Rem 700 ??

[Allen in MT]

Was looking at a Rem 700 .223 heavy stainless fluted 26" bbl with gray webbing on black stock. claimed to be a Sendero.
Can't find a Sendero .223 in the blue book. SN# gives a mfg date of 2001.
Was a .223 made in a Sendero mdl or is a VSSF the same thing.
thanks

 

[Legionnaire]

That would be a VSSF. Nomenclature is/was Sendero for the long actions, VSSF for the short actions. Good guns. I had one in .308 that I sold to purchase a custom .260 Rem. Had I known then what I know now, I'd have had it rebarreled.

 

[joed]

That was a VSSF, a very nice high end 700. I had the luck to look at one in a LGS while looking for a rifle in .22-250. I didn't get this one because I already had a Savage .223 with heavy barrel.

Thinking back it was new with a price of about $1100.

 

[d'zaster]

I had a VSSF 22-250. Great gun. I sold it and years later, picked up a 5R in 308. Added Timney trigger, bottom metal to accept box mag, muzzle brake and Badger Knob. Vortex viper scope. 1000 yard gun w 175 GMM.

 

[SwampWolf]

It's not a Sendero but Cabela's is selling Remington Model 700 ADL Varmint model rifles chambered in .223, .22-250, 6.5 mm Creedmore and .308 for $399.99. Pretty cheap price for a pretty nice varmint rifle, I think.

 

[Sniper66]

I have a Rem 700 .223 VSF (varmint synthetic fluted) 26" heavy fluted blued barrel with black webbing on a gray synthetic stock, Don't know what it is called, but they don't make it anymore. Gotta be a first cousin to the Sandero. I paid $700 on a close-out sale at Cabela's a few years ago. put a Shilen trigger in it and worked up some loads and can hit a dime at 100 yds every time. now have a deadly accurate prairie dog rifle. Have killed 100s of p-dogs with it. Probably my most reliable varmint rifle.

 

[Allen in MT]

Got the VSSF and changing out the barrel to a bartlein with 7.7 twist for heavier bullets also dropped in a Trigger Tech trigger.

 

[Legionnaire]

Nice. We would welcome pictures of the final product!

 

[Allen in MT]

Reading a number of forums about this rifle and a lot of mention about older VSSF vs newer ones. what is considered older?.Mine was made in 2001. I believe it has the HS precision stock but don't know what model of stock ( blk with grey webbing)

 

[Legionnaire]

I’m not sure of the specific years, but the more recent version is called the VSSF II. I believe there were a few years between the two when they were out of production.

 

[Offfhand]

Going back in time, the forerunner of current VSSF series were the M-700 Varmint wt models that came in BDL Grade, like this one in .223. The earliest of these, with the impressed "checkering" helped establish the 700's reputation for fine accuracy.

 

[Legionnaire]

Looked it up. VSSF introduced in 1994. VSSF II introduced in 2005. So yours is one of the early ones.