Welp, i finally got out and shot my newly-aquired Remington 700 .308 SPS-V. I got it from buds for 535 shipped. It not usually in stock, but for a while i was checking every day...it popped up, i ordered it online, and it was out of stock an hour or two after that. Havnt seen it since.
Anyway, its my first bolt action. I dont have much experiance with precision shooting (only my .22 target and RRA ar-15) so i really wanted to get into it. Ive done a ton of reseach in my spare time as far as LR shooting stuff/info. So now i just need some application and practice.
I headed to Markham park in Ft. Lauderdale FL for their 100 yard range. Got it on paper at 50 yards then put it out to 100. I broke in the barrel with just surplus .308, and then moved to using Prvi 175grn Match and just one box of Federal Gold Medal.
Overall the gun was great, but this isnt exactly a full-blown review because of my lack of bolt-action's...but all i can do is offer a newbies honest opinion. I really love the new 2009 model X-mark pro trigger on it, with the new external adjustment screw (previous models didnt have that). The trigger is right around 3.5-4 lbs right now with some adjustment needed. But even at that weight it was really good.
The gun has a harris 6-9 bipod and a Bushnell 3200 10x40 scope. Right now the base/rings are crap...next paycheck will go to burris xtr low's and an egw 20 moa base.
The group below is about a .85 on the left, with the fed gold medal. Not pictured is a group i did of .75 with the prvi stuff, but the pic didnt come out well (i swear ) Overall i think the day went well, being my first time with a bolt action such as the remington 700. Cant wait to go back and get those groups down.
So thats my day. Just thought i would share.
Thanks!
Anyway, its my first bolt action. I dont have much experiance with precision shooting (only my .22 target and RRA ar-15) so i really wanted to get into it. Ive done a ton of reseach in my spare time as far as LR shooting stuff/info. So now i just need some application and practice.
I headed to Markham park in Ft. Lauderdale FL for their 100 yard range. Got it on paper at 50 yards then put it out to 100. I broke in the barrel with just surplus .308, and then moved to using Prvi 175grn Match and just one box of Federal Gold Medal.
Overall the gun was great, but this isnt exactly a full-blown review because of my lack of bolt-action's...but all i can do is offer a newbies honest opinion. I really love the new 2009 model X-mark pro trigger on it, with the new external adjustment screw (previous models didnt have that). The trigger is right around 3.5-4 lbs right now with some adjustment needed. But even at that weight it was really good.
The gun has a harris 6-9 bipod and a Bushnell 3200 10x40 scope. Right now the base/rings are crap...next paycheck will go to burris xtr low's and an egw 20 moa base.
The group below is about a .85 on the left, with the fed gold medal. Not pictured is a group i did of .75 with the prvi stuff, but the pic didnt come out well (i swear ) Overall i think the day went well, being my first time with a bolt action such as the remington 700. Cant wait to go back and get those groups down.
So thats my day. Just thought i would share.
Thanks!