Remington 700???

[AZ Vince]

FYI, the Model 70 is alive and well .... what "Browning" might that be ?

The new XPR looks like a bolt action Browning.

I looked on the website and model 70 is out of production. All the rifles are classified as "historical".

Vince

 

[Cory Arola]

I have 700 SPS in stainless .30-06. I switch to a bell and carlson stock and is working great for me!

 

[GKPrice]

The new XPR looks like a bolt action Browning.

I looked on the website and model 70 is out of production. All the rifles are classified as "historical".

Vince

If that is true then I'd best buy up all the Extreme Weather model 70's I can find ! same engineers and R&D people I'd expect, since they're both owned by the same corporation .......

 

[GKPrice]

If that is true then I'd best buy up all the Extreme Weather model 70's I can find ! same engineers and R&D people I'd expect, since they're both owned by the same corporation .......

I too just looked up Winchester Model 70 - current MSRP is $1299.99 for the SS Extreme Weather in 300 Win Mag - no mention that I see of "out of production"

 

[Brettdag]

I went to sportsmans warehouse and they said that the model 70 is still active.

 

[beetlespin]

I bought a 700 sps stainless in 300 RUM several years ago. I immediately glass bed and free floated the SPS stock. group size shrank in half and it shoots a nice cloverleaf at 200 yards with a developed load. Remington 700 actions are my favorite and I think the barrel and action is a great setup. The stock is cheap and crappy but will get the job done. A new stock is like a complete transformation on it. Gotta love an american made rifle too. Savages are damn accurate, they just don't have that quality feel that i am looking for though. the cheaper stock on the sps is to hit a price point with a great action. Check out the Custom alaskan edition and that is a sweet rifle!

 

[Cory Arola]

Does anyone know anything about cryo-accurizing? My .30-06 is shooting just around 1.5 moa. Cryo-accurizing seems pretty affordable, I was wondering has anyone had any experience with it?

 

[4ester]

You'll quickly tire of packing around a Sendero if you hunt on foot... the guys I know with Sendero are shooting bean fields and long draws in Texas. The only carrying they do is from the truck to the stand.

Nothing wrong with an SPS or the 7mmRM for the type of hunting you're doing. Best of luck in your search!

Really Depends on personal preference. I pack my 13# Sendero to over 10,000 daily during hunting season. I trust that rifle from 0-700 yards, so its worth it to me to have the piece of mind. Someday I would love to own a lighter gun, as long I dont sacrifice accuracy. To each his own.

 

[4ester]

Does anyone know anything about cryo-accurizing? My .30-06 is shooting just around 1.5 moa. Cryo-accurizing seems pretty affordable, I was wondering has anyone had any experience with it?

I would bed the action in a good stock, float the barrel, and do proper load development before sending a rifle to have snake oil rubbed on it.

 

[Cory Arola]

I would bed the action in a good stock, float the barrel, and do proper load development before sending a rifle to have snake oil rubbed on it.

I have it in a Bell and Carlson, and have run through a ton of different factory loads (not setup to hand load in the foreseeable future) and the best I can get is 1.5 MOA. Based on your recommendation glass bedding is the next step?

 

[4ester]

Skim bedding your bedding block may help but I wouldn't expect better the 1.5 MOA without hand loading with a factory barrel.

 

[Brettdag]

Anybody heard any rumors about the new Tikka coming out in a month or two? Is it another rifle in the T3 series or a new model completely?

 

[RockyMtnHigh]

Hard to beat this if you are looking to go the light weight route, just added to the classifieds today:

http://www.rokslide.com/forums/showthread.php?39609-Tikka-T3-Lite-7MM-with-extras

 

[GKPrice]

Does anyone know anything about cryo-accurizing? My .30-06 is shooting just around 1.5 moa. Cryo-accurizing seems pretty affordable, I was wondering has anyone had any experience with it?

"cryo accurizing" ie: cryo tempering is a process of taking a metal object down to -300 then incrementally bringing the static temp back to "room temp" and in the process sort of relaxing the molecular activity of that object to a static state - It was discovered in the medical industry treating cutting instruments and it does work but here is the reality ... it will not make an inaccurate barrel accurate - it does change the molecular matrix and will actually make a microscopically "rough" surface somewhat more smooth - I have had many rifles done and none that I recall were "transformed" but I noticed this: the guy who used to do my stuff was a high school shop teacher who was way ahead of his time (IMO) Due to laziness on my part I talked him into doing 4 barreled actions for me without dismantling the trigger groups, triggers attached and all of the 4 triggers were noticeably lighter and more crisp after the cryo treatment, by feel and trigger pull gauge -some were much easier to keep clean as well but none that I recall ever became "shooters" that weren't prior to the cryo job - If you have a good shooting rifle, or pistol for that matter, It will not make anything worse but it may not make it any better either - the process is not expensive but is a PIA to take apart and ship - I would and most likely will do it again ....

It is doubtful that this process would shrink your groups any but I'm no genie so if you want to try don't let my rambling deter you

 

[GKPrice]

I would bed the action in a good stock, float the barrel, and do proper load development before sending a rifle to have snake oil rubbed on it.

prior to labeling anything "snake oil" you might want to do a little self EDUCATION ......

 

[GKPrice]

Brett - If you can't, for some reason talk yourself into a Tikka (for whatever reason that might be) and you like the model 70 style safety (I do too) AND light weight you should give the Kimber Montana a try (or the mountain ascent) as they are lightweight, well engineered, they seem to have all the QC bugs worked out now and street price is about the same as the Winchester mod 70 Extreme Weather (for the Montana) , they are nice rifles, no "nicer" than the Winchester but definitely lighter weight by a good margin

Ain't this a wonderful world where we have so many awesome rifles to choose from ?

 

[16Bore]

XCRII 7RM Talleys, McMillan Classic, 6x42 Leupold 8#1oz.

 

[GKPrice]

XCRII 7RM Talleys, McMillan Classic, 6x42 Leupold 8#1oz.

Nice rifle

 

[GKPrice]

Hard to beat this if you are looking to go the light weight route, just added to the classifieds today:

http://www.rokslide.com/forums/showthread.php?39609-Tikka-T3-Lite-7MM-with-extras

although probably a great shooting "hunting rifle" 7lb 14oz is hardly a "lightweight" by today's, especially ROKSLIDE'S standards of a true lightweight .....

 

[4ester]

prior to labeling anything "snake oil" you might want to do a little self EDUCATION ......

I fully understand the process of cryo treatment. You just said it yourself; "it will not make an inaccurate barrel accurate."

GKPrice, You know as well as I do this would not be the first step to making a rifle a little more accurate. Proper stock, bedding, blueprinting, trigger, and load development should be utilized before trying an expensive treatment that may not help him a bit (why I called it snake oil).