Remington 721

[Brithunter]

Originally Posted by Mike Moss

Critch,

I would return the rifle to where you got it.

The Rem. 721/722's are not a good design for hunting what with the safety problem, the brazed on bolt handle, the weak extractor and plunger ejector. They also don't have CRF.

There are much better guns.

Oh dear what a load of utter tosh

just because a rifle does not have CRF does nto mean it's no good. How many times have you had to reload a rifle upside down?

I cannot comment of the bolt handles as I don't know how they're made never having seen a 721 let alone handled one.

As for the safety issue it's a not issue as the only safety needed is the one in your head. I rarely use a safety at all the rifle is either unloaded and in safe consdition or it's loaded and simple

Mike I suggest you get rid of all your old rifles and either replace them with Blaser's or the new Mauser 03 as they have to be cocked before they will fire. How safe is that? If the firing pin is not under spring tension it cannot drive forwards and fire can it .

[skeet]

Originally Posted by Brithunter

Oh dear what a load of utter tosh

just because a rifle does not have CRF does nto mean it's no good. How many times have you had to reload a rifle upside down?

I cannot comment of the bolt handles as I don't know how they're made never having seen a 721 let alone handled one.

As for the safety issue it's a not issue as the only safety needed is the one in your head. I rarely use a safety at all the rifle is either unloaded and in safe consdition or it's loaded and simple

Mike I suggest you get rid of all your old rifles and either replace them with Blaser's or the new Mauser 03 as they have to be cocked before they will fire. How safe is that? If the firing pin is not under spring tension it cannot drive forwards and fire can it .

All of the above makes sense to me.. Every gun out there has broken in one way or another over the years. Just used the ol 722 in 300 Savage to take one deer here at home and the ol 721 in 270 to take another.. Neither gun broke in the taking of the animals That ol 722 shoots really well with the 130 gr Barnes X bullet. Deer was DRT. Never moved a step..Range was about 90-100 yds. No big bucks..both were eatin deer.

[Brithunter]

Congratulations on the Deer

Does the Rem 721 have the Enfield M1917 safety still?

I am not up on the earlier Remington actions but I was reading the NRA Gunsmithing Guide earlier and the photos were of a 721 and it darned well looked like it had that Enfield safety still. If it does then it's one of the best safeties made IMHO

[skeet]

The remington model with the enfield safety is the 725. Looks the same but a bit different gun..think they had a 720 also. 721 etc have trigger mounted safeties like the 700 guns.

[Brithunter]

Ahhh thank you. I will look closer at that book later on.