existed.



I can't speak to the Sloans story, but I was a Charles Daly wholesaler/dealer in the 60's and the Charles Daly O/U shot guns were outstanding. They were made by the same company that now makes the Browning O/U shotguns, (Mikuru (sp?).

At the time, they were considered the second finest shotgun in the country.

Our Charles Daly shotguns did not come from Sloans, which was a smallish sporting goods store on Chambers Street in NYC at the time. We sold guns to Sloans.

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