Hi i am getting my firtst hunting rifle, i have my eyes on a remington 700 sps blued synthetic Detachable mag, in 30-06 cal, does anybody have experiece with these rifles, or would you suggest something better? my limit is about $600, Thanks!
Remington 700 sps?
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Will have to be???
Give me a break. I owned two. A 7mm-08 and a .270 Take it outta the box, sight in and kill things. The SPS does the job right outta the box. Looks way better than the Tikka as well. My 4 year old has water guns that look better than the Tikka....................Talk about feeding a newbie BS.
Win94 said:Will have to be???
...................Talk about feeding a newbie BS.
Sure, sure.... had 3 SPS, all had creepy triggers, bolts that felt like sandpaper and non that fed nearly as smooth as the Tikkas.... Non shot great until I sanded down the stock and free floated them, then they were quite accurate.
Never said it wouldn't kill things, but I haven't owned a Remington yet that didn't need work out of the box....
Rembo said:
Your right, they are excellent rifles. My only complaint was their triggers, but I put a Timney's in one of mine, but I liked them a lot better than the remingtons. I wouldn't mind picking up a deluxe, they have awesome wood stocks.
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stubblejumper said:
I have only had the SPS (3 of them), but I haven't tried any of the higher end models... but that is what he was asking about.
The stainless SPS had a smoother bolt than the blued version. I was a remington fan, until I bought and shot my first Tikka and that changed my mind. Nothing wrong the SPS, but I prefered the Vanguards and Tikkas I own over them and personally think they are better rifles after owning all three brands.
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Rembo said:
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I have a SPS and it shoots moa right out of the box,have no complains with it but the Vangaurd is a little nicer rifle for about the same price.The only reason I bought the SPS is it's a 300 ultra mag and it comes with a 26" barrel,the Vangaurds are only 24 with their Magnum choices.
In my opinion the best buy for your money right now when it comes to new rifles are the sps and the weatherby vangaurd. With the sps you have more options when it comes to upgrading if you so choose. The 700 action is easier to set up in the lathe if you ever want to rebarrel or blueprint the action. Also when it comes to aftermarket accessories, the sky is the limit with the sps. If you are a reloader, I would go with the floorplate rather than the detachable mag. You will have more flexibility with bullet seating and fine tuning loads. Both the Tika and Vanguard have 22" barrels where the sps comes with a 24" giving you a little more velocity and down range energy. If you are stepping up to the Tika price range you may as well get a Vanguard "sub moa" rifle with an accuracy guarantee.
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It is interesting that the comments on the SPS seem to be to the extremes.They are either aweful or wonderful.
mylesrom said:
The 700 does have a better trigger for a target or varmint rifle but the Vanguard trigger is easily reworked to 3# or thereabouts...the issue is that when you get the excessive sear engagement out of it the safety sometimes won't engage but that can be corrected with a bit of machining or grinding on the safety plunger or on the front face of the trigger.....I've decided that when I do another Vanguard trigger I'll just machine a new plunger...not a big deal....I'd still pick the Vanguard over the 700...IF I were looking for my first rifle.
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I dont know about you guys but i still try to buy whats made here, remington, savage, thoses others are good but isnt vanguard a japanese howa?? and we all know tikka, anyway, we are putting our country into receivership by buying those, if you couldnt get a comparable northamerican product for the same money, i understand, have at it
I dont know about you guys but i still try to buy whats made here, remington, savage, thoses others are good but isnt vanguard a japanese howa?? and we all know tikka, anyway, we are putting our country into receivership by buying those, if you couldnt get a comparable northamerican product for the same money, i understand, have at it
