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What to do with my 7-08 700 SA?
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<blockquote data-quote="youngtrout" data-source="post: 302713" data-attributes="member: 5373"><p>Well, I have a remington 700 SA I put together, gunsmith mounted barrel, When the barrel was more like 24 inches the gun shot well.</p><p></p><p>Don't ask me why but I had the barrel shortened to 20 inches,,,, now I can't get the thing to shoot, heavy-light bullets, freefloat no free float (it does shoot better with tip pressure) Cold bore-hot,,,,,it does okay at 100 but something like 2-3 inches, and with my other rifles, I can do much better than that, at 300 its a shotgun,,,,,mounts tight, tried different scopes, factory ammo, reloads</p><p></p><p>But all in all the gun just is not preforming to my expectations, shame to, its a shilen barrel, and nice components. Kind of lost faith in it, and you all know how that goes.</p><p></p><p>Looking to just rebarrel the thing and start over, its a 7-08 on a rem 700 short action. I was leaning towards a 300wsm with brake, still want a pretty light gun. </p><p></p><p>Would this be a decent builer action for one, I know I would either need a new bolt or have the one opened up, dont know on the follower.</p><p></p><p>Thoughts, or other 30's to look at, I live in AK so really leaning towards a light (as in gun weight) 30 caliber, no, bears are not around everyconer but even the game tends to be bigger up here and I have lots of 30 cal reloading supplies</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="youngtrout, post: 302713, member: 5373"] Well, I have a remington 700 SA I put together, gunsmith mounted barrel, When the barrel was more like 24 inches the gun shot well. Don't ask me why but I had the barrel shortened to 20 inches,,,, now I can't get the thing to shoot, heavy-light bullets, freefloat no free float (it does shoot better with tip pressure) Cold bore-hot,,,,,it does okay at 100 but something like 2-3 inches, and with my other rifles, I can do much better than that, at 300 its a shotgun,,,,,mounts tight, tried different scopes, factory ammo, reloads But all in all the gun just is not preforming to my expectations, shame to, its a shilen barrel, and nice components. Kind of lost faith in it, and you all know how that goes. Looking to just rebarrel the thing and start over, its a 7-08 on a rem 700 short action. I was leaning towards a 300wsm with brake, still want a pretty light gun. Would this be a decent builer action for one, I know I would either need a new bolt or have the one opened up, dont know on the follower. Thoughts, or other 30's to look at, I live in AK so really leaning towards a light (as in gun weight) 30 caliber, no, bears are not around everyconer but even the game tends to be bigger up here and I have lots of 30 cal reloading supplies Thanks [/QUOTE]
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