I have Remington Sendaro 2 in a 7 mm that I like but rarely use as it is very heavy and awkward. After talking to a buddy I was thinking about doing some mods on it do bring it to more of a true hunting rifle. Looking primarily to thin/shorten the barrel and add a Mcmillan stock. Looking to see some pictures of anyone who has done this and what the end result looked like. Thanks!
Looking for Remington sendaro modification ideas
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RangerPark
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Unless the barrel is shot out I wouldn't do a thing to that rifle. If you swap the barrel and the stock you're basically using your Sendero for a donor action. There are cheaper ways to go about that. Like finding a SPS stainless, tearing that apart and building on that action. If having 2x rifles would make the Sendero surplus to your needs, sell it to cover the costs.
If the sendaro barrel shoots and is chambered in the caliber you want, it is cheaper and easier to put 150$ labour into it and be done.
The sendaro stainlesss long action is far and away a premium stainless action compared to an sps. Selling it and buying a sporter sps is an option but for the cost of shipping to and from you could be turned down on your existing barrel. If your sendaro barrel shoots well a lot of uncertainty is removed compared to starting with a completely new rifle/barrel
Going the custom barrel route will cost you 750$ by the time it’s chambered. Chances are it will shoot well too.
The sendaro stainlesss long action is far and away a premium stainless action compared to an sps. Selling it and buying a sporter sps is an option but for the cost of shipping to and from you could be turned down on your existing barrel. If your sendaro barrel shoots well a lot of uncertainty is removed compared to starting with a completely new rifle/barrel
Going the custom barrel route will cost you 750$ by the time it’s chambered. Chances are it will shoot well too.
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Is it really, though? Does Remington have different machinery and tooling for Sendero actions as opposed to SPS actions? Different manufacturing processes? More stringent quality control?
I don't think they do, but I'm genuinely curious nonetheless.
This is kind of what I am thinking. I realize the chances of getting sub par gun to the sendaro are low if you were to pull its apart and do another barrel but the the Sendaro does what I need it to, just does not look the way I want it and weighs to much to much to lug around. If the custom barrel will cost me $750 and I could perhaps sell the sendaro for $1100 or whatever I would still be losing anyway. None of this makes sense I have enough guns to hunt so $150 or whatever to refinish the barrel to what I want is not really going to sway my decision....right now anyway.
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That's true for older production rifles for sure. I have had both recent production Sendero and stainless SPS rifles and didn't see any difference in the action. Mind you I have only parted out SPS rifles, not a Sendero.
The H&S Precision stock on the Sendero is nothing special. About the same as the B&C stocks found on other 700 rifles. I wouldn't pay more than $350 on the EE for one.
A note for aluminium bedding blocks, I found they still need to be bedded. I had a 700P in 223 that showed finish wear after 500 shots where the action met the bedding block. Took an easy 1/4" off the already sub MOA groups after bedding.
For the cost of the McMillan, you could go the B&C route at half the cost, say in a Sporter BDL of whatever version you like and put the difference in $$ towards either having your Sendero barrel turned down or removing it completely and buying the profile/length you want.
At least you'd have the original barrel as a backup or to sell off to help re-coop some costs.
At least you'd have the original barrel as a backup or to sell off to help re-coop some costs.
Your right they are not in the same class, never said nor implied they were. Certainly not in the same price or availability class either.
Just merely suggested an option to the OP to help offset some cost to whatever route they wanted to go (re-barrel or turned down).
But I'll take the bait and argue your point...
So case in point or as a working example. I'm working with an SPS Varmint, that I'm having re-barrelled down to a #3 contour
Barrelled Varmint Action - 6.2lbs
Action with #3 Contour - 5.6lbs
So lets say 1.5lb saving thus far
I just sold a HS Precision Stock that weighed 2.5lbs that came off the Varmint/Tact model 700.
A B&C in Alask Ti, Mnt Ti or Sporter BDL are listed as anywhere from 2 - 2.5Lbs. McMillans of the same variants ( Rem/Mcmillan Hunter or Hunters Edge) aren't showing their approx weights on McMillans site. Nor does McMillan really show any of their stock weights in their specs for that matter.
So let's average the three makes and say
2-1/4lbs for a Stock of some choice
So, I should be roughly somewhere around 7.25 - 7.5lbs depending on whether I go a 22" or 24" bbl. before Optics to boot.
Given that the Varmint and Sendero are roughly the same at 8.5lbs...All we're really doing is splitting hairs on weight savings from a certain Stock over another. And we haven't even tossed in Wildcats for sh** n giggles...
Really.. all we're doing is assuming that the OP is going down to say a typical #2 or #3 hunting profile barrel and keeping the 26" length for their purposes. Weight savings are going to be negligible at best.
The Senderos tend to be good rifles and shoot well. The only modification I would mention is the trigger. Get rid of that crap from the factory and drop in an aftermarket product. Keep it as a good heavy barrel and either buy or build a light rifle for hunting.
It's actually pretty easy to adjust the 'crap' Remington factory trigger.
I just did it to my old .30-06 and it made a vast difference, and I've done a bunch of shooting since I tweaked it. No issues at all, just a much nicer, lighter trigger now.
So... since that worked out so well, I just did the same trigger adjustment to my M700 Sendero trigger.
I just did it to my old .30-06 and it made a vast difference, and I've done a bunch of shooting since I tweaked it. No issues at all, just a much nicer, lighter trigger now.
So... since that worked out so well, I just did the same trigger adjustment to my M700 Sendero trigger.
Mine had a trigger recall so it was replaced and to be honest I thought the new trigger was pretty good as is
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I think your decision is wise. Unless I missed it, I didn't see any detail on what you intend to do with this 7, recognizing this is the "Hunting and Sporting Arms" page. If you were to consider any changes, I would look at the bedding. There isn't anything wrong with the bedding, but I opted for a 700 Long Range in the same calibre because it has continuous bedding, while the Sendero has point bedding. Both these rifles are a bit heavy for toting around.
