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The Basics, Starting Out
gun and scope combo for beginner long range
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<blockquote data-quote="Coyboy" data-source="post: 240889" data-attributes="member: 3733"><p>Predator, The sps may be the way to go, I'll hit one negative then some positives.</p><p></p><p>Some Rem barrels are turds from the start. non concentric throats, and tooling/drag marks in bore.</p><p></p><p>On the Plus side if the bore scopes well, you can turn them into a pretty decent rifle. I would buy the rifle from a shop that is owned by a smith with a bore scope that knows what he is looking at. If it has a poor barrel see if the wholesaler will exchange it out with a replacement rifle. You might have to pay return shipping for that, but I scope all factory rifles that come in my shop, and if they are ugly there exchanged.</p><p></p><p>I did one for a customer in 308sps, B&C medalist stock epoxy bedded with free float, trigger adj., and recrown. Before he picked it up, I shot 3 5 shot groups with my 168smk handload, all 3 went under 5/8" at 100 yards.</p><p></p><p>Very respectable for a factory tube, and will definatly get yout to 800 yards.</p><p></p><p>Jim See</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyboy, post: 240889, member: 3733"] Predator, The sps may be the way to go, I'll hit one negative then some positives. Some Rem barrels are turds from the start. non concentric throats, and tooling/drag marks in bore. On the Plus side if the bore scopes well, you can turn them into a pretty decent rifle. I would buy the rifle from a shop that is owned by a smith with a bore scope that knows what he is looking at. If it has a poor barrel see if the wholesaler will exchange it out with a replacement rifle. You might have to pay return shipping for that, but I scope all factory rifles that come in my shop, and if they are ugly there exchanged. I did one for a customer in 308sps, B&C medalist stock epoxy bedded with free float, trigger adj., and recrown. Before he picked it up, I shot 3 5 shot groups with my 168smk handload, all 3 went under 5/8" at 100 yards. Very respectable for a factory tube, and will definatly get yout to 800 yards. Jim See [/QUOTE]
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