Help me choose a Rem 700

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Hi guys

Thanks for the good rifle advice in the past.

I am looking to get a heavy barrelled Remington 700 in .308. I really like the 700 action, and am looking to have a rifle that I can use for benchrest shooting (but not in competition).

I would like a slightly heavier rifle since it will be used in extended range sessions, and the rifle will be married with a Bushnell Elite 4200 4-16x40. I will be keeping it in its current form, meaning no floating etc for a few years at least since pistol shooting takes up 90% of my shooting time.

At the moment I have come across 3 contenders: Remington 700 Police, 700 SVS Varmint and SVS Tactical.

What are the differences between the 3? What are the pro's and con's between each, and what explains the price difference?

Thanks, this forum still rocks. :rockOn:
 
What are the differences between the 3?
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The same barrelled action and finish but different stocks. The SPS Tactical will have a 20" barrel while the others are 26".

Go to remington.com and download their catalogue for more details.

IMHO, if you truly want this to be a "benchrest" rifle I would buy the SPS Varmint, junk the stock, and buy a decent quality prone laminate stock to put in it's place.

You can still shoot the basic SPS untouched for now and modify it to suit your tastes as time and money permits.

The 700P will probably be better off the sandbags than the SPS Varmint because of its wider and longer forearm. However, it isn't ideal for a true bench gun shooting off the bags. You could always buy a 700P and the sell the stock at a later time if you decided to go the laminate route.

Either way, you'll be fine.

You may wish to consider another alternative in Savage's new F/TR rifle in .308 Win. Sounds like it might be what you are looking for in a stock gun. Prices haven't been announced yet and I doubt none are available in Kanada yet. Might be a decent option to consider.
 
One other option is the new 700 XCR tactical, it has a 26" fluted barrel, the sme fluting as the LTR and also a Bell & Carlson stock with the grip hook for you support hand, it is in the new section of the web site. It does not really matter which one you get, they are all the same rifle in a differant stock and all will shoot very well. The best part is you have the most popular action to expand on in the furture if you decide to go the custom route. For what it is worth and only my opinion, personally your best choice would be the 700P, it has the best stock of the 3.
 
I'm with Steve David on this one. I find (just bought my wife the 700P in .223) the 700P stock to be the best design and best quality. No more upgrading since the stocks alone get to be quite expensive. For the purposes intended (you mentioned before), any of the M700 rifles will do the job.

The M700P has IMHO the best of the metal appearance. Some of the contenders you mentioned are bead blasted and blued. The M700P is parkerized and the Remington people do a great job.

So depending upon your budget and your personal preferrence, you can pick what tweaks you.

Life is good,
Barney
 
Rem 700

Go to this site and order a new catologue 2007 its free.
http://www.remington.com/
when you get it go to page 20 at bottom and thats the best Rem you can buy for the money, Bell & carlson stock adj: 26" fluted stainless steel barrel
and triNyte PVD coating Aluminum bedding block, this is as close to a custom gun as you can get.
Epp's in Orilia have some on order for Late April or early May

Good Luck
http://www.ellwoodepps.com/
 
The Model 40X-S is actually available right now on special order..

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One of the guys at my club had a marathon bench session....alternated between two 700's (.308 and 7mm) and a 3 1/2" slug gun. Lasted 5 hours and was hundreds and hundreds of shots wearing just a T-shirt.....never flinched.

I was just starting to think the guy was superman when he started packing up to leave. He pulled a white pail up from beside the table, and proceeded to remove the butt-pads from his stocks and empty the #4 lead shot the stock were filled with into the bucket! :D
 
just holded one in my hands today in Russell Sports in Calgary...they arrived yesterday :)
well done....
will pick my gun up on Friday :)
notised no difference between SPS-V and Police, exsept of finishing and stock :)...and trigger...
 
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