Remington 700 SPS Varmint .308 Win

[clc0608]

Not exactly a minor tweak to a new rifle, surely? I have had to recrown an 1893 model Marlin .....made in 1906..

amc577

I don't think it's major in terms of time and cost, some shops will do it while you wait for £45. I know it can have a massive effect on the rifle and would therefore not be a minor tweak but in terms of the actual work to do it I don't think it's huge.

[loiner1965]

For what reason did you have a new rifle recrowned

[neutron_bomb]

Take a look at the rimfire magic website, the reason they recrown all remmington 700's is they have found that the factory crowning is sometimes off centre and would badly affect accuracy.
They appear to have taken the decision that it is easier to recrown them all than miss a bad one, it is a very minor modification that will ensure the bullet leaves the barrel in a consistent way.
I have one of their .223 tactical models that yesterday shot a 50 metre 0.25 inch group so it certainly does no harm to recrown a new barrel

[loiner1965]

Take a look at the rimfire magic website, the reason they recrown all remmington 700's is they have found that the factory crowning is sometimes off centre and would badly affect accuracy.
They appear to have taken the decision that it is easier to recrown them all than miss a bad one, it is a very minor modification that will ensure the bullet leaves the barrel in a consistent way.
I have one of their .223 tactical models that yesterday shot a 50 metre 0.25 inch group so it certainly does no harm to recrown a new barrel

Ah right..... I have a rem 700 too in .223 flavour.....
It's the most boring rifle I own and I blame baz for selling me it many years ago.
The bloody thing groups bullet on bullet at 110 yds and within 10mm at 200 if I do my job.
God I hate the bloody thing lol

[subdvr]

Glad your happy with it. I have a .308 700 with a 20inch barrel sitting in an AICS stock. Changed the factory SPS stock straight after I bought the rifle to fully float the barrel, never looked back. As with the comments about the .223 accuracy, mine is an easy 1 MOA shooter at 600m using 168gr SMK. Its quite heavy in this stock, but helps with the accuracy.

A lot of people have personal gripes with Remington 700, including our local gun dealer, but I love them.

[Machinexl]

Hi all, i have a Remington 700 vs with 26" barrel. Im fairly new to civvi shooting and did a lot of research and looking around before i decided what rifle to get. I knew from the time of my application that i wanted a .308 for long range work. Licence finally arrived and i got myself the Remington.

I also bought a Vortex hst scope and matched rings. The rifle comes with the HS precision stock and i added a bipod. The very first outing i zero'd it then shot a 1/2 moa group at 300yds!! I was using 168gr amax handloads.

I have to say that i am very impressed with the performance of this rifle straight out if the box. The inly things im looking to change at the moment are the scope rings to lower the scope a bit and a muzzle brake to keep me on target a bit better between shots!!

[Hellequin]

The 700 is a good rifle and definitely a good platform to build your semi-custom rifle at whatever pace you choose or your funds allow. I had a 700 Tactical a few years back and with the 1:9 twist it shot well with both 40gr V-Max and 75gr HPBT; the 40gr made for a particularly devastating short to medium range foxing round, leaving the barrel around 3800fps.

My rifle wasn't standard, with Tactical bolt handle, re-crown, Bell & Carlson stock with adjustable cheek-piece & alloy bedding block, and a Timney trigger fitted. I'd disagree with the OP in that a rifle which has been bedded & re-crowned is 'pretty much as it comes from the box', as although not major work in the grand scheme of customising things, these two upgrades can provide significant improvement over standard.

Regardless of that, it's great when you find a rifle you like and shoot well with. Some folk may turn their nose up at the Rem700 but there's no getting away from the fact that the basic design has provided lots of happy shooting for thousands worldwide.