Has anybody had a chance to shoot Remington's new Guide Gun? I haven't, but I'm seriously considering buying one in .350 - great for pig, bear and deer. I'd like hear your thoughts the 673. Thanks, Mark

local bass pro store has 1, it sure does not fit me..

Just out of curiosoty, how much are they getting for them at bass pro?

I would suggest that you look hard for an 600 or 660 or even a custom shop M7 first and only hold the 673 as a default choice. Remington is trying to ride the coattails of its original rifles with an overweight look-alike, but if the 673 is your only option for a .350RM it is better than no .350RM. The cartridges is that good.

Fireplug

Add the 22" barreled 700 Classic to the above list of 359 prospects. Mine is very accurate and a lot more pleasing to my eye than this garish abomination called the 673......

excuse the typo....... 350, not 359 prospects

I tend to prefer overweight in this cal. cause shooting the 350 in the 660 or M7 versions tend to be brutal. I keep looking at the 673 and wondering how much trouble it would be to toss that ugly rib and front sight in the trash and go to a more "normal" front sight. Then you would have a fairly nice looking rifle.

I was at a local store yesterday and they had 2 673s in stock. The 350 was priced at $749 and the 300 SAUM was priced at $699. They said they had already sold one .350. Sean

i cant believe the money they are getting for those things. you could buy a used 243 and have pacnor barrel it and open the bolt and true the reciever for about $100 more.
also, you should be able to find a 700 classic used for that money or less. much more desirable and very pleasing to the eye.
woofer

Woofer, I know it. I can't figure the price difference. Have you ever been to L.L. Cote's in Errol,NH? That is where they were. Pretty decent store for being where they are (just South of Nowhere). Sean

sean, have not been there. my local shop has 7 sold and hasn't recieved them yet. the guys that bought them dont even know what the cartridge looks like! proper advertising i guess. what a shame you cant sell something by its merits anymore. you must rely on the huge advertising budget and magazines with flowery things to say. i tried for years to explain the virtues of the 35 and the whelen/350 mag and it fell on deaf ears. now this guy is selling them at close to msrp. also doing 7600 35 rechambers to 35 whelen on my advice and getting $650!!! i just have to shake my head.
woofer

There was a guy at Barre Gun Show that had a 7600 Whelen, with a laminated stock. Was that him? I thought hard about that one. Sean

I've seen them for 674.99 usa. There out, but no one seems to be running off to buy one and give us any details.. not as much a big deal as the wsm line up was when it first came out.
I'm going to get one before they drop it after this year.

could have been sean. i am not sure what stocks he was doing. he did do one with a fluted factory barrel that looked good but 18.5" barrel is not my thing.
adios
woofer

I made my way over to the Remington booth at a shooting fair this weekend just to shoot this gun.
It was quite light and handy. I don't care for the vent rib and shark fin front sight, however. I got the butt right up in the pocket and cut loose the three rounds I bought. Recoil wasn't bad at all but I chose to shoot it from an offhand position. Didn't care for the sights. This one needs a low power scope, scout scope rig, or aperture sight. I'd like to see a Model 7 stainless synthetic in the .350R.M. with a tad more weight and a medium contour 20 to 22 inch barrel. RKBA!

saw one today... sure is ugly.

Four or five years ago I had some stupid pills for breakfast and sold my classic in 350 mag to a friend for $450. I managed to talk him into selling it back to me last year for $450. I've seen several at $450 to $500 so guess that's normal. That's the way I would go. I want a 35 in the 600/660 but got my hands on a 358 Winnie bbl for a 600. That way all I have to do is find one in 308 or 243-don't have to open the bolt face (Also have to find the money first.)

The Remington Model 673 is the ugliest piece of shit that I've ever seen. The Remington crew are truelly something else when it comes to making and selling firearms. First the 710 and now this piece of crap. Sad thing is, is that people actually buy this shit.

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I like the 673 very much. The .350 cal is very handy. I have been thinking about one since the SHOT show.

Aleko

I had a Rem Mod 7 in 350RM from the custom shop. It had the Kevlar camo stock, 20" bbl. It handled very well, and shot many loads good at 100 and 200 yards. Recoil even with 250grain bullets was not bad at all. The only problem.... The shells would sometimes pop out of the magazine when working the bolt.

Can someone do a preference or comparison on say, the BLR .358 vs. the Rem. 673! I know the ballistic advantage goes to the .350RM, all other things being equal - but I'm asking about gun performance and/or quirks like maybe magazine room with the longer bullets and grouping ability of the two guns, ease of proper scope mounting and etc.

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Beautifull rifle,
Glad it shoots good! REminds me of the good guns produced in that era! Those that dont like,
GO **** yourselves!

dhunter,

Beautiful rifle?!

After shooting my 700 Classic and 600 both in .350, a friend just had to have a .350 and ended up with a new 673. We just finishing putting the scope on today, a 2.5-8 Leupold in Weaver 4x4 mounts and Weaver base. This week we will do some loading for it. He was going to shoot it with some of my loads for the 700 but apparently his chamber is just a little smaller than mine as although the factory rounds go in just fine, reloads sized for my gun will not allow the bolt handle to close on his.

My only complaint with the gun is the rib. Apparently Remington didn't learn the first time around that the rib is just a pain to deal with. One has to remove the rear sight to low mount a scope. Then a proper size spacer has to be made for the vacant dovetail so the screw will hold the end of the rib in place.

Loads for the .350 are 60 grais of WW748 for 2660 fps from the 700 with either the 225 Nosler Petition (2.800") or the Speer 220 (2.795"). Both hit to the same POA at ranges out to 200 yards. For a practice and small game load, the Hornady 160 or 180 JFP bullet is used. For resons unknown the 600 will shoot all three bullets to the same POA at 50 yards but in the 700 the small game load hits 6" low.

As to weight, the 673 is no lightweight... with the above scope the weight is 9 pounds 3 ounces. This compares to the 700 Classic with a B-Square Scout Mount and Leupold 2.5 power Scout Scope at 8 pounds 3 ounces and the 600 with a 1.5-5 Leupold at 8 pounds 1 ounce.

Great caliber..great guns.....now wish that Ruger would make the AllWeather Stainlee 77 MKII in .350...Bob

Yuck!!

I'm not normally a fan of Remington bolt actions but I do like this one. I like the shape of the stock and I don't even mind the rib. Two things I would have changed would be to have a 'normal' front sight and I would have kept the stock colour the same all the way through. That light coloured strip looked like hell back in the sixties so I don't know why Remington thinks it looks any better now. The other thing I like is the calibre which I am a fan of. I have read two articles that say Remington is bringing out a 225 grain A-Frame in their Safari line. If that is true, then for once they got it right. In my opinion that's the right bullet weight and bullet for this calibre. The 22" barrel and extra weight also make better choices for this calibre. At just over 41" it is a very compact, handy package. If it was the same colour all the way through I'd probably even buy one.

You really have to see one of these up close to appreciate it. The stock is way nicer than the old Model 600 stock (I have a 600)...My local dealer has had about ten of these(Model 673) so far and all have sold the same day that they came in. My friend bought the 300 Saum (which in my opinion is as useless as tits on a bull) and he says that it shoots very nice groups...I've seen these for as little as $649 on the gun sites and if I didn't already have the Model 600, I'd probably buy one......Big K

Although different, I don't think the 673 is plain ugly. The rib is no different than one on a shot gun to me, I would just ignore it.

The laminated stock could have been toned down a little in its contrast, but I shouldered one and worked the bolt, and that one at least, I thought was a decent firearm.

Although the 350 Rem Mag is not my caliber, I do hope that somehow thru all of this marketing, Remington does need to add something to the product line and resurrect the old 6.5 Rem Mag.

I'd like to get some of that brass to play with, although I would probably rechamber a Ruger or Winchester. I am not a Remington man. Nothing wrong with them, just not my flavor, or cup of tea.

The price will come down I bet if it sticks around a while. I am sure up in Alaska it will get necked up to 375 or 416 for a guide rifle in those that prefer bolts ( like me). It is not as funcky as that Steyr Scout Rifle to me.

Personally to me it is a neat round--the rifle now that is another story. If you prefer slow dancing with a fat lady versus a slim one then this is the one for you!

Lets see it needs to slim down-it needs to loose the cheesy rib and that shark front site needs to go back to sea.

Other than that I like it.

Actually someone mentioned the Classic and the M7 in a glass stock. Those two are very nice-especially the 7.

Not that I don't like the 673 or anything.....

"GET TO THE HILL"

Dog

Seems to me some magnum-loving gun writer (perhaps Ross Seyfried?) described the 600 series in 350 mag as the single most unpleasant firearm to discharge he had ever worked with. The extra weight of the 673 is probably a good thing...

Why buy one, I expect all these SAUMs will be on clearance before too long - buy one and send it off to E.R. Shaw for a $300 makeover.

This round in the 700 classic makes for a sweet rifle - IMO considerably more handsome that the 673. What's the deal with bringing back the vent rib? Let's add more stuff to catch on the brush to a rifle designed for the brush??? And that giant front sight -