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Starting my Rem 700 ADL from scratch
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<blockquote data-quote="jpfrog" data-source="post: 1494256" data-attributes="member: 32525"><p>Good advice in this post ^^^</p><p></p><p>Not knowing anything about your abilities or experience as a shooter or hunter, I'm going to give my thoughts as if you are relatively new and inexperienced. So please take no offense if you are more experienced, as you probably already know or have already considered what I'm suggesting. </p><p></p><p>I would bed the action, get the VX-5 scope, and tune the existing trigger. Do not replace the trigger yet for two reasons. First, you don't know what you want and should consider all aspects of your final build. Second, those 70's triggers are damned good when properly worked over by a competent gunsmith. You could potentially save hundreds of dollars by simply having it tuned. If you absolutely want to throw it away and replace it, please PM me and I'll pay the shipping to send it to me!</p><p></p><p>Once you've done these things, go practice. Buy good quality ammo if you don't reload- you may have to buy a few brands and bullet types/weights to see what your rifle shoots best. The older rifles had slower twist barrels, so keep the bullets on the lighter side to start. If you reload- sky is the limit on the combinations you can come up with.</p><p></p><p>After you have 6 months or so of practice under your belt, and you have a better idea of what you want, start your budget and start sourcing components and let your gunsmith know of your plans too- they offer can help to shape your build ideas and plan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jpfrog, post: 1494256, member: 32525"] Good advice in this post ^^^ Not knowing anything about your abilities or experience as a shooter or hunter, I’m going to give my thoughts as if you are relatively new and inexperienced. So please take no offense if you are more experienced, as you probably already know or have already considered what I’m suggesting. I would bed the action, get the VX-5 scope, and tune the existing trigger. Do not replace the trigger yet for two reasons. First, you don’t know what you want and should consider all aspects of your final build. Second, those 70’s triggers are damned good when properly worked over by a competent gunsmith. You could potentially save hundreds of dollars by simply having it tuned. If you absolutely want to throw it away and replace it, please PM me and I’ll pay the shipping to send it to me! Once you’ve done these things, go practice. Buy good quality ammo if you don’t reload- you may have to buy a few brands and bullet types/weights to see what your rifle shoots best. The older rifles had slower twist barrels, so keep the bullets on the lighter side to start. If you reload- sky is the limit on the combinations you can come up with. After you have 6 months or so of practice under your belt, and you have a better idea of what you want, start your budget and start sourcing components and let your gunsmith know of your plans too- they offer can help to shape your build ideas and plan. [/QUOTE]
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