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7mm Remington Magnum
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<blockquote data-quote="COBigJohn" data-source="post: 1271727" data-attributes="member: 99586"><p>Received the gun on Saturday. Mounted the Vortex Viper 6.5-20x44 with a 20MOA base.</p><p></p><p>I stepped in to WalMart for some auto oil, and wandered by the gun desk and noticed that they had Winchester ammo on sale for $23 a box for the 175gr SP's. Since I had already purchased the Sierra Game King 175's, I thought these would be good 'break-in' rounds and similar enough to sight in. </p><p></p><p>Sunday, I went to the range. I shot 6 rounds, getting the gun close at 25 yards. I then moved out to 200 yds and shot 14 more rounds, cleaning the barrel every two shots (simply for good break-in). I was amazed that my 'out of the box' 700 with 'off the shelf' hunting rounds would do as good as they did. I shot a hole out of the target at 200 yards 1.5" in diameter. Can't wait to see what hand loads will do.</p><p></p><p>Yep, the trigger, as it is.....is complete crap. Just fine for a hunting trigger, but not for a 1,000 yard shot. I originally thought that I would work on the stock trigger, but a close friend convinced me to drop $190 on a Timney Calvin Elite Straight Trigger, which I ordered tonight.</p><p></p><p>Interesting about recoil..... I also took my Remington 721, 30'06 to the range to dial in a new scope....and the '06 has more 'felt' recoil than the 7mag. After 20 rounds through the gun, I am settling in to the recoil.....and no sore shoulder at all. I quit shooting as the wind started to really whip. I do want some more recoil management, though. First I will start with weighing down the stock. I'm going to 'channel grove' (Dremmel) the forend of the stock and add epoxy and lead shot. I am also going to fill the rear of the stock with construction adhesive and lead shot. Not sure how much weight I can add, but would love to get the gun to 13-14lbs, which (according to calculations) will bring the recoil down below a .243 hunt gun.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I am just thrilled......am really looking forward to dialing it in and going to the 1k Steel Range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="COBigJohn, post: 1271727, member: 99586"] Received the gun on Saturday. Mounted the Vortex Viper 6.5-20x44 with a 20MOA base. I stepped in to WalMart for some auto oil, and wandered by the gun desk and noticed that they had Winchester ammo on sale for $23 a box for the 175gr SP's. Since I had already purchased the Sierra Game King 175's, I thought these would be good 'break-in' rounds and similar enough to sight in. Sunday, I went to the range. I shot 6 rounds, getting the gun close at 25 yards. I then moved out to 200 yds and shot 14 more rounds, cleaning the barrel every two shots (simply for good break-in). I was amazed that my 'out of the box' 700 with 'off the shelf' hunting rounds would do as good as they did. I shot a hole out of the target at 200 yards 1.5" in diameter. Can't wait to see what hand loads will do. Yep, the trigger, as it is.....is complete crap. Just fine for a hunting trigger, but not for a 1,000 yard shot. I originally thought that I would work on the stock trigger, but a close friend convinced me to drop $190 on a Timney Calvin Elite Straight Trigger, which I ordered tonight. Interesting about recoil..... I also took my Remington 721, 30'06 to the range to dial in a new scope....and the '06 has more 'felt' recoil than the 7mag. After 20 rounds through the gun, I am settling in to the recoil.....and no sore shoulder at all. I quit shooting as the wind started to really whip. I do want some more recoil management, though. First I will start with weighing down the stock. I'm going to 'channel grove' (Dremmel) the forend of the stock and add epoxy and lead shot. I am also going to fill the rear of the stock with construction adhesive and lead shot. Not sure how much weight I can add, but would love to get the gun to 13-14lbs, which (according to calculations) will bring the recoil down below a .243 hunt gun. Anyway, I am just thrilled......am really looking forward to dialing it in and going to the 1k Steel Range. [/QUOTE]
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