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Remington 700 or Savage 11/111?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jinx-)" data-source="post: 645566" data-attributes="member: 19791"><p>I'll say go with Savage and if doesn't shoot good, you can fix it yourself for most of the parts, setting headspace on 700 action could be more challenging. As far accutriger if its not target accutriger keep it if its target do not use its lowest settings it doesn't work, its only good for 3 - 2.5 lb pull otherwise safety locks up before you can pull its trigger, as far as stock if its not HS Precision then you don't want it, so you might have to change it to something rigid like B&C, Choate, HS, Hogue or laminate there are many options still you would skim bed any of them, same goes for REM 700, their synthetic stock just plain crap. Anyhow from my personal experiences with Savage and Remington I had better luck with 700 as far as accuracy goes right out-of the box and freeloating its barrel improved it even more. With its original synthetic stock which I bedded accuracy improved from 1 to .25 MOA, later I switch its stock to B&C but the accuracy remained the same... The last 2 Savage rifles I bought one their Target series another Varmint, but both with target action shot 1.5+ MOA using handloads I was developing for them, with factory ammo it was like 2.5+" @100 yards... After I changed barrels and bedded their stock their accuracy improved to .5 - .25 MOA... So good luck in your quest ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jinx-), post: 645566, member: 19791"] I'll say go with Savage and if doesn't shoot good, you can fix it yourself for most of the parts, setting headspace on 700 action could be more challenging. As far accutriger if its not target accutriger keep it if its target do not use its lowest settings it doesn't work, its only good for 3 - 2.5 lb pull otherwise safety locks up before you can pull its trigger, as far as stock if its not HS Precision then you don't want it, so you might have to change it to something rigid like B&C, Choate, HS, Hogue or laminate there are many options still you would skim bed any of them, same goes for REM 700, their synthetic stock just plain crap. Anyhow from my personal experiences with Savage and Remington I had better luck with 700 as far as accuracy goes right out-of the box and freeloating its barrel improved it even more. With its original synthetic stock which I bedded accuracy improved from 1 to .25 MOA, later I switch its stock to B&C but the accuracy remained the same... The last 2 Savage rifles I bought one their Target series another Varmint, but both with target action shot 1.5+ MOA using handloads I was developing for them, with factory ammo it was like 2.5+" @100 yards... After I changed barrels and bedded their stock their accuracy improved to .5 - .25 MOA... So good luck in your quest ;-) [/QUOTE]
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