Remington 700 Special 5R milspec

Upgrades to consider:

Upgrade the main spring with a TUBBS spring and light weight firing pin to greatly reduce lock time.

Upgrade trigger with Jewel or Timney for better adjustability and repeatability

Skim bed the action and recoil lug in the HS Precision stock to ensure no roll or movement shot to shot

Increase the size and true the base screw holes

This will make one hell of a great shooter
 
Got mine today. Overall finish is very nice, although I'm not a huge fan of stainless and still will likely get it parkerized. I gave it all a clp wipe and a few patches through the barrel, along with a gunjuice soaked patch.
New rem trigger seems alright, like many I've kind of got an attachment to the old one but we'll see if it grows on me. It's got a fairly clean break, measured at four pounds.
Stock is the HS precision varmint, although I'm wondering if HSP changed this stock a bit from years back? The palm swell feels a little beefier (almost 700p-ish), and the forend looks more 700p than I remember from my old varmint. I could be completely imagining things.
Unlike the review on snipercountry, mine does not have a short throat. In fact, it's more in line with other liability-fearful remingtons, measuring in at 2.965".
I had a 4-14x merlin on a shelf so I used this scope, along with tps rings and an egw base.
I made up a bunch of handloads, starting pretty light and incrementally going up to 43grains of vgt with a 175smk. I may go hotter, but for now we'll see how those do.
I'm no ninja sniper, but hopefully this weekend I'll get a chance to shoot it. I'd read that sometimes it takes 60-80 rounds to start seeing the true potential of these rifles, so this first shoot might not mean much...
 
BC_Guy said:
Got mine today. Overall finish is very nice, although I'm not a huge fan of stainless and still will likely get it parkerized.
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Sorry to break it to you, but you can't parkerize stainless steel!:p You can chemically blacken it, or you can use one of those epoxy/bake-on finishes, or paint it, or have it powder coated, but park isn't an option.
 
X-man said:
Sorry to break it to you, but you can't parkerize stainless steel!:p You can chemically blacken it, or you can use one of those epoxy/bake-on finishes, or paint it, or have it powder coated, but park isn't an option.
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Good to know. I don't know the first thing about it, but I guess I would have found that out in the first few seconds of conversation about getting it done :p
A buddy of mine has a finish on one of his rifles that looks almost like very fine black wrought-iron texture, except it's totally smooth. Any idea what that is?
 
BC_Guy said:
Good to know. I don't know the first thing about it, but I guess I would have found that out in the first few seconds of conversation about getting it done :p
A buddy of mine has a finish on one of his rifles that looks almost like very fine black wrought-iron texture, except it's totally smooth. Any idea what that is?
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Maybe Teflon?
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In regards to the HS Precision stock, I have a minor issue with mine that I would like to correct. The rear sling swivel mount is loose, such that tightening it will cause it to be about 1/8th of a turn too far so the rear sling swivel is not straight. I could try to tighten the mount a full half turn tighter so the hole is properly aligned, but I can feel the stock compressing, and I have a feeling this could damage the threads in the stock.

Any advice on this before I go and try something on my own? I was thinking of filling the hole with a dab of wood filler to try and tighten things up.
 
Bootam,
Mine doesn't have this issue. I would probably suggest trying a new sling stud before messing around with it.

If that doesn't work and this has to be perfect for you:
You could always use some epoxy glue in there. 5 minute set time would allow you to position the sling stud exactly where you wanted it. It wouldn't have to be screwed all the way in to be secure.

Naturally this could end up being permanent. So there is risk involved. So just how much does it bother you? That's the real question.

Good luck.
 
Thanks Epoxy7. I'm OK with the sling stud being in there close to permanent. For me, it's a more acceptable risk to take than to have the stud fall out while my rifle is slung over my back! I anticipate that in the future I might be looking at an adjustable stock along with a detachable mag anyways.
 
Bootam,
If it's not off that much. Locktite might work? It would be less permanent. If you plan on selling that factory defect stock for a low price I might be interested :D
 
So here's a pic of it (top):
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I got it out for a bit last weekend, even though I had a bad cold, which made my breathing pretty laboured. Still a totally stock gun, this was one of the better groups (100meters, measures about .410" center to center).
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Epoxy7 said:
Bootam,
If it's not off that much. Locktite might work? It would be less permanent. If you plan on selling that factory defect stock for a low price I might be interested :D
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I've spent enough over the last month (rifle, scope, rings, reloading equipment) so the factory stock will be staying on the rifle for a while! In the future though, I am hoping to go with something like the bottom rifle in BC Guy's pic above.
 
bootam said:
I've spent enough over the last month (rifle, scope, rings, reloading equipment) so the factory stock will be staying on the rifle for a while! In the future though, I am hoping to go with something like the bottom rifle in BC Guy's pic above.
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Hhaha. You're talking to the guy who received his 5R last week and just picked up his Swiss Arms PE-90 today.
I still need some rings. I have Zeiss (Warne) coming in for the PE-90. Still not positive what I'll go with for the 5R. Either another set of Zeiss or maybe the TPS H style. Either way it will be spring/early summer before I get to shoot this stuff. Too many "had to buy right now" rifles. Scopes are the priority now. Zeiss Conquest 6.5-20x 50mm I think is the ticket.

If you do ever decide to get rid of that stock let me know. I'm thinking I might use it for a future 7WSSM project. Seeing how it's defective and all :D
 
bootam said:
I've spent enough over the last month (rifle, scope, rings, reloading equipment) so the factory stock will be staying on the rifle for a while! In the future though, I am hoping to go with something like the bottom rifle in BC Guy's pic above.
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Another method of controling the stop point of any threaded, shouldered fastener is to put a small shim at the shank of the fastener (like a thin washer). The shim changes the compression start point, thereby controlling it's stop point. I would suggest some loctite once you get the swivel to stop in the desired location.
 
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