Remington 700 Mountain SS

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So I'm a fan of the Remington 700 and I just purchased my 4th one, a 700 Mountain SS in .308.

I'm currently working on a long range precision build based on the Milspec 5R and I couldn't be happier with that build so far. I've had to sell my first 2 700's to finance the build. My long range build will be 12.5 lbs scoped by the time I'm finished, good weight for a target / PRS rifle but definitely on the heavy side for hunting.

So I had been keeping my eyes on the 700 Mountain SS for a while and a certain Big Box store now has them for $899.97. They were $999.99 just a month ago. This rifle now has a MSRP of $1,135 US on the Remington website. With our weak dollar that's about $1,475 CAN. Other Canadian websites, including a site sponsor, now list the rifles between $1,275 and $1,449. It looks like the exact same rifle, except maybe the more expensive ones are this year's production run and the cheaper ones last year's, I'm really not sure.

So I wanted to give a heads up to folks who were considering a 700 Mountain SS, now might be a good time to get one.
 
That's a good deal on a nice light rifle. My brother bought that rifle in 30-06 two years ago and paid around $1200. It has been a great rifle. Only hitch was the Hornady Superformance ammo he originally went with was shooting patterns as opposed to groups. He kept calling me asking what I thought, after he would should a 12 inch group. I was convinced it had to be his scope or rings/bases, as I couldn't believe it would shoot that poorly. When he came up to visit for a sheep hunt I checked it all over, seemed good, and we went to shoot. The result was a 10 inch group. I was thinking his scope was no good but tried some hand loads and a box of Remington ammo to be sure. Consistent one inch groups with both. I guess that light barrel didn't like the added velocity of the Superformance. He got a sheep with it three days later.
 
I will mount a Leupold VX-3i 3.5-10x40 on mine. Wanstalls had one for the right price. I will also do a bedding job as I have some extra Devcon around. The whole rifle will be under 7.5 pounds all dressed. It's not in ultralight territory but it's still 5 pounds less than my target rifle so that's what I wanted.
 
TrevorMack said:
Ordered mine last night 7mm08. Time to start messing around see how light I can make this rifle.
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That B&C stock weighs 34 oz. I put a Wildcat Composites on mine and it finished under 20 oz. Big weight savings there.

$899 is an amazing price for that rifle. I paid $1050 for mine in spring 2015 when our dollar was a fair bit better than it is currently.
 
Compared to the 700 Ti or other lightweight stocks, the stock on that mountain SS is a bit of a beast. However, for the money Id snap one up fast. Just ordered a 308.
 
vancouverbc said:
Compared to the 700 Ti or other lightweight stocks, the stock on that mountain SS is a bit of a beast. However, for the money Id snap one up fast. Just ordered a 308.
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Yes it's not the lightest out there but the aluminum bedding block makes it one of the most rigid for sure. Some of those ultralight stocks are nothing but foam and although they are super light some can be on the flimsy side. A McMillan ultralight is 1.5 lbs but would cost you more than the entire rifle.

As for this particular deal I learned that the rifles are being discontinued, thus the severe price reduction. When it says "In Stock Online" it's actually not. They will start phoning other stores and order one they have in stock. My .308 is being shipped from Calgary, there was none at the warehouse. You might want to make some calls to make sure that they actually get this done.
 
RangerPark said:
Yes it's not the lightest out there but the aluminum bedding block makes it one of the most rigid for sure. Some of those ultralight stocks are nothing but foam and although they are super light some can be on the flimsy side. A McMillan ultralight is 1.5 lbs but would cost you more than the entire rifle.

As for this particular deal I learned that the rifles are being discontinued, thus the severe price reduction. When it says "In Stock Online" it's actually not. They will start phoning other stores and order one they have in stock. My .308 is being shipped from Calgary, there was none at the warehouse. You might want to make some calls to make sure that they actually get this done.
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The B&C is very rigid with the aluminum bedding block. I found the block had pretty sloppy tolerances so the rifle would definitely benifit from being bedded.

You can get a very light stock that is also very ridgid though. The Wildcat I mentioned has a composite I beam running through it. It is very rigid and mine finished under 20 oz with bedding, paint and recoil pad. A McEdge will usually finish at 25ish oz.
 
I did not feel the B&C stock with the bedding block was very rigid. Not bad like some of the earliest factory synthetics, but not high quality either. A sample of two Mcmillan Edge stocks I have had were 23 and 24 ounces and were at another level of quality compared to B&C stocks of any persuasion.
 
cam1936 said:
The B&C is very rigid with the aluminum bedding block. I found the block had pretty sloppy tolerances so the rifle would definitely benifit from being bedded.

You can get a very light stock that is also very ridgid though. The Wildcat I mentioned has a composite I beam running through it. It is very rigid and mine finished under 20 oz with bedding, paint and recoil pad. A McEdge will usually finish at 25ish oz.
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Pat Brennan said:
I did not feel the B&C stock with the bedding block was very rigid. Not bad like some of the earliest factory synthetics, but not high quality either. A sample of two Mcmillan Edge stocks I have had were 23 and 24 ounces and were at another level of quality compared to B&C stocks of any persuasion.
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I will definitely be bedding my setup with Devcon. Both the Wildcat and McMillan sound awesome, if I ever want to shave another pound on the rifle I'll consider them. I have a McMillan A5 on my target rig and I love it.

My goal wasn't so much as building a 6 lbs scoped mountain rig, but building an all around hunting rig that would be lighter than my 12.5 lbs scoped target rifle. I foresee my Mountain SS will weigh in at 7 1/4 lbs, scoped and bedded with a Magpul DBM. That's going to be good enough for my hunting needs.
 
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The rifle came in at the start of the week. I did a bedding job, fitted a Magpul DBM, and put in a Trigger Tech trigger. I topped it off with Leupold bases and a Leupold VX-3i 3.5-10x40. The rifle came in at 7 lbs 9.7 ounces all dressed, including empty 5 round mag and lens caps. Quick load development produced a .585 MOA group using IMR 4064, Federal brass and primers and Berger 185's at 2650 fps.


Bedding job using Devcon, before cleaning up. Not bad, I'm happy with it.
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I predicted 7.5 lbs all in, not too far off. If I ever need to take off another 2 lbs I'll probably go running some more instead of getting a new stock...
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The rifle looks pretty good.
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Promising at .585 MOA, shooting off bags. I'm going to push load development a bit more but not like my target rig.
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Kevan said:
Very nice package, Thanks for sharing with us.
How do you like the magazine, does it cycle smooth ?
I really like the stock..
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The Magpul DBM works really well. It's a pain to inlet but at least you don't have to inlet for depth, only length and width. I used a Dremel and files, took about 3 hours. With the Accurate Mag it feeds flawlessly. I did take a Dremel to the feeding ramp to be able to mag feed 2.950" pills, same as my target build.

The stock is really nice. It was 939 grams before inletting and bedding, not sure how much one could save with higher priced offerings.
 
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