remington 700 sps tactical aac-sd

[huntinfool87]

Ok I just bought a Remington 700 sps tactical aac-sd I got a good deal on this rifle and I'm looking at turning it into a long range precision rifle on a budget. I know everyone has their own opinion on what long range is my opinion is this... The rifle is a 308. The max efficient range is 1000 yards give or take a little. This rifle comes with a Hogue overmolded stock. Everything I have read on this stock says it's junk! I'd have to agree the biggest problem with it is that the barrel channel is SO flexible. It's supposed to be a free floating rifle and it is until you put a bi-pod on it then at the end of the stock the barrel touches the stock. I have shamed the action and bedded the recoil lug But what else could I do to stiffen the barrel channel? I do have plans on buying a new stock but until that day comes I want to make the best out of what I have. Any advice would be helpful.

 

[DougW]

Does the stock touch the barrel? Does the forend have channels or chambers? You can fill them in with epoxy or JB Weld to stiffen up the stock. I bought a Boyd's for my 700 VTR which solved my problem.

 

[huntinfool87]

Yes it has channels. I will be getting a new stock but I'd like to see how well I can get this stock to shoot. The stock I want is around $500 I don't have that kind of money for an upgrade just yet.

 

[M1key]

How well does it shoot now? I wouldn't do anything until I put some rounds downrange.

I have a gunsmith friend who shoots the 223 version with the Hogue stock and gets half-MOA groups. I own the same and recommend replacing the trigger with at least a Timney.

308 Winchester may be a bit different. Thousand yard efficiency? Well...maybe not so much with a 20 inch barrel.



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[Loc n Load]

700 with Hogue

I instruct "Precision rifle" for LE and have seen dozens of the Hogue stocks on the line....the only issues I have seen with them is sometimes there are problems with bi pods.....I have a personal rifle, an FN bolt gun with a Hogue and it is my " go to" .308 rifle - I have about 4,000 rds thru this gun and it is a sub moa rifle all day long......since you just got the rifle, put some good optics on it and shoot it.....don't let the bad press on the Hogue deter you....after you have shot the rifle for a bit, if you want another stock, then go that route.

 

[huntinfool87]

I have shot it and on a bi-pod I'm only getting 3 inch groups and on a bag or my led sled I can get right around 1 moa.

 

[notaglockfanboy]

I used JB weld sticks to fill the channels about 2/3 and then topped it off with regular JB weld. I took a dremmel and roughed up everything I planned to fill, then cleaned with mineral spirits. I used a small dowel to pack the stick weld into the channels then put the JB weld on top of it as deep as I could get it without touching the barrel or running back into the recoil lug area. You wouldn't believe the difference it made, it has almost zero flex no matter how much I twist it on the bipod. I thought about using bedding epoxy, but didn't want to wait for it from Midway and had the JB weld on hand, it took almost two sticks and almost six tubes of regular JB weld to fill it to my desired depth. I too am replacing the stock so it was more of an experiment for me, I couldn't mess it up either way, but after doing this I am rethinking the swap.

 

[huntinfool87]

Oh nice I think I'm going to go that route thank you guys

 

[earlthegoat2]

I have the regular 700 SPS Tactical and I pondered the same thing.

Since I needed to do some testing with that stock before I switched to another one I got two aluminum bars 3/8 in diameter and channeled out some notches on each side of the stock all the way from the mag well to the end of the forend and filled the rest with acraglas.

Other than being heavier than sin it worked awesome. Shot just as well with that one as it does with the aluminum bedded B&C it has now but at a fraction of the weight.

 

[Lloyd Smale]

I have a gunsmith friend who shoots the 223 version with the Hogue stock and gets half-MOA groups. I own the same and recommend replacing the trigger with at least a Timney.

best advice on here. before you spend a penny on a stock get rid of that piece of @@@ trigger that came in it. I replaced mine in my 308 version with a relatively inexpensive timney and it adjusted down to a nice crisp 1 3/4 lb. getting a good trigger around 2.5lbs or less with absolutely no creap will do more for accuracy then any stock.

 

[rayatphonix]

I've had this model for several years. With the proper load it shoots under 1/2" groups off of bags at 100 yards with the original Hogue stock. I've never tried it with a tripod so I can't say how that affects it.

Key to mine was adjusting the seating depth of the bullets. Once I started seating 025" off the lands my groups went from 1" way down. If you reload, you may want to check this.

 

[zerobarrier]

I tried embedding the stock with epoxy but it just did not seem to work, I may have done it wrong, it was the first time I bed a stock. So I ended up getting a B&C A5 type stock, which I ended up not liking because it was to heavy and bulky, but it did bring my groups sub-moa.

So I sold the B&C and got a XLR and love it, I recommend this stock to everyone.

On a good day I can do 2.5in at 500yards