Remington 700 varmint heavy barrell synthetic stoc

[olegburn]

Factory,out of the box .223 Rem.
What accuracy do you expect from it?
Without modifying it?
Stock seemed to be pretty solid.
Barrell,action,bedding have no clue.
Any help be appreciated.

[bubba]

my experience is that the triggers are roughly 6-8lbs out of the box. Alittle adjustment and you can easily have 3 lbs and typically cut the group size in half..........

just my experiences........

-bubba

[olegburn]

Sounds like Bubba,you are familiar with it.
Do you take it to the gunsmith or work it self?
Also in terms of group size and does it reguire glass bedding?
Thanks,Oleg

[cityboy]

I purchased the same rifle about a year ago, but I had some work done (bedded the action, smoothed the trigger & squared the bolt and barrel) at the same time. With my hand loads I am shooting groups at 100 & 200 yard of about 1 MOA. The velocity is 3,200+. It is a heavy rifle, but shoots consistently. Out to 2-300 yards this is a great gun to use. It also has everyone supplying ammo or components at good prices. P.S. at 3,200 the barrel does not wear out like a 22-250.

[RAF]

My 22-250 is a 700 BDL. Had the trigger done by my gunsmith to 2lbs. Some here might do it themselves but I personally don't feel comfortable doing it, so had it done by the "expert" . Bubba is right when he siad the trigger job improves your groups. When I'm on my game this rifle shoots 1/2 inch groups at 100 yds.

[olegburn]

Thanks for the input,
sorry, took a while to reply- February has been quite hectic month.


Been thinking about when spring comes to try Savage ML-II(50 cal) on groundhogs.
Never done that 'fore.
Anyone has experience in that?
;D

[herman]

I got one whistle pig with my savage,but don't think it will cook up too good.
I like using a bow for ground hogs but a muzzleloader would be fun too.
I bought one of the new sps in 22/250 cal,and it shoots very good with just the trigger adjusted.Have shot some groups one inch and a little less at 300 yds.It has the regular barrel and makes a good lite rifle to carry.

[bubba]

to answer your question, I do them myself.

you only need to remove the action from the stock, remove some sealer off from the adj screw, then turn the screw out, test it, repeat as necessary until you are happy, then give it the drop test etc to make sure it doesnt go boom when you dont want it to. Those things are alittle weird design, when the trigger is pulled with the safety ON, the two mating surfaces move apart, and when you have it on the hairy edge, it can go off when moving the safety.

I have a book that explains how to adj

-bubba

[snipehunter]

My 700 .22-250 Varmint is essentially an out of the box rifle. It came with a wood stock but I replaced it with a good synthetic from H-S Precision. I also put a little Acraglass gel around the action and under the taper in the barrel. The rest of the barrel floats. You can make major adjustments with a Remington trigger. They are my favorite of any popular production rifle. The window lets you look at how much sear engagement you have and there are screws to adjust for that plus creep and overtravel. I lighten the sear until it trips when I close the bolt. Then I add some engagement until I can close the bolt forcefully without it the sear tripping. Then it gets 1/4 additional turn. I don't hunt with my rifles nor do I wear gloves when shooting them so that allows me to make the triggers a little bit lighter than I would if the gun was used somewhere besides sitting on a bench at the range. I have 10 oz trigger on my XP-100 and while the trigger on that 700 isn't quite that light it isn't too much heavier. It is very crisp and everyone that touches it wants me to turn the screws on their triggers.

SH

[big6x6]

I had one of those...it was a 700 VS. Really a great rifle. With handloads it liked it would really average a half-inch for 5-shot groups at 100yds. Of course MANY groups were a lot smaller. This rifle is one of the few that I actually DID wear out! I have no idea how many it took but it was a bunch...now that rifle is a 6BR..

That Remington 700 VS is a really great rifle..one of the best IMO...

[bubba]

6x6

I agree, great rifle, ol bubba has one in 220 swift that the mrs bought me after I survived lung cancer ( she thought I might be around long enuf to use it! ).

I still have it, and shoot it very little, but it is going on a dog hunt in SD next month.

-bubba

[big6x6]

it is going on a dog hunt in SD next month.

Oh, man!...I'm jealous! REAL jealous! That's something I've ALWAYS wanted to do!

[Doohan]

big6x6 said:

it is going on a dog hunt in SD next month.

Oh, man!...I'm jealous! REAL jealous! That's something I've ALWAYS wanted to do!

Ditto! I'd love to see those little guys die at the hands of a .204 ;D