Any one here have one of there Rolling Blocks ?
I just got one . 30" oct/round bbl. pistol grip , shotgun butt plate . Tang. sight (elevation only) windage front sight with bubble level . Canvas and leather carry case (fitted) .
Any input appreciated .
Thanks , Steve

Are they all like that?

Maybe polaski got a good one.

We need pictures. 

     Joe.

Remington has had some serious problems in recent years with anything that wasn't a bolt action rifle. I think their employees have been so centered on bolt actions that to ask them to learn a new action and do it as well is tough.
Look at what their staff did with Marlin repeating rifles after the whole business was moved to the Remington plant. They had such poor quality coming out, and so many rifles being returned, that they finally had to shut down all production to address all the issues.

Thanks for the input . I must have found one of the better ones . I have three of Dave's rifles and this one is not up to the fit and finish of a Lone Star . That said , this is not a piece of junk either .
The metal to wood fit could be improved , it could use a better tang sight and the metal could have had a better finish before bluing .
Took it out yesterday and shoot it at 100yds. and it gave me a 1 7/8 " group . I think with a little work it could be a really nice rifle .
By the way , mine has a blue receiver and the rollers are in the white .
Thanks , Steve

My Rem RB came out to Australia to be reviewed by the major Gun magazines here when they were first introduced. Remington must have been fishing for sales so they sent a good one with the full set of target sights & set trigger. I got it for a good price after the hacks had put a couple of boxes of factory .45/70 thru it. I believe it is the only example out here.
Initial impression was that the wood to metal fitting really left a lot to be desired, certainly not a custom job...and it had a plastic butt plate!! 
I stripped the hard plastic finish off the stock (more at home on a duck gun destined for service in the mud), stained the wood with dark walnut and finished with a hand rubbed oil treatment. The plastic butt plate was next to go and was replaced with an old metal shotgun plate that I had stashed away for a rainy day. The forearm got a remington metal nose cap from Treebone carving (boy... that was a fun job fitting that) and I added some panels at the rear. I was quite happy with the finished article as I'm certainly no woodworker! I enjoyed refinishing it.

It looks a lot better now than when I got it and I have no complaints about how it shoots. Using the old Ideal Postell 535gr and 24 gr of SR4759 it will shoot 2" groups at 100 yds all day long.   

Perhaps my biggest gripe was the "modern" Remington logo stamped on the side of the action along with the serial number. Surely they could have run an orginal looking stamp along the tangs just like the originals.
Spud

Panels in forearm & that butt ugly Rem stamp!

Spud

When I was trying to get a gun built correctly I was told by Keith Dyer in the Custom Shop they were trying to make a deal with Turnbull to assemble the rifles

I can attest to this as being true, although it was more Turnbull looking to make the deal than Remington. 
The problem that Remington has is that they want everything at a certain price point. In order to do this they don't care what the product looks like.

Turnbull has been involved with other projects with Remington, such as their centennial 1911 project, which in my opinion was a collosal failure of epic proportions. 

All of my experience with Turnbull comes from my past employment with them. I have since moved on after several years with them. 

Turnbull is trying more and more to become a production facility, and in my opinion is moving away from the quality restorations they are known for.This may work for them but it seems every company that gears itself towards quantity, eventually puts quality on the back burner. 

These are just my opinions and in no way are meant to reflect on my past employer in a negative manner. 

Jesse

I actually have a very nice Remington custom shop midrange, and it is one of very few that were factory engraved.  I have no complaints about wood to metal fit, or about the quality and appropriateness of the engraving pattern, or the color case hardening and bluing.  I guess I was lucky, but mine is , frankly, a beautiful firearm.