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Is it still made anymore? "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | ||
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Believe they went to the Alaskan Ti, fluted barrel & floorpate... | |||
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They cost quite a bit more too.  Straight shootin to ya | |||
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Yeah I looked at the website. 2200 MSRP I don't think so.. "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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$2200!!!! now thats expensive. the normal titaniums tend to be fairly accurate. thats quite the price jump. | |||
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Unfortunately, Remington quit making the original 700 Ti, and went to the new Alaskan, and the price went out of sight. Don't know how many they will sell, but the MSRP is beyond lots of us guys. They are into custom rifle pricing, and many of us will go the custom route rather than buying the new Alaskan, which, incidentally, weighs more than the original. Don | |||
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Remington must have a bunch of idiots running that place now. Start calling it an Alaskan or whatever and double the price yeah right  "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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Most all the Remingtons got a BIG price increase this year. If the old Ti was around it would be more too. $2100????  DamnTerry -------------------------------------------- Well, other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? | |||
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There are a couple listings on gunbroker for about $1600. I like the floorplate and longer barrel enough to put up with the extra weight and maybe even the price hike, but they also discontinued all the standard short action chamberings except 7mm-08. No .260, no .308, no interest from me. | |||
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Like I said they have a bunch of idiots running it now apparently. "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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Maybe we should give Remington a little time. They were recently bought by an investment group and things will change, but not over night. The head of the investment group is a hunter..... Don | |||
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I would imagine, at his level, a $2200 factory rifle seems like a "bargain" or at least "reasonable". Hunting: Exercising dominion over creation at 2800 fps. | |||
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For factory I don't think so. and changing the name of it what suddenly makes it worth twice as much? "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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They have a new owner so who knows what may happen in the future. | |||
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I talked to some guys at Williams gunsight and they said the TI's that they had VISIBLY terrible barrels. Not with borescopes I mean just with the plain old eye! | |||
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Not true, most of them shot extremely well. I had mine out yesterday and shoot several 1" 3 shot groups at 200yds. You don't get those kind of groups with bad barrels. Terry -------------------------------------------- Well, other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? | |||
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my factory 700 Ti did good to shoot a 3" 3 shot group. Bad groups considerably larger. Tried close to 10 loads with it and they all shot the same. But I do like the actions for true fly-weight alpline rifles. They let you get a little lighter. But that price is rediculous!!! Hopefully can pick up an old 700 Ti or two just to have the actions on hand for future custom projects | |||
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Jarrod, You might want to shoot somebody elses Ti 700 before you spend the money. I shaved every oz. I could off my scope, rings, sling to go with my Ti 700 in 7mm08 and the rig is sooo light that it actually created some problems for me. I started several threads a few years ago on the Ti 700 when I was shopping for a new mt. rifle and immediately after I bought it. I got some good comments and suggestions. You might do an history search on the forums for holzauge to view the discussions. I was initially disappointed with the accuracy but a good trigger job and a muzzle break sorted things out. I know some folks hate brakes but I like what it did for the rifle. The gun now shoots 130 gr. bullets well, but 150's shoot well enough the hunting I'd do in VA or MD and are probably more suitable for the black bear here which are getting much bigger. Everything works fine now but in retrospect I'm not sure the very small wt. savings over a stainless Model 7 in the same caliber was worth the trouble and expense. Sei wach! | |||
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How much weight does the ti reciever vs steel save? Hunting: Exercising dominion over creation at 2800 fps. | |||
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4 ounces. But, it's exreemely well made. No blueprinting required. Don | |||
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DMB_ my expereinces are pretty much the same. I still square everuthing up on the Ti reciveres, but have found them to be a couple of heads and three or four shoulders about the steel M700's. I also found that the Ti cuts fine with HSS tooling...BUT...don't even think about filing one of them! If you try to file the Ti action and listen very closely, you can actually hear the metal laughing at you. There is a pretty long thread in the Backpacking forum about lightweight/Alpine rifles. Has a lot of good suggestions in there. | |||
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I would of been interested in it when it was called the titanium and the MSRP was less than a grand I think. Now since they changed the name to Alaskan Ti or whatever and more than doubled the MSRP I am no longer interested. Especially when I could get a Mod 77 ultralight in 30-06 about a third of that only thing is I hate 3 position safeties. Of course then their is the weatherby ultra lightweight with 2 position safety which is what I am use to. Personally I think remington needs to pull their head out of their 4th point of contact. "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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Just find a nice used one, that's what I did. I paid $900 for mine and looked like it had never been shot. Terry -------------------------------------------- Well, other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? | |||
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That is probably the best idea. "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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