Advice/Suggestion - First Rem 700

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Hi All,

I just received a really good deal on a brand new Rem 700SPS, 24" barrel, 300 Win Mag, special purpose synthetic. First time with a Rem 700 platform.

I am looking for advice on what add ons I should buy, to make this a long range percision rifle.

Such as bipod, scope mount, optic, etc.

Thanks.
 
xscpx said:
Hi All,

I just received a really good deal on a brand new Rem 700SPS, 24" barrel, 300 Win Mag, special purpose synthetic. First time with a Rem 700 platform.

I am looking for advice on what add ons I should buy, to make this a long range percision rifle.

Such as bipod, scope mount, optic, etc.

Thanks.
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Short answer for somebody who hasn't spent much time on it themselves.

Good quality components which generally are not cheap.

Precision is a word that should be used loosely when refering to factory rifles. Love shooting my gun long distances, but know it sure as hell isn't a precision rifle.

Harris or better bi-pod
Vortex / Sightron or better scope
TPS / NEAR / ATRS / Nightforce etc rings and rail

B&C / HS Precision or better stock.

Bedding, and lots of trigger time.

Sorry to be rude, but this is covered nearly daily. Read the forums and never consider just one person to be 100% right.
 
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Congratulations on the deal. For me, I would just shoot a few hundred rounds (worked up reloads of course) and see what kind of secondary equipment you will need after some serious trigger time. You get to know your rifle that way. And talk to the guys on the range who are on the same adventure you want to be on. Good Luck.
 
Blueprint the action, shop for a new barrel and have it installed at the same time of blueprinting.

When you get it back, new trigger and stock. Bed the action in the stock.

Buy quality optics and mounting hardware.

If you haven't done so, start loading ammo. Go shoot.

Last step: declare bankruptcy

I love my Remington semi custom.
 
xscpx said:
Hi All,

I just received a really good deal on a brand new Rem 700SPS, 24" barrel, 300 Win Mag, special purpose synthetic. First time with a Rem 700 platform.

I am looking for advice on what add ons I should buy, to make this a long range percision rifle.

Such as bipod, scope mount, optic, etc.

Thanks.
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This is a standard, sporting rifle?
As is, it should be a good hunting rifle. If you cannot resolve a hunting situation with a .300WM, there is something wrong. Put a decent scope on it - a medium powered variable would be good, and you are ready to go. Go ahead and shoot it, get comfortable with it.
Now as the basis for a precision long range rifle....
It doesn't have a whole lot going for it without a lot of work.
Rebarrelling is an excellent way to enhance accuracy potential; but you have a bolt with a .532" face, which limits your options to belted magnums.
The stock is what it is. Would leave a lot to be desired for a long range rifle.
You can mount any scope you want, but this doesn't change the basis character of the rifle.
 
Jeromeo said:
Blueprint the action, shop for a new barrel and have it installed at the same time of blueprinting.

When you get it back, new trigger and stock. Bed the action in the stock.

Buy quality optics and mounting hardware.

If you haven't done so, start loading ammo. Go shoot.

Last step: declare bankruptcy

I love my Remington semi custom.
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Love the declare bankruptcy.
 
Thanks everyone for the advice.

I plan on putting quite a bit of money into this platform. With high quality optics.

I will post when I've figured it out.

Cheers and thanks again.
 
I'm with Tiriaq, if this is your first go at a precision rig I'd start with a nice piece of glass, like a Nightforce NXS, get a good 20 MOA base and some solid rings (any of the ones Shibby! mentioned above are great options).

Even if you end up wanting a different rifle, you'll still have the scope and rings for the project. Money well spent IMO

Next thing to do is build up the stock for perfect eye alignment, this is a great video to help:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COoXVpGfXQE

Only other place I'd spend money off the bat is on a good bipod and sand bag for the rear. I went with a Harris 9-13" HBLMS. The notches are convenient and the swivel saves a lot of headache once you get out far enough that you need to get your cant right.

Once you've got the rifle set up, break it in and see what she'll do! You might find it's a shooter and you won't have to spend all the money on the action or barrel.

Also, if you don't have a lot of experience with the 300WM, it might take a bit to get used to the pounding she'll give you... I'm a light-weight, it took me a couple boxes of ammo to get comfortable with one. A friend and I actually started loading the rifle for one another while sneaking in snap-caps at random.
 
Set realistic goals for performance from the rifle. You may find the rifle more capable then you. To me percision is 3/4 moa or better. My rifle will do .5- 1 moa and im at the limits of what it will do with hand loads and my skill. On the other hand percision to my old man (37yrs) in the dnd is 1-1.5 moa.

I would personally start with optics. Spend 80% of your cash there. Then reload reload reload. Shoot the rifle till you find the limits of what it can shoot. Then decide if you need/ want more accuracy. Me personally i dont need more then 3/4 moa. The search for accurcy will cost you thousands. Hell i spent a few thousad on just trigger time and load development and reload equipment. Never mind the rifle or optics.

Any capable shooter will tell you time spent shooting and learning/ practicing fundamentals of percison/ long range shooting is worth more in the end then high end equipment right out of the gates.
 
Do what everyone have mentioned to get the best ammo you need to buy top grade reloading tools and dies Redding competition 3 set dies, neck turner,good primer tool like 21st century,
and the best brass Lapua,and bullets Bergers and Matrix are great as well.good scale as well.
manitou
 
168bergersapper said:
A Timney trigger would defintely be an upgrde you'll really appreciate or if you have the flow try a Jewell trigger, I just put one on my rem 700 sendero and love it.
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Truthfully, I'm not too keen on the Timney. My new rifle is equipped with one, and I can't see a huge improvement over the generally unliked Pro-X.

I think my Pro-X was just as light, and just as crisp with no creep. For ~180-200, I don't see what this trigger has improved? I've tuned both for creep and lightest pull possible.

As mentioned, with the right "flow", I'd have gone with the Jewell where you can make it a lot lighter.
 
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