Hey all, just thought I would put this up for anyone out there that may wonder how the old style 700 Ti's will perform. I picked mine up used last fall in 308, with max 50 rounds through it. The fella I got it from bought it new, and had both the rem Ti and the Browning Ti. He decided he liked the Browning better so he parted with the Remmy, lucky me 
Anyway, Since I've had it, I've adjusted the factory trigger down to a nice crisp 3.5 pounds there abouts, and mounted a Leupold VXII 3-9 (all I have right now) in a set of Talley lightweights.
Last fall I used factory Winchester 150 grain fodder in her and could only manage roughly 2.5" groups at 100m with it. This year I've had time to work up some handloads and the results are very good. The load I'm running is a 150 grain flat base SP in a Win case, Win LR primers along with 45 grains of Reloader 15. I started my load development at 44 grains and worked up to 47 grains in half grain increments, running each load over the chronograph. The load that seemed to be the most accurate in my rifle seemed to be the 45 grain charge of Re15, which chrono'd at 2708fps avg. I took it out last evening to confirm it one last time before the open of deer season here in NS and was very pleased with the results.
You will see in the picture that the one hole off by itself was the first round I fired which was full length sized. The next 3 rounds fired were all neck sized with a Lee collet die. The 3 round group measures well under an inch as seen in the picture from center to center. The other groups I had shot with the full length size rounds seemed to group pretty much the same as the collet sized groups, mabye slightly larger and at a slightly different point of impact as seen.
At any rate, I'm very pleased with the performance of this rifle thus far. It has not been bedded or gunsmithed in any way other than the trigger adjustment I had done myself. With that said, this rifle is not enjoyable to work up loads from the bench with. The recoil really starts to get unpleasant after firing 10 rounds or so from the bench. In the field its the cat's azz. If you're after a rifle to hunt with and occasionally play at the range with, don't look at a Ti, look into something else. I've never ejoyed carrying a rifle more than this one, and knowing within a 1/2 inch or so where that 1st round fired will go is very comforting. Hope this helps anyone researching and debating the purchase of a Rem Ti
Anyway, Since I've had it, I've adjusted the factory trigger down to a nice crisp 3.5 pounds there abouts, and mounted a Leupold VXII 3-9 (all I have right now) in a set of Talley lightweights. Last fall I used factory Winchester 150 grain fodder in her and could only manage roughly 2.5" groups at 100m with it. This year I've had time to work up some handloads and the results are very good. The load I'm running is a 150 grain flat base SP in a Win case, Win LR primers along with 45 grains of Reloader 15. I started my load development at 44 grains and worked up to 47 grains in half grain increments, running each load over the chronograph. The load that seemed to be the most accurate in my rifle seemed to be the 45 grain charge of Re15, which chrono'd at 2708fps avg. I took it out last evening to confirm it one last time before the open of deer season here in NS and was very pleased with the results.
You will see in the picture that the one hole off by itself was the first round I fired which was full length sized. The next 3 rounds fired were all neck sized with a Lee collet die. The 3 round group measures well under an inch as seen in the picture from center to center. The other groups I had shot with the full length size rounds seemed to group pretty much the same as the collet sized groups, mabye slightly larger and at a slightly different point of impact as seen.
At any rate, I'm very pleased with the performance of this rifle thus far. It has not been bedded or gunsmithed in any way other than the trigger adjustment I had done myself. With that said, this rifle is not enjoyable to work up loads from the bench with. The recoil really starts to get unpleasant after firing 10 rounds or so from the bench. In the field its the cat's azz. If you're after a rifle to hunt with and occasionally play at the range with, don't look at a Ti, look into something else. I've never ejoyed carrying a rifle more than this one, and knowing within a 1/2 inch or so where that 1st round fired will go is very comforting. Hope this helps anyone researching and debating the purchase of a Rem Ti
