Good price on Rem 700 long range(?)

[sigstroker]

I'm not much of a Remington fan but this price seems good:

http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=1791588&type=product&WT.z_btnclk=YMAL-1791588&WT.z_pg_ref=prd754565

Unfortunately not available in calibers that are in vogue for long range shooting these days. Lynn might approve of the .300 RUM but even that might be too much of a pipsqueak for him.

[NorCalFocus]

That is a great price. Considering that a bare action will run you $400, and the Bell and Carlson stock another $300.

As far as the calibers being in vogue, I'd run a 7mm Mag for long range in a second.

[sigstroker]

Oy, I used to buy handguns all the time that I had no particular use for just because they seemed like good deals. I'm noticing an alarming tendency to do the same with longer guns (just got a Blackout).

[LynnJr]

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I would pick the 300 WinMag over the 300 ultra mag because they seem much easier to get to shoot well.
On your 300 blackout try 11.5 grains of AA1680 and a 240 grain Sierra MatchKing seated to 2.285 inches.
If you live outside of California and it's legal use a Wix 57241 oil filter on the end of your barrel with a 5/8-13/16 adapter.
And you should be a fan of the 700.

[sigstroker]

Sticking an oil filter on the end is not legal afaik. I'd rather go the legal route with a SIG or maybe Omega can.

On the Blackout I'd rather have something closer to 1000 fps, like 190 gr Hornady Flex-tip which expands at subsonic velocities.

I had a 700. With that design it should sell for Savage prices. If I pay Remington prices I'd rather have a Model 70 or the like.

[ar15barrels]

I'm not much of a Remington fan but this price seems good:

http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=1791588&type=product&WT.z_btnclk=YMAL-1791588&WT.z_pg_ref=prd754565

Unfortunately not available in calibers that are in vogue for long range shooting these days.

That is a very good price for what you are getting.
Go with the 30-06 and shoot 190's.
Then you are all set if you want to rebarrel to 6.5-284 for less recoil.

[LynnJr]

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https://youtu.be/7t_pcWPdSDs

I don't know if they are legal in your state but they do work.

That load gets me around 1040 FPS and is the most accurate subsonic load I have ever shot.

I only shoot competitive/target type rifles even when hunting so no more model 70's for myself. I only own two of them one each in 223 wssm and 243 wssm.

[sigstroker]

Thanks but no thanks. After 300 shots you have to send it back to the manufacturer for a new filter. I suppose if I bought one just to have it and never shoot it, it might be worthwhile.

[sigstroker]

Geebuz, I guess this is a pretty good gun. If I heard it right, around the 11 min mark, the .300 winmag they're using has the box stock Long Range action and barrel. They're shooting 2342 yards.



I think if I actually got one for a practical purpose to use, I agree w/Norcalfocus and would go 7mm Mag. A 300 winmag with 230's just sounds punishing.

There is the temptation to do the .300 RUM because it's just SO ridiculous. I'd bring it out when my friends bring out their ridiculous .338's.

Sorry, Randall, an '06 sounds so boring in comparison. And I have a Garand already.

[russ69]

That is a very good price for what you are getting. Go with the 30-06 and shoot 190's. Then you are all set if you want to rebarrel to 6.5-284 for less recoil.

...Sorry, Randall, an '06 sounds so boring in comparison. And I have a Garand already.

I agree with Randall, it's not our fault Remington is stuck in the sixties and don't offer modern calibers and twist rates.

[NorCalFocus]

I know a guy here in AZ that has the .06 and its been a damn good factory rifle.

[LynnJr]

Thanks but no thanks. After 300 shots you have to send it back to the manufacturer for a new filter. I suppose if I bought one just to have it and never shoot it, it might be worthwhile.

I think we are not on the same page.
I was talking about using a Wix oil filter which cost around $8 each at any auto parts store compared to a factory silencer at over 100 times that price
If I got 100 rounds out of it I would be ecstatic.

[ar15barrels]

I agree with Randall, it's not our fault Remington is stuck in the sixties and don't offer modern calibers and twist rates.

There just are not that many modern long action cartridges.
The currently popular cartridges are almost universally short action cartridges.

[sigstroker]

I think we are not on the same page.
I was talking about using a Wix oil filter which cost around $8 each at any auto parts store compared to a factory silencer at over 100 times that price
If I got 100 rounds out of it I would be ecstatic.

You can't legally just go to Auto Zone, buy a filter, and slap it on that adapter. The filter would be considered a silencer part and Federal law says only the manufacturer can replace parts. It even spells that out on the website from the adapter manufacturer.

I've been dabbling in the Class III world since the 1980's when a buddy first let me shoot his MACs.

There just are not that many modern long action cartridges.
The currently popular cartridges are almost universally short action cartridges.

Exactly. He was commenting that Remington hasn't updated the offerings on a rifle called Long Range in many years.

[russ69]

...Exactly. He was commenting that Remington hasn't updated the offerings on a rifle called Long Range in many years.

Remington is run by a bunch of Fudds. Here are a few things we would have liked to see: 223 with a 1:7 twist, maybe even a 1:6.5 for the 90 grain bullets, A 243 with a fast twist for heavy bullets, a 6PPC, a 6mmBR, some 6mm with a small case but bigger than a 6BR, etc. They are really stuck in the 50s somewhere and offer very little for the modern rifleman.