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So my Remington 700 Mountain SS in 7mm-08 finally arrived. Will be starting to do some upgrades and changes little by little and will be a winter project for me. The average weight is 6.5lbs but have not weighed it myself yet. Will be getting a wildcat composite stock for it to drop some weight and also a few other things. My one main question is barrel length. The barrel now is 22". Would cutting it down to 20" and recrowning it be a good idea or would 20 be to short.
 
weight loss would be minimal, I would only do it if balance point was too far forward (not in your case with a mtn rifle profile). Stock, scope mounts and scope are the first three places to look at dropping weight.
 
Since weight was a concern and the Remington Model 7 is made in the 7mm08 that would have been a starting point.
Since it comes with a shorter barrel in that configuration you can judge that factor accordingly.
The Sierra Manual is not much help as they use the 26" barrel as does Nosler and Hornady uses a 24".
Try it and see . . . it can be shortened later . . . you just can't put it back on.
If bent on shortening it there is the alternative of doing one inch at a time.
 
Will probably stick with the 22" was just curious if there were any benefits to a 20 or if it would compromise accuracy. Thanks for your input. Also the carbon Fiber sounds interesting. Seems like it would be pretty pricey. Will look into it tho never really heard of them.
 
TrevorMack said:
Will probably stick with the 22" was just curious if there were any benefits to a 20 or if it would compromise accuracy. Thanks for your input. Also the carbon Fiber sounds interesting. Seems like it would be pretty pricey. Will look into it tho never really heard of them.
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Expect 1000$, or more......
 
Stock, fluted bolt, aluminum firing pin and shroud, flipflop pad, new trigger and not sure what else. I dont want to to light that it will be inaccurate but I would like to see how light I can go before accuracy is affected. Other then that will add on talley lightweight rings and a leupold vx3i 2.5-8x36. Not to sure what else I could do to lighten it up but I think what I plan on doing will be light enough for what I want.
 
TrevorMack said:
Stock, fluted bolt, aluminum firing pin and shroud, flipflop pad, new trigger and not sure what else. I dont want to to light that it will be inaccurate but I would like to see how light I can go before accuracy is affected. Other then that will add on talley lightweight rings and a leupold vx3i 2.5-8x36. Not to sure what else I could do to lighten it up but I think what I plan on doing will be light enough for what I want.
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No reason it won't be accurate. It'll kick you harder, but accuracy shouldn't be affected whatsoever.
 
TrevorMack said:
Yeah I'll stick with stock not looking to spend to much on this. Sort of a budget build.
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I'd keep it simple and go with the Wildcat stock, add a FXII 4x in Talleys and get an overall tune up in bedding, crown and trigger. Stay with the 22" bbl. You might like it and can always get it done later.

I've had bbl and bolt fluting done to a couple rifles and wished I hadn't. The benefits were not all that great and depending on the style of fluting it made the bolt rough in use. I'd not get another bolt fluted.
 
SuperCub said:
I'd keep it simple and go with the Wildcat stock, add a FXII 4x in Talleys and get an overall tune up in bedding, crown and trigger. Stay with the 22" bbl. You might like it and can always get it done later.

I've had bbl and bolt fluting done to a couple rifles and wished I hadn't. The benefits were not all that great and depending on the style of fluting it made the bolt rough in use. I'd not get another bolt fluted.
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Thanks for the suggestion on the scope. I was contemplating going with a fixed but I was thinking 6x never even gave the 4 any thought. You might have just changed my mind....
 
TrevorMack said:
Thanks for the suggestion on the scope. I was contemplating going with a fixed but I was thinking 6x never even gave the 4 any thought. You might have just changed my mind....
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The FXIIs are very nice scope. Clear and crisp as well as very light. I own two of them.

I like the 4x scopes a lot in this part of the world.
 
No mountains here, but this is my lighter weight rifle. Faux TI 700 BDL LA in 257Roberts. Scope has been swapped for a FXII 4x and weighs a tad under 7lb.

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