Accutrigger I don’t care for

Nothing bad to say. IMO a great rifle for the money.

For a basic hunting rig you don't need to do anything to it, besides put some good glass on it.

Sight it in and get to killing critters with it.

Looking at one in 708 and just curious to get some real world feedback on the rifle. Any quirks, or things that I should plan on doing to it? Would be a hunting rifle for inside 300yds.

I'm familiar with the round.

Thanks,
Jay

What HWY_MAN said, times 2. Great rifles at a great price point, and impressively accurate right out of the box.

The finish is worse than a mosin nagant, the trigger sucks and the stock is slightly less ridged than a wet noodle. And the bolt goes vrrrr-vrrrrt when you pull it back and forth when chambering a round because of all the ridges on it. And on some models they don't feed out of the magazine, although they could have gotten that fixed. I had a couple, and they shot fine, but they suck everywhere else.

So I got the rifle, the American Predator version in 7mm08.

All of the above shortcomings are present, but I did notice one that I'm surprised wasn't mentioned.

The effort required to lift the bolt is freaking crazy! I realize that this is the cocking mechanism, but lord this thing takes some effort compared to every other bolt action rifle I have.

I have yet to fire a round thru it, but have it all ready for a range trip when I get a chance.

Another thing I noticed..I ran a patch thru the bore because there was some small debris present. a clean patch came out freaking nasty. It was black so I thought it was just some machine oil or something, so I soaked one with Hoppe's swabbed the bore, let it sit for about 5 minutes and ran a clean patch thru it again. I got a lot of carbon fouling/oil (black) and a trace of copper (green). I assumed it was just a trace from test firing at the factory. But I decided to wet a mop with some sweets and see how much copper was in it. 2 hours, several more applications of sweets, and the bore finally came clean. Either this barrel fouls horribly or the factory must have run a few dozen rounds thru it. I didn't find hardly any powder residue/carbon in the muzzle break or action, just a crapton of copper in the bore (royal blue patches). We'll see how that turns out once I get it to the range. As long as it shoots good, I'll be ok.

I can definitely see a new stock and trigger being in the rifle's future. And maybe a 2' extension on the bolt handle to give me some leverage to lift it, lol. Overall it presently feels like a cheap gun, hopefully I can massage a little bit of that out over time. Will update after a range trip.

I can definitely see a new stock and trigger being in the rifle's future. And maybe a 2' extension on the bolt handle to give me some leverage to lift it, lol. Overall it presently feels like a cheap gun, hopefully I can massage a little bit of that out over time. Will update after a range trip.