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<blockquote data-quote="mountainman56" data-source="post: 949100" data-attributes="member: 79106"><p>Recently helped a young neighbor with the same project. He came over with a SPS .308 Varmint and asked me to help him shoot far away. He has a place where he can get out to a half a mile. Seemed to me like 880 was a good distance to start.</p><p></p><p>The rifle itself is.........okay. The 26" heavy contour barrel seemed to be a good start. Shot reasonably well while I was helping him work up a load but did not achieve any groups worth bragging about. As stated here frequently, the stock is pretty bad. He liked the looks of my laminated stock rifles and being on a limited budget he bought a Boyds thumbhole. I installed pillars, bedded the recoil lug and floated the barrel.</p><p></p><p>It shoots nice sub-moa groups consistently now. He is happier than a cow eatin thistles now and had a grin you couldn't erase with a chainsaw the first time he hit that half-mile plate. He is hooked now for sure. Now he wants to install an after market trigger and is asking questions about barrels. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p><p></p><p>Had it been up to me I would have told him to just buy a Savage and go shootin, but what the hell, workin on them is half the fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mountainman56, post: 949100, member: 79106"] Recently helped a young neighbor with the same project. He came over with a SPS .308 Varmint and asked me to help him shoot far away. He has a place where he can get out to a half a mile. Seemed to me like 880 was a good distance to start. The rifle itself is.........okay. The 26" heavy contour barrel seemed to be a good start. Shot reasonably well while I was helping him work up a load but did not achieve any groups worth bragging about. As stated here frequently, the stock is pretty bad. He liked the looks of my laminated stock rifles and being on a limited budget he bought a Boyds thumbhole. I installed pillars, bedded the recoil lug and floated the barrel. It shoots nice sub-moa groups consistently now. He is happier than a cow eatin thistles now and had a grin you couldn't erase with a chainsaw the first time he hit that half-mile plate. He is hooked now for sure. Now he wants to install an after market trigger and is asking questions about barrels. :cool: Had it been up to me I would have told him to just buy a Savage and go shootin, but what the hell, workin on them is half the fun. [/QUOTE]
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