Has anyone here have one of the Rem. Custom Shop Mod.7s in 350 Rem. Mag? What do you like about it, or not? Does it have that key lock thing? I have a couple of older 700s which are great but have not handled any of their newer stuff. I need the most power with least weight to keep down the load on my new body parts. Don't mind the extra recoil in exchange for a lighter load. Or should I look into converting an older short action 700 I have to a slim and trim 350 Rem. Mag?
Thanks
Jim W.

I have a Custom Shop Mountain Rifle in 350 Rem Mag. I really like it. Don't know about the Model 7's though. As far as the J-Lock, no it does not have one.

Jim

Several years ago I had a Rem mod 7 from the custom shop, 20" barrel and the kevlar stock. I liked everything about the rifle, except it had feeding problems. I see on the new 673 350 mag they have modified the magazine box to get reliable feeding. The rifle was a good shooter and I did not find the recoil bad at all.

[ 01-09-2003, 10:18: Message edited by: N E 450 No2 ]

Hey Jim, I've got a 20" 350RemMag M7KS out of the Custom Shop too. I've not had any kind of feeding problem with mine.

Jim, "What do you like about it, or not?"

Mine is exceptionally accurate. Over the course of a 12 hour Range day, I'd shoot it a couple of times and let it sit. One combined 9-shot group "fit inside" a 1" square. Doubt I can do that today, but that is a shooter concentration issue.

My cases seem to last forever. No problems of any kind. I've even reformed other cases into 350RemMags and they did fine after annealing. The 338WinMags did real well. But, there are still plenty of factory cases available.

Only problem is the 35cal bore in a 20" barrel with 60gr of powder is REAL LOUD. You must absolutely wear some form of hearing protection for EVERY shot. I use Sonic Ear Valves and they do great.

Jim, "Does it have that key lock thing?"

No, mine was made prior to Remington making that modification. I've got a buddy with a new Remington that does have it, and unless you ae specifically looking for it, it is something you soon forget is even on the rifle.

Jim,"I need the most power with least weight to keep down the load on my new body parts. Don't mind the extra recoil in exchange for a lighter load."

Unless you get a Custom Rifle from Rifles Inc., or a Weatherby U-Lt, it will take some looking to find something lighter. My M7KS with scope weighs 7 3/8 pounds.

Jim, "Or should I look into converting an older short action 700 I have to a slim and trim 350 Rem. Mag?"

This is an excellent option for two reasons. First off, you can start with a longer barrel to get the noise away from your ears. And second, the Remington Short Action is slightly longer than the M7 action.

The 200gr Hornady SP is an amazing bullet in mine. But, if you want to use the 225gr bullets, then the Short Action will let you load them out just a bit farther.

Great rifle!

[ 01-09-2003, 18:25: Message edited by: Hot Core ]

I've got a Model 700 Classic in 350 Mag. Everything hit with it has dropped. It makes an outstanding short range elk round. Mine will never be for sale.

Mac

I do not have a M7 .350, but rather a M600 .350 that I think of as my most versatile and portable rifle. A .350 carbine of some type will fit your requirements very well.

I weight savings is key here you might get a M600 which in a light stock can be kept to six pounds pretty easily.

Fireplug

I have a .350 Model 7 with the laminated mannlicher stock and I like it a lot. I did have to send it back to the factory to correct a feeding problem, but they straightened it out with no problems. I shot two quebec black bears with a 700 Classic in .350 that my dad owns now and he has shot some deer and pigs with it. The cartridge is one of my favorites and a great performer on game. I prefer 225 grain bullets in the .350 and we have had good luck on paper and game with 225 sierras, 225 Noslers, and 200 gr rem factory loads.

get one of each! just kidding.
the model 7 is great but the 20" barrel is a bit to short if you have an option for a 22" tube. if not no big deal. if you have a 700 short already the i would suggest converting that. you can have the original barrel rebored to 358 which will give you a mountain contour in 358 at 22". have your bolt opened. i dont think your rails will need work. you should be able to get out of it for $300 or so.
or, you could go hole hog and have the action blueprinted with a nice barrel and trigger job for $500 or so. throw on a hi tech stock and i bet your 7#.
any way you choose you will be very happy with the cartridge. it flat stomps game. when you can watch game flip over in your scope you just gotta' grin!
225 partitions to hunt, hornady sp's in 200 to shoot for fun.{1/2 the price of noslers and very accurate. deadly too.}
best of luck. wish i had your dilema.
woofer

My 350 is a Rem 660 barrel on a Mexican Mauser action. I don't mind the 20" barrel at all. I have shot the 225 Sierra the most although I plink w/ 158 gr pistol bullets and some cast 215 gr round nose that are fun too. If it were me, I would make something out of the short action that you already have. It will not cost any more than getting one from the custom shop and it will be truley something you have designed.
Ken

I have a Kevlar stocked Model 7 from the Remington Custom Shop. I had some feeding problems with it originally, but one trip back to the factory solved it.

I have loaded it with everything from 225 grain X bullets to 180 grain flat-nose. All shoot an inch or so, but I've had to fool with powder and primers, etc., some to get that kind of accuracy. Don't try to use Nosler BT's with the rifle, though. They have too short a shank to "deep seat" them and still work through the action. I've had no problem with 225 grain X's, and get almost 2700 fps with pretty mild loads, and a .357 diameter X bullet at that velocity will knock the do-do out of about anything.

I have never shot anything twice with the rifle, taking animals in Africa up to 800 lbs to little 100 lb whitetails.

I have a Leupold 1.5x5 VariX-III on my rifle.

Important to note is that the stock is not at all like the cheap junk that comes on a regular Model 7. It's much lighter, stiffer and, to my mind, attractive. The gun seems to mount to the shoulder like a fine English double.

I got the rifle on sale for a little less than $1000 and find it to be one of the best rifle purchases that I've ever made.

[ 01-12-2003, 22:43: Message edited by: judgeg ]

I had the chance to buy one of the M7 KS in .350 RM several years ago and passed it up...was a whole $860....will always regret that mistake. That being said I do have a M700 Classic set up with a B-Square Scout Mount, Leuplod Scout Scope and Williams peep sight. Main huunting load is the Nosler petition 225 grain bullet with 60 grais of WW748 for a velocity of 2660 fps. The load will run .75 MOA for 3 shots from the bench.

Remington has finally done something right and brought back this fine round. They should also chamber the cartridge in their 700 ADL blacked out rifle to give those without unlimited resources a less expensive way to get into a .350.....Bob