Cool, how that 629 treating ya these days.
Great, my 11 year old granddson loves shooting it. He's shoot it a lot more than I have.
Cool, how that 629 treating ya these days.
One thing I will say...
If this rifle is a totally stock Rem 700 SPS Tactical w/blk Hogue stock and/or the barrel wasn't changed, IT DOESN'T HAVE A 1:10 TWIST (unless it states otherwise on the bbl).
The Rem SPS 700 Tactical AAC (threaded bbl, green/gray Hogue) comes with a 1:10" twist barrel, but the standard SPS Tac comes with a 1:12" twist.
Enjoy your new toy though !
I looked at the EXACT same gun @ lebarron yesterday... buying one to drop the action into an AX AICS chassis system with a bushnel hdmr tremor 2 reticle.... theres a guy on youtube 8541 tatical or something like that just look for remington 700 vids and youll see him....he tried to do a budget build 700 and he put a bipod on the oem stock and found that as he shot groups from the bipod the weight ont he tip of the stock would cause the free floated barrel to contact the stock.
So when i went into lebarron I figured id check it out. and I found that BRAND NEW, out of the box it was almost contacting th the bottom of the barrel at the end of the stock. With the slightest pressure applied by hand i could get it to contact. The solution would be to remove the stock and grid off some material at the bottom of the barrel recess in the end of the stock. How ever the problem is that the OEM stock is not rigid enough because the pillar beds arn't full length. they dont make the stock more rigid. The pillars are simply 2 metal spacers in the bottom of the stock that the bolts ride through.
My recommendation to anyone buying the system for use with a bipod is Don't. unless you plan to shoot wide groups or change the chassis.
I bought an SPS Tactical on Thursday. On Friday I mounted the Bushnell 10x40 on Leupold STD bases and rings. I used my dremel to sand down the end of the foreend where it touches the barrel with a bipod.
Mounted my 6" bipod.
I'm new to the precision rifle game. I bought a few different brands, grades and weights of ammo.
Went to the range on Saturday.
Took 6 rounds to get it zeroed at 100m with Winchester superx 180gr.
I then proceeded to shoot 4, 3 shot groups. 2 with Hornady A-Max Match 155gr. And 2 with 168gr.
The best group was 3/4" with 155gr and the worst was 1 1/4" with 168gr.
I have no idea what I'm doing, and I got a 3/4" group on my first outing with this gun.
Needless to say, I'm very pleased with my purchase.
I bought an SPS Tactical on Thursday. On Friday I mounted the Bushnell 10x40 on Leupold STD bases and rings. I used my dremel to sand down the end of the foreend where it touches the barrel with a bipod.
Mounted my 6" bipod.
I'm new to the precision rifle game. I bought a few different brands, grades and weights of ammo.
Went to the range on Saturday.
Took 6 rounds to get it zeroed at 100m with Winchester superx 180gr.
I then proceeded to shoot 4, 3 shot groups. 2 with Hornady A-Max Match 155gr. And 2 with 168gr.
The best group was 3/4" with 155gr and the worst was 1 1/4" with 168gr.
I have no idea what I'm doing, and I got a 3/4" group on my first outing with this gun.
Needless to say, I'm very pleased with my purchase.
You can also stiffen it up easily by bedding a couple of graphite arrow shafts into the fore-end...but if you want a benchrest stock, look elsewhere.