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Buying a new rifle: Which Remington 700 to buy?
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<blockquote data-quote="LDHunter" data-source="post: 1665535" data-attributes="member: 105"><p>I've been shooting rifles with the "tactical" HS Precision stocks for almost 20 years now and have yet to have one on a rifle that wouldn't print really small groups. I've found that they all needed to be skim bedded to get really reliable small groups. The first ones I became familiar with were on the Model 700 PSS and LTR rifles with the fat barrels and every one of those rifles shot very well. </p><p></p><p>Now that Remington has come out with the 5R Gen 2 rifles I'm confident that there really IS something very special about those rifles and have yet to hear of one that wouldn't really shoot well. Yes... There is something very special about these rifles and it is crazy how an off the shelf factory rifle can shoot like a custom rifle costing upwards of $3500 but there you have it.</p><p></p><p>With simple skim bedding done properly and a good trigger and match grade factory ammo such as Federal Gold Medal Match or Berger's excellent new factory ammo offerings with the Lapua brass it seems that my handloading days may be over and my quest for rifles with a total cost under $1500 after bedding and triggers cost are here.</p><p></p><p>Of course then I go out and spend another $1500 or so on a scope before I'm done but that's another issue... LOL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LDHunter, post: 1665535, member: 105"] I've been shooting rifles with the "tactical" HS Precision stocks for almost 20 years now and have yet to have one on a rifle that wouldn't print really small groups. I've found that they all needed to be skim bedded to get really reliable small groups. The first ones I became familiar with were on the Model 700 PSS and LTR rifles with the fat barrels and every one of those rifles shot very well. Now that Remington has come out with the 5R Gen 2 rifles I'm confident that there really IS something very special about those rifles and have yet to hear of one that wouldn't really shoot well. Yes... There is something very special about these rifles and it is crazy how an off the shelf factory rifle can shoot like a custom rifle costing upwards of $3500 but there you have it. With simple skim bedding done properly and a good trigger and match grade factory ammo such as Federal Gold Medal Match or Berger's excellent new factory ammo offerings with the Lapua brass it seems that my handloading days may be over and my quest for rifles with a total cost under $1500 after bedding and triggers cost are here. Of course then I go out and spend another $1500 or so on a scope before I'm done but that's another issue... LOL [/QUOTE]
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