Remington 700 SPS Varmint .308 Win

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Nice review and good to see that factory guns seem to be improving these days. I have had a few full customs and many semi customs, but sometimes factory guns will hold their own (and then some). I am looking at range type 308 and did have a glance at a 700 but was looking at a Howa but as you say the 700 is infinitely tweekable.

[amc577]

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

amc577

[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.