Rem 700 SPS tactical.

Here's a newbie question... what are the pros and cons of having a detachable magazine ? I'm looking at a 7mm RemMag 700 SPS, it comes with or without a DM... I'm not sure which one I should get. Opinions ?! I would have liked the SS version, but that one only comes without a DM.
 
Mags allow faster loads and reloads. I personally love them, many don't.

The fear is that the mag falls out at a bad time and you are SOL. Plus you can forget to pack the mags and same thing. But then you can also forget to pack your ammo, binos, or rifle....

The factory Rem, amoungst many others are very good and you would need to go out of your way to dislodge the mag. The worse I have seen is the semi det mag from browning.

For function, the new Savage center feed mag is my favorite 'affordable' mag system. Lock up has been very good. Initial insertion isn't as straight forward as say an AR but once figured, works smoothly and easily.

Jerry
 
is there much difference between the sps tactical and sps varmint? i'm looking to get a cheap .223 rifle just to shoot longer distances than my .22 and don't want to do any fancy work or even change the stock(as i'm hoping i don't have to to get decent groups). just something to buy and shoot at 200-500 yards or so.
 
Hindged floor plate or DM?

Here's my .02c on that question. If you reload, you will have to reload your ammo the fit in the magazine which is usually to a standard length, versus seating your bullets so they touch the lands and ends of your barell- giving you less jump from the chamber to the barell. With a magazine or even a standard hindged floor plate there is a certain amount of inconsistent flex when the rifle is fired causing (possibly) some funny shots. I have converted my Rem 700 into a single shot rifle thus making it really stiff and causes the rifle to recoil straight back. If you want accuracy go for a single shot rifle. If you want to look cool, go for the tactical look.:) Good luck with your decision.
 
mmm...chicken said:
Here's my .02c on that question. If you reload, you will have to reload your ammo the fit in the magazine which is usually to a standard length, versus seating your bullets so they touch the lands and ends of your barell- giving you less jump from the chamber to the barell. With a magazine or even a standard hindged floor plate there is a certain amount of inconsistent flex when the rifle is fired causing (possibly) some funny shots. I have converted my Rem 700 into a single shot rifle thus making it really stiff and causes the rifle to recoil straight back. If you want accuracy go for a single shot rifle. If you want to look cool, go for the tactical look.:) Good luck with your decision.
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How did you convert the action to a single shot?

Dave
 
New Stock

I changed my Remington Police stock to an Ian Robertson composite stock, and asked Ian for a solid stock. I had issues getting on top of my rifle with the raised scope rail. The stock wasn't very accomadating to the way I got onto my rifle. My gunsmith steel bedded in the action, and added in the single shot floor plate. If I had to do it over again, I would have bought the Remington SPS rifle and built it up from there, and saved myself the extra $600 on the Rem Police.
 
The reason I asked is because I agree that a true single shot action (no bottom opening) is more ridged than a repeater, but what you have done is made the stock stronger not the action. I am not convinced that this would help the accuracy much compared to just leaving the mag opening in the stock.

Having a solid action with no bottom opening would increase the rigidity as well as increase the surface area being bedded to the stock. I don't see how leaving the bottom of the receiver open and putting in a single shot floor plate helps with accuracy other than providing a little more strength to the stock in that area. Your action is still bedded down the same amount as it was before.

Perhaps having a solid stock does increase accuracy a little over one with a mag opening but certainly not as much as a true single shot action does. I think that not having a bottom opening in the action is the real reason people get more accuracy from a single shot rifle.

I could be wrong about that, I admit I have been wrong before, however I think that if you have a bottom opening in your receiver, might as well use it.

I do agree with you 100% on the bullet seating issue however, and I have used a single shot follower in the past. But it was only to get the longer ammo to feed better as a single shot and the ammo would not have fit in the mag well anyway.

That’s just the way I see it and if I'm wrong I'm sure I'll here about it.:redface:


Dave
 
Just grabbed an SPS Tactical in .223 Rem. It's a solid rifle, great bang for your buck. Just waiting for my base/rings to come from Brownells, and grabbed myself a Bushnell Elite 4200 Tactical Mil-Dot and some Federal Match 69gr & 77 gr :)
 
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