Remington 700 Range Report

[bryank30]

Caught a good calm wind early morning range session this past Sunday. This was shot at 100yds on a concrete bench with a Caldwell Rock rest and a rear leather bunny ear bag. 168 Nosler custom competition handweighed, all brass was fully match prepped. .308 Remington 700 SPS varmint barrel 1-12 twist, stock trigger slightly tweaked, H-S precision stock, warne picatinny mount, burris extreme tactical 30 mm rings, a BSA 6-24 tactical mildot scope. Basically or it IS a Remington 700P sniper rifle. The lower right diamond was 2 sighter/fouler shots, center diamond is a 5 shot knot the lower left diamond is a 7 shot knot. There was a guy with a .30 cal benchrest with wind flags and much more expensive rig not doing much better than this.

 

[The Watchman]

Decent, but you forgot a picture of the rifle!! Have you tried something a little farther like ~300+? I've been looking at the 700 line for a while and still haven't picked one up.

 

[bryank30]

 

[ifit]

very nice groups, i also have a 1-12 twist on my fn tsr xp. but only been shooting lighter bullets with good results, new to reloading now i will try some heavier bullets. goes to show you can get these kind of results without spending allot of cash, i also have the same scope on my fn.

sorry meant to say i have a tsr xp not a spr

 

[bryank30]

Its a great scope for 150. I have one for my M1A, and my national match AR-15

 

[DIM]

Congrats on your SPS!!! I knew that I'm not the only one who got one of this shooters! But mine groups 0.25 - 0.3" with handloads. Try to skin bedded it and play with torque on action screws you'll find its capable of more ;-)

couldn't find better groups posted on the web but this is old but still true, I got flier here with crappy Tasco target scope for 110 bucks ;-)

 

[Skylerbone]

Just a tip for improving your group size, don't shoot your focal point. Adjust the scope a few clicks away and you'll have the target center to look at rather than a ragged hole.

Enjoy your new rifle.

 

[LTR shooter]

Impressive groupings! I too have a SPS Varmint with some upgrades - HS stock and Jewell trigger. Mine is the .223 versions and it has performed very well with match reloads using Sierra 52 MatchKings.

 

[DIM]

Mine is also 223, and it groups best with 55 gr V-Max and varget, 26.5 grains I think, maybe a little higher, got to find my load book...

 

[Cop Bob]

Don't need more than that... Your gun is good.... Now back aways a wee bit... then watch the frustration set in... sad part, now, like me... we can't blame the gun!..

 

[snake284]

Nothing magic here! You put a cartridge as inherently accurate as a 308 in a good inherently accurate Model 700 action and PRESTO! you have a very accurate rifle capable of one hole groups. It also helps to hand load it.

 

[rikman]

My rig

Savage 10FCP @ 600Yds

 

[DIM]

Ok here is my Savage 12 LRP, that's Target series in 260 REM, really heavy stake for tomatoes

groups @ 100 yards

then 300 yards

I got rid of this junk and I'm glad I did...

with my REM 700 I have less then an inch groups @ 300 yards