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The Basics, Starting Out
Rem 700 223 26" shortening
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<blockquote data-quote="strgrazr" data-source="post: 939964" data-attributes="member: 67915"><p><strong><u>What is the ideal lenght for a .223 Rem 700 ADL Varmint .820 barrel contour with a 1:9 twist ???</u> </strong>The gun is brand new has never been fired in box. Have had it a several of years now. It seems was a spec run for Dick's, most 223's are 1:12. Got it on a black friday sale for $359. I have to set it up with a Nikon Monararch UDC 3x9x40 for hunting. The trigger has been tuned to a sweet 2.25 lb. and rifling mildly hand lapped. Shots at game can vary from 25 to 450 yd. The long barrel is cumbersome for eastern NC pine woods/swamp and cut-down hunting but do not want to give-up ballisticly. gun)I plan on hand loading after a short break-in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="strgrazr, post: 939964, member: 67915"] [B][U]What is the ideal lenght for a .223 Rem 700 ADL Varmint .820 barrel contour with a 1:9 twist ???[/U] [/B]The gun is brand new has never been fired in box. Have had it a several of years now. It seems was a spec run for Dick's, most 223's are 1:12. Got it on a black friday sale for $359. I have to set it up with a Nikon Monararch UDC 3x9x40 for hunting. The trigger has been tuned to a sweet 2.25 lb. and rifling mildly hand lapped. Shots at game can vary from 25 to 450 yd. The long barrel is cumbersome for eastern NC pine woods/swamp and cut-down hunting but do not want to give-up ballisticly. gun)I plan on hand loading after a short break-in. [/QUOTE]
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