Rem 700 SPS Varmint
The gun shop just called. They found me a 700 SPS Varmint Left Hand 243. I'm loading some rounds while I wait out the delivery. I hope I get a half decent barrel.
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I got one in 308, just gotta shim the receiver a little bit to get it free floating until I get a new stock.
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Yup replace the stock and you'll be shooting sub MOA
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The SPS Varmint in .243 looks like a really fine arrangement of features.
My SPS LH Varmints (.223 and .308) came with "pressure pads" molded into the tip of the fore end, bearing on the bottoms of the barrels. I sanded them out when I broke the guns down for their initial cleaning. I also had to shim the rear of the scope bases on both of my SPS Varmints. The .308 shoots well under 0.5" groups, even peering through cataracts the size of grapefruits. The .223 is at about 0.7" after only a couple of range sessions. I'm expecting to handload that one down under 0.5". Wish me luck! I've been experimenting with reduced loads using H4895 to try to extend the barrel life of an SPS Stainless .243 (with the sporter barrel). If this pans out, I may try to snag one like Russ' for an all around shooter. |
Congrats. 700 varmints are nice guns.
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A gunsmith buddy blamed it on hand finishing of the rear beds, versus machine finishing on the front beds. He said it was pretty common on these Remingtons. Brownell's had the shims pre-drilled for the Remington screw spacing. Aside from that I really love the .308. It shoots as well as anything I've ever shot, it cleans very easily, and except for a loooong throat, it is a favorite of mine. The jury is still out on the .223. If I can get it under 0.50" pre-cataract surgery, I will keep it. I am intrigued by the .243, though. I can't find any info on what to expect from the greatly reduced H4895 loads as far as velocity, but I'm chasing a mild load for up to 300 yards. There doesn't seem to be much chatter about it on the internoogie, so I guess I will have to figure it out for myself. |
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I've just loaded up a few 70 grain SMK's using H4895 and the 60% rule. If the weather clears up down here I will try them out this week.
Might be taking the "reduced load" too far, but I keep dreaming about extreme medium range accuracy and long barrel life, in a package that can be loaded up to .243 velocity when the situation calls for it. We will see! Good luck with your new rifle! |
I think you should be ok with accuracy.
Got mine out of jail about 10-15 days ago. It's a .308 win. While in jail I ordered a choate stock, and also decided that a trigger was needed. So I ordered a Timney 510 with safety lever installed. When it got the rifle I bought a blue box of federal 150 SP ammo and one of Federal Gold Metal Match 168. I got home and already had the stock but not the new trigger. So I installed the stock and the scope base no shimming was needed it was a perfect fit. Took off to the range the next day. With the federal ammo it was all garbage where as my last rifle a SPS Tac .308 did pretty good with them. Then I started using the FGMM 168 ammo and the worst group came in at .4 something and the best was .2 something. I then decided to take a few shots at 200y and it came out at 1.5 could have done better it was all me. All of this was with a original trigger. I just don't like then X-mark triggers I can't get them adjusted worth crap. So I just changed it out as of now and will be at the range Tuesday. Over all I never ever got a m700 rifle that shot bad and I have owned m700 that were dated from 1968 up till now. Not saying there isn't a bad on in the bunch. For me it's been really good. To Op enjoy it have fun and be safe out there :) |
My rifle came in today. Now I'm in jail for 10 days.
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Just got it out of jail:
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Try the Hornady 105gr BTHP's.
They should shoot in your 1:9 twist barrel that's on the 243 700 Varmint. |
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What we have found is that 105 Hornady's (AMAX and BTHP) are about as long/heavy as the factory remington barrels will shoot.
On a warm day, they will also shoot Sierra 107's. You probably won't have good luck with 115's. You will want a 1:7.75 twist for 115's. No need to go all the way to 1:7 twist. |
Now with scope. Vortex 2.5-10 30mm tube, First Focal Plane MOA reticle and dials (I'm a MOA guy). Leupold Mark 4 rings and a Leupold 15 MOA base. This is my idea of an econo build. I wanted a good field ready (as in me out in a field) 600-1000 yard gun. I also wanted to keep the size and weight down. Next stop; Range report.
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I dumped the old stock. How's this look?
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I bought the remy 308 SPS Varmint. Just bought some 168 grain bullets tonight. Will try and get back.. 147 and 150 grain group like crap.
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Range report: OK here's the first 30 shots (100 yards). It's a mild load of IMR4895 with a 95 grain HPBT match bullet. The top single target is my first 20 shots. The single 7 ring shot is my first shot after a quick bore sight and the rest are dialing in the group. There are 5 shots each in the double bullseye targets. The right hand target was my last five shots. They look like 4 shot groups but there are 5 shots in each. The last group was just under one inch the other is around 5/8's of an inch. Nothing to write home about and kinda normal for a factory REM 700 varmint. I'm going to bump up the load and try again.
The stock factory trigger had a 3.5 pound pull but let off clean and was usable but there is room for improvement. So I'll load up some more rounds, give it a tune up and a cleaning and go again. |
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How many Lefthand AW338's have you seen? |
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It's nice to see other left-eye dominate folks out there. According to medical researchers, 1/3 of the population is left-eye dominant, but far fewer than that ratio buy lefthand rifles or mount their shotguns left-handed judging by what I see in stores and on-line. I guess a lot of left-eye dominant folks force themselves into righthand shooting—perhaps explains why there are so many poor shots out there in quick mount sports like duck hunting and trap? Just wondering. If it's 1/3 of the population we should see 1/3 of all bolt guns in left hand but that is not the case.
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I just put some money down for Remington 700 tactical 20 inch barrel 223 model. I am going to do the paper work next week.
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