rebarreling .308

[foreign]

i have a remington 700 .308 and am starting to think of shooting to greater distances on deer sized animals. i was wondering what the best option was in caliber to rebarrel too. i was thinking 7mm wsm since the bc of the 162 sst or amax is so much better than the .30 projectiles. or would i be better of to just buy a sendero. theres one for sale on trademe (ebay) here in 300 wm.
ps is 7wsm even possible on the short action

 

[Clark]

The Rem700 bolt face is not so easy to change, and you may be better off buying a different rifle.

Your 308 bolt face can be interchangeable and your magazine are also interchangeable with; 22-250, 243Win, 250Sav, 260 Rem, 7mm-08, 338 Federal, and 358 Win.

I have 308 and 300WM reamers, and I can tell you that the animal seldom knows which one hit him.

 

[kiwi3006]

The rem 700 bolt is easy to open up to accepts magnum calibres, however once changed that is it, not like the savages where you can change the bolt face ( i understand).

Stu.

 

[Clark]

I have opened a VZ24 Mauser bolt face to 300 Win Mag.
I have opened a 91/30 Mosin bolt face to 45/70.

I own a Rem700 22-250.
I looked at the bolt face, and maybe out of ignorance, it did not look easy to me.

 

[James Jones]

The Rem 700 bolt face is easly opened up , you drill out the extractor rivit , chuck it up in a fixture and index off the bolt body , then use a boring bar and open the bolt face slightly. You will either need to cut another groove for the magnum extractor to be fitted or a cut on the side for a Sako extractor.

Yes the SA Rem 700 can be built into a 7mmWSM but you will be limited to the OAL so seating a long VLD bullet out far in the case with be limited to single shot feeding.

A 260 shooting a 140 gr Berger VLD at 2800fps will shoot as flat or flatter than a 300 win mag with a 190gr Match King.
Like wise with the 7-08 or the 7-08 Ackley improved shooting a 165 or 180 class VLD bullet.

 

[Rustystud]

You might consider a .284 Winchester using Lapua 6.5 X .284 brass expanded to .284. It shoots almost as flat as a 66.5 X .284 and now has the Berger bullets for long range.
Rustystud

 

[Rustystud]

Look at a straight .284 Winchester. It was developed to be shot in a short action. It is easy to form 6.5 X .284 Lapua brass back to .284 wit a tapered expamder. You can resize with Redding S typ bushing dies using a .312 bushing. Have it chambered with a .3166 neck OD. It uses a standars bolt face in a short action. Great round out to 1000 yards.
Rustystud