Remingtoon 700 Long Range Rifles

[milotrain]

On second thought, I think I'd just buy a used Winchester match target gun in 30-06, I'd save some money and have a piece of history.

That's a good idea.

I don't see anything wrong with a long action mag fed .30-06 obviously but it certainly is a specific solution to a specific problem.

[ElvenSoul]

Something like this

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=531047384

[russ69]

...I don't see anything wrong with a long action mag fed .30-06 obviously but it certainly is a specific solution to a specific problem.

How did that gun work out? Did you get to shoot some matches?

[Whatisthis?]

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[bombadillo]

Save a few dollars and get yourself a Remington 5 R milspec with the HS Precision stock, and get it in a 24 inch threaded barrel. You'll do yourself a favor in the long run, not have to change out the stock for any good reason, and the barrel is a nicer barrel

[milotrain]

How did that gun work out? Did you get to shoot some matches?

I did some basic zeroing and sight setup about a month or two ago and haven't been on the range since. Work has been crazy busy, and I'm still chasing the badge and a HM card with the service rifle. The chassis is interesting, and some of the setup is different than I originally expected (I don't like handstops it seems). All in all it is a very satisfying rifle but I haven't stretched her legs at all. Globe sights give me too many variables right now, and it's going to take some time for me to adapt and find out what works.

[ar15barrels]

Can't you adjust the feed lips on the .300 Win Mag magazines for .30-06?

Yes, but some people want mags to work "off the shelf"...

[ar15barrels]

Randall, you are just not getting it.

Did my long reply about people wanting to be "different" get deleted?

[ar15barrels]

The chassis is interesting, and some of the setup is different than I originally expected (I don't like handstops it seems).

Is the plan to roll the gun over sideways a little to get the comfortable angle for positional stuff and then bring the sights back to TDC?
I thought that was the big advantage of spaceguns...

[milotrain]

It is a general method to spaceguns/tube guns but the RTMs handguards don't rotate like all of Gary's other chassis. I can still roll the whole rifle but the handstop is in line with the pistol grip, and while I like the fact that it is repeatable, I think I can get that repeatability with an adjustable sling swivel and avoid having a big handstop in the mix.

One thing that I've heard from the older guys that I don't read online or hear about often is that many good shooters just set up the chassis like a service rifle because they already figured out how to shoot that. Then the changes are really small for tweaking the position. It's not the olympic transformer that I thought I wanted, but that's ok because I don't actually want that.

[russ69]

Is the plan to roll the gun over sideways a little to get the comfortable angle for positional stuff and then bring the sights back to TDC? I thought that was the big advantage of spaceguns...

The advantages are that you can adjust the gun to fit your personal requirements. I don't adjust much once I get it where I want it. Shooting with a small cant at 200 or 300 yards is not a problem. A lot of guys let a space gun cant a bit. At 600, 800, 900, and 1000 the cant can be an issue but we are shooting at know distances so you know your dope for each range.

[LynnJr]

MrBlu
Get the 30-06 long range rifle use Lapua brass 190 Sierra MatchKings and more than 59 grains of RE22 with Fed 210M primers.
It will run circles around a 308 at distance.

[Bhobbs]

Yes, but some people want mags to work "off the shelf"...

I understand that but if you want to do something that's different, you don't always get off the shelf components.

[MongooseV8]

Randall have you tried the 30-06 version of Accurate Mags aics style mags? Wondering if you ever got them to feed well?

[dfletcher]

Hey, y'all.

I'm looking to put together 8541 Tacticals budget precision build rifle and I found out that Remington now makes a 26" rifle that covers 2 of the items on the builds list. Rifle and stock. The build list is a little dated, as in prices and links, but the list itself is still sound. The scope on the list is similar to one I've used before. The Bushnell Elite Tactical 8-24x50. The mil-dot cross hairs are too thick for precision at full magnification, sometimes even at partial magnification, so I was looking to get an SWFA SS 10x because it has an MRAD cross hair, as is discussed in the following video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO5bwXJ-ceA

8541 TACTICAL'S BUDGET PRECISION BUILD

http://8541tactical.com/budget%20precision%20article.php

REMI 700 LONG RANGE RIFLE

http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/centerfire/model-700/model-700-long-range.aspx

My question is has anyone done some research or gotten some use out of this linked rifle yet, and what is the feed back???

I have one in 300 WM. I had a brake installed, tactical bolt knob and adjusted the factory trigger to about 2 lbs. Weaver Extreme 8 to 32X scope in 30mm is on sale at Natchez for $329.00 if you're looking for a budget scope, the 6 to 24X is $289.00.

http://www.natchezss.com/6-24x50-ill-ger-classic-extreme.html

The stock doesn't look like much but the higher comb and wider, flatter forend help quite a bit. Accuracy is about what you'd expect with any Remington.

I think I paid about $650.00 for mine - Cabela's IIRC. I'd prefer that the gun come already threaded for a brake, seems to me needed if one is going to plink 30 calibers for the day. I'd like to add detach bottom metal but I presume the stock would have to be hogged out to accept the rig. If there's a drop in detach mag set up out there that a) doesn't require stock modification and b) doesn't cost 2/3rds the cost of the rifle or isn't "Kwik Klip" I'd buy it. But I don't know that such a thing exists.

All in all, I like mine.