Husqvarna VS Remington 700 Question

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I was going to build a shooter in .308 based off of a 700 action (I was maybe thinking of a SPS Tactical) but I have a .308 Husqvarna in the locker. Is the husky action good enough to build a precision shooter off of?

I am think of a heavy 22 or 24 inch barrel and a mid line precision stock.
 
The Remmy is an addiction build (you will see) , but the Husky is a fondler! Especially the next time you watch "Enemy at the Gates"!! :D Many , many more options / choices for the M700 build; kinda like LEGO for big kids like us.

Enjoy the build!

Cheers,
Barney
 
To build a precision shooter they will both work husky are a quality platform. However as the guys are saying the rem 700 is like small block chevy.....lots of options. But nothing to write home about. Consider an M70 winchester:)
 
Gunny01 said:
To build a precision shooter they will both work husky are a quality platform. However as the guys are saying the rem 700 is like small block chevy.....lots of options. But nothing to write home about. Consider an M70 winchester:)
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nothing to write home about?

In the accuracy world it is King. No other mass produced 2 lug bolt action has ever been made that is as accurate, as strong and as safe as the Remington 700.
 
Lets look at this again. I like remington I am not knocking them.......The problem Remington is having today is quality. I would seriously consider the Winchester M70, the savage 111 or your husky....sometimes peoplels loyalty to a product puts blinders on them. The rifle you have will be fine providing your caliber suits your purpose. these blow hards can say what they want..... proof is below.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/mone...g/2010-10-20-remington-700-trigger-cnbc_N.htm
 
Gunny01 said:
Lets look at this again. I like remington I am not knocking them.......The problem Remington is having today is quality. I would seriously consider the Winchester M70, the savage 111 or your husky....sometimes peoplels loyalty to a product puts blinders on them. The rifle you have will be fine providing your caliber suits your purpose. these blow hards can say what they want..... proof is below.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/mone...g/2010-10-20-remington-700-trigger-cnbc_N.htm
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After reading this article I would say that if you plan on having your rifle loaded and pointed at someone while you fidget about with it you prob shouldn't go with a Remington with the old style trigger... or any other rifle for that matter
 
If you already have the husky....bed it, and put a timney trigger in it.....try some hand loads and I am certain you will acchieve what your setting out to do. The remington 700's are plenty....and they work fine. But to sit here and Say they are the best?....cmon.....I am sure the folks at winchester and weatherby will have something to say about that. If a budget is what your concerned about....you could pick up a savage 110 or 111 action. Iam certain you will be thrilled with!!! I have built two tack drivers. One on a Sako and the other the savage 111 action that was threaded to a Mclennan barrel chambered in 7mm RM.
If you want to spend the Money and go new.... I am confident in saying you will find better quality with winchester in the M70 action in comparrision to the remington 700. Attached is a link you may find interesting in helping you with your decision.
kindest regards
http://www.longrangehunting.com/articles/long-range-rig.php

If Carlos Hathcock could make the M70 work at 1000 yds Iam sure it would work for you as well.....and be safer then the Remington.
 
Gunny01 said:
To build a precision shooter they will both work husky are a quality platform. However as the guys are saying the rem 700 is like small block chevy.....lots of options. But nothing to write home about. Consider an M70 winchester:)
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Funny ... ive personaly seen a regular asperated 305 smallblock chevy put 520 hp to the rear wheels with pump gas on an Eddy Current Brake Dyno. That was 6 years ago ... everyone around here still talks about that motor.

I would build on a reminton 700 before any other factory action... HAHAHA ive built a Rem700 up thats worth writing home about. Puts up nice groups at 1200 yards.
 
I know a brilliant machinist/shooter (and now barrel maker) that builds F-Class and TR rifles on old 100year old Turkish Mauser actions and does VERY well with them in competition. Swears the action makes no difference. If you were to poll 100 precision shooters, I bet the number of them that would endorese that action for a precison rifle would be single digits. Poll a hundred precision gunsmisths and i doubt any would work on them.

What YOU (The royal "you") buy makes no difference to ME whatsoever. Just remember that there are few if ANY custom winchester clones, (except for the bolt design which isn't theirs) Browning Clones, Mossberg clones or Savage clones out there. there is a reason for that. If you're afraid of the Remington trigger, buy something else! Buy what you want, create what you want and shoot what you want. Form your own opinions.
 
I like what paperslayer has said. Shoot what you want and form your own opinion based on results. The Husky rifle the original poster is talking about is capabe of doing great things. I have a beautiful little husky chamberd in 6.5x55. I put a timney trigger in it and nice Leupold VX3 and presto 1 MOA at 100 yds with 140 grain swift bullets. I havent bedded it yet.... no need to. It shoots fine the way it is.
Now the Remington will do the same....no argument from me. I just have a problem with their stance on quality. If I put my money on the table for a firearm I want the best quality it can buy for the price.
For the gentleman posting about his small block chevy.........only clowns wear bowties.....GO MOPAR!!!!!
 
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I like what paperslayer has said. Shoot what you want and form your own opinion based on results. The Husky rifle the original poster is capabe of doing great things. I have a beautiful little husky chamberd in 6.5x55. I put a timney trigger in it and nice Leupold VX3 and presto 1 MOA at 100 yds with 140 grain swift bullets. I havent bedded it yet no need to.
Now the Remington will do the same....no argument from me. I just have a problem with their stance on quality. If I put my money on the table for a firearm i want the best quality it can buy.
For the gentleman posting about his small block chevy.........only clowns wear bowties.....GO MOPAR!!!!!
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You had me until you said MOPAR ;)

My biggest concern with the Husky would be parts for upgrades. It doesn't seem to be well supported by the aftermarket.
 
With enough time and resources, any mauser action in good condition (M98 variant) can be made to work quite well BUT by design, it lacks features precision shooters prefer.

Does it mean it can't get to the 2's and 3's? No, been there done that a bunch of times. Can it get into the 0's and 1's? far more problematic and likely futile. And if you did, likely, there isn't much Mauser left.

Like trying to build a high RPM pushrod motor - there are simply better ways to get better results.

The round tube Rem has been the darling of precision shooting post WWII mostly because it was very easy to set up to machine.

Square bottom receivers need more fussing. Today, square bottom receivered actions are all the rage and actions like the Surgeon and PGW are selling extremely well. Round or square or octagonal really doesn't matter. What does is the properites at lock up and ignition. Here there are many ways to skin this cat and many approaches are being taken today with superb results.

It has far more to do with how the part is made then the design of said part.

As for Savage action clones, there are more then you may think and the concept is now pretty much being used (whole or in part) by most every rifle maker in the US. There are even custom actions merging the benefits for both the Savage and Rem doctrine.

Whether a prefit/barrel nut headspace barrel will work well on a Rem receiver, depends on how wonky the receiver is in the first place. If there is poor lug contact with the receiver, out of alignment threads vs bolt face vs lugs, floppy undersized bolt, the most I would expect is varmint grade performance. This has everything to do with the variations at lock up and ignition (slop allows the bits to move around inconsistently). The barrel itself can perform just fine (assume all machining and barrel quality are sound of course).

So when shooters talk about how Rems are used, etc, etc, they most certainly are not talking about a box stock receiver and a barrel swap. Alot of skilled TLC has been applied at a cost. Why we have custom actions in the first place...

As for the generic Savage/Stevens/Axis, that is a completely different story.

Jerry
 
After market parts are there, what would you need? trigger, Timney, keplinger, and others. Rail, Near.

I have a Husky that I've done what your talking about in .308, It's an easy 1/2 moa gun.

Yes to 700s as well. I just did an sps, an hr of polishing, a little tuning by Mick the magic man and it also

drives tacks, and even looks amazing.

I love 700s as much as anyone, but cloning is easy, their basically just a piece of pipe.
 
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