Remington 700 Long Range - bit the bullet and bought it!

Well my Remington 700 LR in 30/06 is dialed in from 100m too 1 km,,, more ranging past that when the forest fire smoke let's up in the next following weeks here in Western Canada.

I bought a smaller twin brother too the LR as its a very close second too them.

Remington 700 SPS Medium Heavy barrel Varmint in 308.
It came out of the box and was onto the iron silhouettes at 600M like nothing.

It is a contender too the Remmy LR.

I did a custom work over on the LR before shooting it, but I'm sure it would of been able to accomplish where I'm at in this stage of the game.

I've owned a few rifles in my day, I can hounestly say that they shoot better than my expectations.

I was never concerned about quality of workmanship since Remington is always with in arms reach if I needed their services.

I wouldn't change a thing as I push forward with both these rifles as I dial in for the Canadian F Class shooting up here.

Don
 
The Remington 700 LR in 30/06 is rocking at the 1 km mark.

10" group of 5 hits just above the V ring.

I've been using 55.3gr's of H4350 to push the Hornady EDL-X 178gr'ers.

I'm off to BC in the next few weeks to do the 1700m clay bank shoot with some long time friends out there.

They are all about the 338 Lapua's and 300 Ultra Mags..
I'll be the only one there with the smallest caliber rifle.

It took a few weekends to get the hang on the 8oz trigger, but its working now.

The Sightron scope is going onto the Custom 308 FTR build, so I put the Nikon 3-12x42 BDC retrical scope on the LR.

All I need to do is bunker it down solid. LOL.

More to come as I try my best to shot the barrle off it before fall. Ha

Western Canada Don
 
This weekend I took my Remmy LR out for its final in-field sigth-in.

I call it the "Clay Bank Shooting Challange."

It gives me a chance to naked eye-sigth range.

From 100m to 1 km.
Very challenging for the noodle as I cruise the river banks to areas I judge depending on the size of rocks that need to be chipped away at.

My first tag was a 2' rock at 750m's followed by a 400 and 900m bolder.

Then I free-lanced on a 8' bolder at 11 to 1200m's

The Hornady ELD-X 178gr'ers are so forgiving, I can't wait to give the Burgers a run for their money after harvest season.

This 30/06 Remmy LR is the best rifle I've owned to date, that is mostly because it's the first rifle I've ever used for long range target shooting,,, I'm sure my other rifles from long ago would put a run on it if I still owned them.

My lead weight system will remain on stand-by till after harvest season, then it will clip on for the winter time long range stuff here in Alberta & BC.

Out door stuff has been my norm all my life, it really took hold in 1998 as its the best thing going.
There was lots of snowmobiles that is now a ATV with tracks, and a TV that turned into a ice fishing shack.

This long range shooting thing is just a hobby more than anything,,, I'm not even thinking about shooting anything since our family farm supplies all the food we need.

More of a thing to do with my good friends that all harvest game. LOL. I'll take a picture to show them how close I encounter the furry kind. Ha.

Any-who, this LR really adds value too distance, they are frugal to buy, and lots of after market add-ons much like other rifles out there.

The selling feature for me was the medium heavy barrel and how easy it is to pack on half day trips.
Most of our outings are close to our staging areas.

The Bell & Carlson stock is a keeper for now since it is pretty ridged for the bush stuff and for F Class.
The aluminum rail dose what its suppose to do,,, "prevent the fore-stock from coming into contact with the barrel.

Mind you I had my action done in zero stress bedding and a small amount of material was removed from the channel area just to make sure it remains clear.

I do 2 loads for the LR.

1st is the tight tolerance loads for Harvesting and target distance shooting from 600M to 1 km and beyond.
That way my water line / or grouping is as tight as I can get it.

2nd loads are weigh scale bump loads from 100 to 600m's.
Once the scale beam moves it strait to the case.
Why would any one make a load like this people ask.

The LR barrel is a mid heavy weigth, so sloppy loads still make it to the iron silhouette targets no matter what.

The closer 300M targets are 7" the 600M is 2'x2' the others are a 16" and the smallest is 9" at the 600 mark.

The Bump scale loads hit the large target 8 out of 10.... 50/50 on the 16", and 3 to 4 out of 10 on the 9".

That's close enough since I'm all about quality.
The real plus to Bump Loads is timing.
I can rap out a 100 bump loads in just under a hour when the cases are still hot.

And those LR barrels could care less what goes down the tube.

Bump loads are 52 ish grains if H4350. Spec loads are 55.3gr spot on. Very tight, and very consistant, pretty much 2 hours prepping for the 1 km stuff.

Western Canada Don at good times as I try my best to burn that barrel off.

A happy rifle is one that has a hot barrel
 
Another thing I would like to share.

If a person can afford to that is.

Choose a 20 MOA rail from the get go,,, this will allow for long distance stuff "if" a person plans on this.

I did the one peace Leopold Base as it allows me to move my optics forward or back fast with out loosening off the rings.

I'm doing 2 optics for now since I need bottom zoom as low as 3x for the bush stuff, and range circles for distance from 100 to 600M.
I use a Nikon 3-12x42 with second focal plane BDC.

My second optics is a fine cross hair single dot Sightron III 6-24x50 F Class that clips on in less than a minute.

Both optics have there spots on the rail, so nill for adjustment switching them out.

I was going to do the 8-40x50 optics, but I'm glad my friend shut me down on this. 24X is lots for the short distance I'm shooting.

I used my Nikon on the in field Clay River Bank Shooting challange, and the power zoom gives me the option to reach way out there.
I'll look it up on the Nikon site, but I'm guessing I can use the bottom thick pillar too get those bullets to the 1700M mark.

Less power is further distances.
Ones I zero target I look to where cross hairs are at, this becomes my aiming point, crank up to full power and let it rip. Ha.

Then I watch where the bullet hits as it takes a few seconds to get down there.

Don
 
Still playing with mine...had a thruster brake installed, 7rm feels like a 243 now, easy to see bullet impact. Had it timed to the barrel shoulder, no washers, opened up for 284 pills. Probably the most effective brake I've ever tried...will use these again for sure.
Was pulling off several 1/2" groups at 200m today with 150gr ABLR, getting close to happy with this rig. About $1000 all in with optics/rail/rings etc.

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So I'm into the first month of harvesting critters along the Eastern Slopes of Alberta with my Remmy LR in Odd-6.

I've been using the Austria forward pack sling that works awesome for holster/ point/ shoot.
Thick bush Harvesting with the 10 lb'er.

Once hunting season raps up, the rifle will become a PRS Bush Hog.

About 2" off the barrel and a custom laminated MCR stock and a Pacific Tool and Gage strait bolt handle with tactical tear drop noob.

Most of my Harvesting is in the thick of the thick,,, so a 1.7-4x44 scope with BDC Retrical.

This kind of optic will allow me to still reach out to the 600m mark for iron silhouettes, and too 300+ on critters.

I practised all summer with the 3-12x42,,, then did all my final tech shooting on 3X only.

Been using the built in range finder as it works good.

The + takes me from muzzle to 150m.
The middle of the + & o allows from 150 to 275m.
The first o from 275 to 400m.
The middle of o/o from 400 to 480.
Second O from 480 to 550.
The split of next o/o from 550 to 600.

This is all using 3X power.

Very accurate and consistency is threw the roof.
I will never return to a sport rifle as long as I can avoid them.
The mid weight Varmint style set-up is spot on for free hand, kneeling, sitting and free hand sling.

The reason for the few inches off the barrel will allow for a fast draw when critters spook out of their beds.
The long 26" barrel works, but that small fraction of savings will allow for that little extra swing room.

Been practicing the fast jack bullet grouping as I can get all 5 shoots off in 15 to 18 seconds into a 10" pie plate at 80 metres.

This will improve over the year as I get my forum dialed in.

I call it the PRS challange.

Don

The pron world record is a bolt action rifle of 29 shoots at 300m's into a 16" disk under 1 minute.
 
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I don’t know about bizarre but I’m enjoying it.

This rifle sounds like an outright bargain at $700, especially when compared to an SPS Tactical for roughly the same price with that craptastic Hogue stock. It’s too bad that Coastal Outdoor is out of stock of the .30-06.

The .30-06 strikes me as an excellent all around caliber. A shame I missed that $150 rebate as it would be a no brainer at $550. That’s less than what most want for a used SPS in the EE. I’m very tempted to get one of these. Not so heavy that you can’t hunt with it but it sounds like it should be quite capable as a precision rig as well.
 
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We have one of these at the store I work and and it keeps catching my eye. Chambered in 7mm Rem Mag which is always decent for distance shooting.

Just wondering what owners thought of the rifle.
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Congrats on your rifle. She's a beaut!
 
My light-weight after market Wildcat Composites Ver-Tech stock is in, next few weeks it's off to my friends shop for the fit.

The factory Bell- Carlson gets the lead weight increase to compete with my 8.5 kg F class rifle.
30/06 caliber fits into the Open class of 10 kgs, so lots of lead to get it up there.

I'm scouting out a all round scope for mine that will work for F class, and fill in with PRS and game Harvesting.

2.5-17x50 or 56mm. T-2 or 3 retrical or just get the Tremor 3 and it's done. FFP for fast ranging, or solid clicks for dial up.

Can't wait to push the limits of mine.
Just closing in on 2000 rounds, new stainless steel 23 1/2" Bull barrel will be on the order list in the spring.
I might loose a few ft-per seconds, but it will fit into the game Harvesting thing better.

Don
 
Yesterday I was out practicing the 200m kneeling 3 Shot challange on a 5 gallon pail.

My first attempt were pretty sketchy, but once I adjusted the Carlos Hathcock sling, tweaked the trigger and found my formats I was racking up the hits.

A little nerve racking stepping up to the line usinging heavy 178gr bullets, but that Remmy LR is pretty fore-giving because of the weight at 10 ish lbs.

I hope my build puts the rifle & all into the 8 3/4 lb range "ALL IN". Then I'll beef up the factory stock with lead for competition shooting.

It took some getting use to the Jewel trigger, but I see the benefits of it now.

I can dial it back to milly ounces for target shooting, up the oz's for for free hand challanges, then beef it up for critter harvests when wearing gloves.

Make sure the action screws are set to proper inch pound specs,,, "INCH POUNDS."

Normally I start at 30 ish inch pounds as I lightly tap the butt stock down and incress the torque on the screws till I get them to 65 inch-lbs.

I allows put finger nail Polish on the treads so they stay locked in place.

Then I put a mark on the head of the screws so I can visual make sure they remain secure.

Proper fit is key, I'll post more later on how I get the scope bases and rings set so we can push these rifle to the extreme.
I'm very lucky since my gun Smith is a machinist and has a wall full of trophies over the last 20+ years.
Competing at the national level has trained him well,,, even he get schooled once in a while.

Don
 
I have a friend just bought one of these in a stainless version in 300 win mag.You guys get your 300wm shooting yet,just curious.
 
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