remington 700 SPS Tactical .223

[Fireball 17]

You're doing better with your SPS Tactical than I am.. I can't get it to group well at all...!

I bought it a couple of years ago, took off the Houge stock and bolted it on to a Choate "Ultimate Sniper" stock, with an Optik 9-32x50 scope.

I started shooting it with factory (American Eagle) 55gn, couldn't get better than 1/2 inch at 25 yds, tried 62 gn, no difference.
Tried Privi Partizan 69 gn, they were slightly better. Tried handloading with Varget, found 24.7 gn to be the best behind some Privi 69gn heads but even so, still not the accuracy I expected from this rifle. At 50 yds best group was 1/2 to 3/4 inch.

At several points I've wondered if its just me being cr@p, but with my CZ varmint .22lr I can get 1-hole groups at 25yds, so its either the rifle or ammo.

I wonder if its got a rough bore, as at one point the accuracy REALLY went... I couldn't hit a barn if I was inside it...! researching it and everything pointed to copper fouling, even thought I routinely give it a clean after each range outing.

I spent a couple of hours cleaning with KG12, KG2, and normal bore cleaner, and the next time I went to the range it was shooting much better, but still about 1/2 inch at 25 yds.

I've now run out of Varget so I'm trying H335, and 22.5 gn is showing promise, but I'm still generally disappointed in the accuracy... its certainly nothing as accurate as yours...

I'm very tempted to get rid of it and get a Steyr AUG Z...

Daryll.

Hi daryll

I had the same problem with my rem 700 vsf I took it to my smith and he found a burr on the mouth of the barrell he re crowned it and shoots 1 hole groups now

Hope this helps

Paul

[leadpig]

Hi daryll

I had the same problem with my rem 700 vsf I took it to my smith and he found a burr on the mouth of the barrell he re crowned it and shoots 1 hole groups now

Hope this helps

Paul

me and my m8 have them as well in fireball,both of them needed re crowning