Any feedback on 700xcr?

[Aaron Neville]

Maybe I'm a first time buyer. Is Remington 700xcr tac in .223 a good start? I got kinda nervous about a salesman with NO enthusiasm what-so-ever. Maybe he dislikes .223....doooooo YOU? Should I be shopping for something else? it costs 1K and change, in a box with nothing included. It LOOKS nice to me, but I got nothing else to go on, any help would be much appreciated. Thx.

 

[Curt]

What do you want to shoot with that $1000 .223?

 

[Aaron Neville]

...bullets primarily....a little slapstick for ya....*clears throat*...Really though, paper targets, rock targets, wood targets, bulls eyes, dead fish in barrels (like this one time on mythbusters....), bottled liquids, nothing 'alive'. Range/bench type shooting, i guess.

 

[maynard]

If I was going to spend a grand for a .223 I would go for a HB Tikka T3 just because of the faster twist barrel.

 

[c_poncsak]

You could always save some cash and get a VTR. *ducks*

I have mine in .223 and love it.

 

[Curt]

If you are going to shoot really long distances you should go with a faster twist barrel than what is offered on the XCR. I think that it is a 12" and you should get a 7-9" for the longer range stuff.

 

[armorman]

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[Curt]

.308 is 12" twist and .223 is 9" twist in the XCR Tactical.

See what happens when you assume........... Thanks for straightening me out

 

[armorman]

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[highspeedlowdrag]

On a somewhat related note... Anyone see the new XCR Tactical Compact anywhere in country yet? Kinda like the idea of a (coated) stainless version of the LTR...

hsld.

 

[manitou210]

The XCR Tactical has a much nicer stock than the Poice model 700 and the black Trinyte PVD coating is almost as nice as fine blued rifle. I know from shooting the police model gun would shoot to 1000 yards with Hornady 75gr HPBT Match with varget at 2945 fps, I do not see any reason why the XCR Long Range Tacticale won't same twist as Police 1/9
Fired 5 shots to get to center of target, cleaned gun and fired 1 3shot and one 4 shot group.One with Varget the other with Rl 15 and 69gr Sierra MK
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Going to try up & down with these powders and see if I can shrink groups a little and better weather would be nice, and I will try couple other powders.
I am very pleased with this gun.Had a little bet with friend with his Savage 12 in .223 on a hunter class target 5 shots + sighter target, he's paying for coffee's tommorrow I up for Remington

 

[Aaron Neville]

You could always save some cash and get a VTR. *ducks*

I have mine in .223 and love it.

HEy, that's the one with the funky sorta 'triangular-prismic'...(sorry) barrel, right?

 

[Aaron Neville]

Well, I just went ahead, and uh, bought it an hour ago. Pretty gosh-darn stoked about it. Tomorrow is gonna be swell!

 

[armorman]

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[Aaron Neville]

So which one did you decide on? XCR Tactical or VTR and which caliber?

Oh, I got the XCR, in a "deuce, deuce, tre" cal. It's crap-loads of fun. I'll maybe think about posting some 'groupings' after this weekend.

 

[Murdoc]

Bought an XCR tactical last fall for moose and long range whitetail in 300 win mag. Good gun, ok stock, X-trigger got chucked out and replaced with a timney .And the Finish is too cheap for my taste, but I always change the finish when I buy a rifle. It shoots well with 168 Barnes X triple shocks.Hope you enjoy your 223!