Remington 700: Quite a transformation

[vliberatore]

(5/13/2013)For my grad school graduation, my mom and dad (Calgunner: Leatherneck) decided to get me a new rifle. After much deliberation between .223 vs. .308, and Savage vs. Remington, I picked up a Remington 700 in .308, with a Vortex Diamondback 3.5-10x50 scope, and a Harris bipod. I'm beyond excited to take this out to this range this week!

Here's some low-quality cell phone pics. I will add ones with better resolution ASAP and a range report will follow by the end of the week!


From this...


To this....
(2/28/2014)


Remington 700 .308
Vortex Viper PST 6-24x50
Manners T5A in coyote, action bedded by Tom Manners
Timney 510 Trigger
PTG DBM
Harris BR bipod

Probably won't make it out to the range this weekend since it's going to snow 6-9" and won't get above 30 degrees, but next weekend for sure.

[E92335i]

Nice one!

[michaelthetrojan]

prices?
how much for the rifle?

[pontiacpratt]

Yours looks exactly like mine did when I first bought it. It's changed a little bit since then.

[russt]

Congrats!

[vliberatore]

prices?
how much for the rifle?

Approximately...

700 ADL Varmint .308: $450
Vortex Diamondback 3.5-10x50:$240
Leupold base/rings: $60
Harris Bipod: $82
200 rounds of .308: $180

[E92335i]

what ammo are you going to feed it?

[vliberatore]

what ammo are you going to feed it?

Picked up mostly PMC (147gr) and some Hornady 168gr Amax match ammo to get me started. Being fresh out of school and living in apartments I haven't had a chance to get into reloading yet. That is the plan for my next purchase but this should get me into the basics at least.

This is my first rifle in anything larger than .223 so I'm pretty excited. I have a lot to learn about precision shooting, but this is my start.

[E92335i]

Nice! Same here just started shooting 308. No plans on reloading. Zero'd mine with hunting ammo. Range report on those ammo!

[Just.a.guy]

Was the cat included in the price?

[milw50717]

Congrats. Shoot well and prosper.

[Dinosaur Jr]

Very nice! I too recently landed my first bolt gun. Remington 700 SPS Varmint TH MZ 20".

Been working on a break-in process I found in Precision Shooting Magazine and almost done.

[G60]

That's a big cat.

[pmrsino]

Nice rifle. Still looking around for a lefty 308 variant

[Neff]

Approximately...

700 ADL Varmint .308: $450
Vortex Diamondback 3.5-10x50:$240
Leupold base/rings: $60
Harris Bipod: $82
200 rounds of .308: $180

That's my next purchase!

I somewhat wish I purchased a 308 before my 12ga pump, cause now I'm broke!