68'chevelle
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Is the Remington 700 .308 a good long range rifle?
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45Badger
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Depends what -
model you are talking about (700P? LTR? BDL? ADL?)
what you consider "long range"
How do you plan on using the rifle? Hunting? 1000 yard matches?
There's a Model 700 in .308 that can fit most applications, but one size usually does not fit all.
model you are talking about (700P? LTR? BDL? ADL?)
what you consider "long range"
How do you plan on using the rifle? Hunting? 1000 yard matches?
There's a Model 700 in .308 that can fit most applications, but one size usually does not fit all.
vmfrantz
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I would say over all any rem 700 is good. I have rem 700 varmint rifle in 223.
It still shoots better than I can. I can get my groups under 1" @ 100yds, but not by a lot. I need more practice and to hand load. I'm sure you will be happy with with the 308.
It still shoots better than I can. I can get my groups under 1" @ 100yds, but not by a lot. I need more practice and to hand load. I'm sure you will be happy with with the 308.
MCgunner
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Remington 700s of any type are more consistently accurate than MANY brands, why I like 'em. I don't like the company much, now days. I hate the fact that they took the bolt lock out of the safety and didn't redesign with a three position safety. As a corporation, they suck right now. But, I like my Remington rifles, very accurate and well made. The newest one (other than my 597 rimfire magnum) is about 10 years old. It doesn't have the safety bolt lock. I get around that by neck sizing my rounds so that there's pressure on the bolt to keep it from accidentally lifting on me. But, it's a sucky answer to liability issues, the cheap way out.
Seems Remington is busy building itself into an even larger corporate giant. I don't see them caring more about quality control and design more than quarterly profits anytime in the near future. I don't know that things will get any better with them. But, I'm happy with the Remingtons I own at present, just that I ain't a Remington brand FREAK. I will own other deserving brands if I want something else in the future. I own others now.
My current M7 is a really light, handy carbine with a soda straw 20" barrel. It's a hunting rifle, not intended as a tack driving target gun. Yet, I've gotten 3/4" five shot groups out of it and it consistently shoots no worse than 1 MOA. I do handload for it, but that's pretty amazing for a light rifle like that. My handloads are tossed together by volume metering powder, no particular sorting of cases (assorted mil surp), no volume measuring or culling of cases, and no weighing and culling of bullets. They're pretty much as with factory loads just using premium bullets. I can't knock it as a hunting rifle, my favorite even if the safety design miffs me off.
Seems Remington is busy building itself into an even larger corporate giant. I don't see them caring more about quality control and design more than quarterly profits anytime in the near future. I don't know that things will get any better with them. But, I'm happy with the Remingtons I own at present, just that I ain't a Remington brand FREAK. I will own other deserving brands if I want something else in the future. I own others now.
My current M7 is a really light, handy carbine with a soda straw 20" barrel. It's a hunting rifle, not intended as a tack driving target gun. Yet, I've gotten 3/4" five shot groups out of it and it consistently shoots no worse than 1 MOA. I do handload for it, but that's pretty amazing for a light rifle like that. My handloads are tossed together by volume metering powder, no particular sorting of cases (assorted mil surp), no volume measuring or culling of cases, and no weighing and culling of bullets. They're pretty much as with factory loads just using premium bullets. I can't knock it as a hunting rifle, my favorite even if the safety design miffs me off.
byf43
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68'chevelle wrote:
45Badger wrote:
Generally speaking, the Remington 700 in any persuasion is a decent long range rifle.
45Badger has several very valid points.
I'll also include - What are your capabilities?
Please don't misunderstand, there no insult meant or construed, here.
Most rifles are more accurate than the actual user.
So, with that said, the Remington 700 should be a very accurate platform out to (and possibly beyond) 800, 900, 1,000 yards.
It most definitely is accurate enough to use for hunting, out to and including 600 yards, IF you do your part, and have the appropriate accessories. (Scope, mounts, etc.)
Is the Remington 700 .308 a good long range rifle?
45Badger wrote:
Depends what -
model you are talking about (700P? LTR? BDL? ADL?)
what you consider "long range"
How do you plan on using the rifle? Hunting? 1000 yard matches?
There's a Model 700 in .308 that can fit most applications, but one size usually does not fit all.
Generally speaking, the Remington 700 in any persuasion is a decent long range rifle.
45Badger has several very valid points.
I'll also include - What are your capabilities?
Please don't misunderstand, there no insult meant or construed, here.
Most rifles are more accurate than the actual user.
So, with that said, the Remington 700 should be a very accurate platform out to (and possibly beyond) 800, 900, 1,000 yards.
It most definitely is accurate enough to use for hunting, out to and including 600 yards, IF you do your part, and have the appropriate accessories. (Scope, mounts, etc.)
Outlaws
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Seems Remington is busy building itself into an even larger corporate giant. I don't see them caring more about quality control and design more than quarterly profits anytime in the near future. I don't know that things will get any better with them.
Quality control in a company that got bought out a year ago is a valid concern, but they haven't designed much of anything the last 65 years.
As mentioned above , Remington has been producing the 700 for 45 years and it would seem like they would have the manufacturing process pretty well nailed down by now. You just don't see the nicely polished blued finish or many walnut stocks where in the past that was pretty much the norm.
My newest 700 was bought a few months ago and if this particular rifle is any indication of the current level of Remington quality then I am pretty pleased.
In the past dozen years I have bought 5 new tactical/varmint 700s including two in .308 - a 700VS and 700P. Either of these two models would make for an excellent rifle for longer range shooting. Although the VS model I owned is not produced these days.
The 700SPS Tactical or SPS Varmint should serve you well too.
My newest 700 was bought a few months ago and if this particular rifle is any indication of the current level of Remington quality then I am pretty pleased.
Is the Remington 700 .308 a good long range rifle?
In the past dozen years I have bought 5 new tactical/varmint 700s including two in .308 - a 700VS and 700P. Either of these two models would make for an excellent rifle for longer range shooting. Although the VS model I owned is not produced these days.
The 700SPS Tactical or SPS Varmint should serve you well too.
Lucky
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Does Remington make an SPS Varmint .308 with Detchable Magazine?
Reading on 700's the Varmint .308 sounds like a good place to start a growth rifle. But can it ever have a DM, can it be adapted to?
Reading on 700's the Varmint .308 sounds like a good place to start a growth rifle. But can it ever have a DM, can it be adapted to?
Anteater1717
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Yes, the sps usually does at least moa.
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