Help me choose my first precision rifle

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Hello,

I'm soon going to buy my first precision rifle in .308 win. I've been thinking that the Remington 700 5r would be an excellent start, but I'm not sure that the appearance of the rifle is exactly what I want. So, I guess my question is:

Do I get the 5r with nice rifling and stainless barrel, or do I buy a 700 sps varmint, and put the barreled action from that in the HS precision stock that I want (probably tactical, sand or snow camo with adjustable cheekpiece) and accept a possible loss of accuracy? Should I even be worried about this change in accuracy considering by the time I'm a good enough shooter to out-shoot a factory Remington barrel, I'll probably end up replacing the barrel with a 5r kreiger or something anyways? I also consider that it's not just the 5r rifling that I'd be losing, but apparently the Rem. 5r has less headspace, so when I roll my own, the OAL of my cartridges won't be so high that they won't fit in the mag. properly (may be the case with the SPS varmint barrel).

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
 
i would go with the 5r if you dont like the stock stripe it and sell it and buy what you want. If you budget it out i bet you are better off buying the 5r which will shoot awesome out of the box with a good stock( something you could get 250$ for also if you want to sell it) rather then buying a varmint and replacing everything on it and not getting anything for the pieces that come off it. but if money is a factory like it is with me most the varmint is a nice gun. i personnally bougle to ghave been abht a sps tactical for weight reasons but i have been able to get it to shoot 1/2" moa so far with handloads and no work done to it .. but do want you want
 
There is a point of diminishing return by swapping out and replacing components because you are buying everything twice. This raises the question of whether or not you should simply buy the right components to begin with, but everybody's financial priorities are different and we can all sympathize with that.

I personally lean twoards a 5R, as the components have more residual value if you want to sell them off as you go.
 
Ok, then. It looks like the 5r is probably the best bet. I'm not surprised, and I suppose it makes sense to get the better components and worry about looks later. I can swap stocks down the road after I've invested in decent optics and some reloading equipment. I haven't seen the 5r other than in pictures, so you never know, I might the stock more than I think.

Thanks
 
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