Follow up to the Iron Sight Thread.....

[Bridger158]

I traded the mossberg nearly straight accross for a Remington 740 30-06. A model which I know has it's own issues, but the frame rails appear to be in good shape, so we'll see when I get to shoot it. BUT, it does have open sights at least lol.

And even if the rifle turns out to be a turd, it came with a Weaver K4, which I guess is worth something.

[Chuck 100 yd]

I have no experience with the 740. Don' forget to post range results and photos.

[3leggedturtle]

Those Weaver K series,, u can never have enough of them.

[Griff]

Those Weaver K series,, u can never have enough of them.

I've got one of them... and after 34 years I had a problem getting it focused... Extremely frustrated, I was pert near to sending it to get rebuilt, but finally got it figured out. Some of the problem might be in my eye...

[Bridger158]

Well, there's another chapter to this story lol

I shot a magazine full through the 740. It functioned fine, but I was in a hurry and just wanted to check function so I don't know about it's accuracy. But on the way home yesterday, I saw a sign advertising a gun show was in town.....so I went today. And I no longer have the 740. I now have a Remington 700 BDL in great shape for the 740 + $50. The 700 is also already setup with iron sights, but it's lacking the rear one because somebody took it off to mount a scope. But I checked on the net before I made the trade and that's a cheap fix.

So, in the end I feel like I got a much better rifle, and it's got iron sights like I initially wanted. Oh, and it is a 30-06 also. From reading on the internet I got the impression that 740 wasn't a super reliable rifle.

[Ben_Rumson]

Glad that worked out !

[Tycer]

Do your research on the 700 trigger failures. It would be my excuse to upgrade to a Timney.