Rem700 build. Please help with parts selection.

[7.62user]

This is my first bolt action build. It will be a bench toy. I have a basic donor Rem700 in 308. New oversize bolt and 6.5 creedmore blank showed up today.
I need some help in selecting stock, rail for the scope and bipod.
Any thoughts on this stock? http://www.brownells.com/rifle-parts...+international
Any advise on rail and bipod? There are so many options. I keep on looking at pictures gallery and my head hearts now.
Pic of donor 700 and parts. Thanks

[LynnJr]

If it's a Bench Toy the stock will most likely look like one in the various photos.
From your picture the stock you are after is a tactical design not a bench design.
I don't know how well you can see the photos but the forend on a bench stock is usually flat or it has rails so the gun doesn't twist under the torque of the spinning bullet and so it returns to battery as closely as possible.

[anonymous308]

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For Bipod I am a fan of the Atlas bipods. A lot of options for a rail but I went with a NightForce 20MOA base.

[diver160651]

Rem700 build. Please help with parts selection.

If it's a Bench Toy the stock will most likely look like one in the various photos.
From your picture the stock you are after is a tactical design not a bench design.

LynnJr is correct.

I use the Chassis you're looking at. You should absolutely define and know what you want to do, before buying something. The field stock you picked out isn't a going to be the best choice for the bench.

Maybe you should contact him for more info as to exactly why bench guns tend to be shot more precisely (not necessarily more accurately without sighters etc) than field guns. Yes, you can have both in a bench gun and the entire thing on the high end starts to be splitting hairs. But precision almost always falls in favor of the system using free or semi-free recoiling systems as seen in F-class and benchrest. The stock and devices used to help manage the recoil be it in F-class (kinda belly benchrest) or bench shooting need to work together. So you DO NOT want a field or tactical stock as LynnJr pointed out.

Field shooting or the marketing term Tactical LR shooting, maintains it roots from hunting. The big difference is in field shooting you often do NOT have a level and/or smooth location that will allow the bench type rests or non-loaded sled bi-pods to work. This means the shooter manages the recoil differently. The other HUGE NEED for most field shooting (away from ranges or comps) is the shooter needs to be able to see the impacts thru their own scope or self-spot (even with a spotter) to gain the most information from the shot. Field stocks tend to be more transportable and don't need to slide on rear bags or front rests.

Whatever stock type you decide on you can shoot one hole groups with proper technique and good equipment from a bench and maybe impress your friends; but if you're going to start breaking out calipers to measure the size of a ragged hole, that's certainly BR type gear.

Typical field (AKA Tactical) precision is lower than BR/F-class as I mentioned, the emphasis is generally on accurate 1st or low round count hits. This is a link to a target cam test switch immediately between two camera. 1 at 400 and the other 900ish yards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWz7wL4jqg8

The red circle on the 900 yard target is about 2.75". A BR/F-Class shooter (after sight in rounds) would be trying to get them all in the Red circle or at lease only have a group around that size. But they would not be quickly switching between distances. As you can see, while the rounds are fairly accurate, I am not placing them nowhere nearly as precise (tightly) as a bench person would BTW wind is over 20 but not full value.

This is a typical support. Positions are less stable like a ruck, fence, side of a tree, rock, roof etc. (silly video of my backside LOL, but I used my cell because someone had asked me how I use a ruck for support): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG6AyJeU5MI

The target is on the second ridge from the top of the hill behind the house and truck seen in back of the valley.


Below are a couple of typical shooting position were the field stock are used over bench stocks.

In a match




Were you need to shoot over something high weeds or high angles


The stocks feature other attachment points not needed on the bench - tripods


Travel


Maybe you need to carry it.. so you need a sling.. I'm the guy at the top out of breath.


Off the range were you hike to your FFP (firing position).. image doesn't really show it but it is super rocky and slopping - hard for a sled even as nice as it looks.


Anyway, hope LynnJR's and my images kinda explained the general sides. There are variations on both types, but I'd encourage you reach out to him if your interest is bench shooting.