Thoughts on the REM700 308 sps varmint

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I’ve been looking into buying an entry level rifle for both hunting and general weekend shooting. Was wondering if anybody could share their experience with the Remington 700 sps varmint chambered in 308.
 
Buckmastr said:
They are generally very accurate rifles that would benefit from being bedded into a better/stiffer stock.
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Agreed

Ditch the tupperware stock and put it in a B&C or HS Precision. I went the HS route with a take-off from a Mil-Spec 5R, essentially making it a 700P. I’m not a fan of the X Mark trigger so a Trigger Tech Primary sits in it’s place instead. Decent optics will finish it all off.
 
Generally a tad heavy for hunting carry but will work.

Personally, I prefer the older Rem 700 'Varmint' heavy barrel rifles with the 24" barrels & factory wood stocks.

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Handle before you buy would be my advice, the 700sps was on my list of LH rifles to check out before I bought something. Felt nice in the hand/shouldered but the stock was cheap which I expected and the action felt gritty and rough. Let’s say something else made the cut, you’ll be better off with a Howa in .308. Same rough price range but nicer fit/finish, better factory trigger, same stock quality in a synthetic, comes in heavy barrel contours, bolt is smooth.

More aftermarket part selection with a M700 over the Howa 1500 but I haven’t felt the need to change anything on my Howa.
 
Butcherbill said:
Handle before you buy would be my advice, the 700sps was on my list of LH rifles to check out before I bought something. Felt nice in the hand/shouldered but the stock was cheap which I expected and the action felt gritty and rough. Let’s say something else made the cut, you’ll be better off with a Howa in .308. Same rough price range but nicer fit/finish, better factory trigger, same stock quality in a synthetic, comes in heavy barrel contours, bolt is smooth.

More aftermarket part selection with a M700 over the Howa 1500 but I haven’t felt the need to change anything on my Howa.
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They're a nicer, smoother action for sure.

I like Remingtons for qualities the heavy barreled ones don't have. Being slim, and having a better stock fit for me. And a nicely broken in one, especially an older one, is something.

The Howa/Vanguard definitely are nicer than the newer ones though. Accuracy seems to be a wash, at least in my shooting.
 
I like the 700’s in general, I just wasn’t impressed with the sps but ain’t that the case for most lower end offerings. Older guns generally are nicer to begin with, a buddy of mine has his uncles or grampa’s 700 in 7mm Rem mag. Beautiful wood, irons nice bluing, it’s a real gem. I have one in a .308 LH action but it wasn’t the sps that I bought lol.
 
I've got one and it shoots consistant .75 moa with Federal 168grn match ammo. I ditched the tupperware stock right off. Mine loves 165grn and 168grn reloads with either Varget or 4895.
 
NAA said:
Generally a tad heavy for hunting carry but will work.

Personally, I prefer the older Rem 700 'Varmint' heavy barrel rifles with the 24" barrels & factory wood stocks.

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now this man has good taste in rifles,i have about 8 of them in various calibers,they hare beautiful rifles,a few regular BDL's in the collection to,can't beat that nice Remington finish.
 
I've got an older spa with the 16.5 heavy barrel, they were not expensive back in the day, $700 or so, I threw mine in a magpul stock for the mag options, they came with Hogue stocks and floorplate mags, really no complaints, always shoots well, little bark off it with the shorter barrel and brake, but no recoil with the brake on (308).
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