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    New stock 5R or $1700 for a 5R with Krieger barrel

    Re: New stock 5R or $1700 for a 5R with Krieger barrel <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: thebolt</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My suggestion would be to purchase the stock 5R and use the $700 for ammo/optics. Good Luck </div></div> I've already...
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    New stock 5R or $1700 for a 5R with Krieger barrel

    Met a guy today selling a boat load of precision rifles at a gun show. I've been planning a 5r purchase for a while now, but he had a 5r milspec with a new krieger barrel. He said there was 20rds of FGMM down the barrel and he got one hole groups out of it. He was asking $1700, but I sensed...
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    Gunsmithing Good Rem 700 Smith in Pasadena/Houston, TX area

    I'll be picking up a 5R within the next couple of weeks and am looking for a shop that can do some work for me. Bolt knob install, lap rings, maybe some duracoat, etc.
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    .308 5R Milspec.....Short or long action?

    Re: .308 5R Milspec.....Short or long action? Thanks that's what I figured, but started getting more unsure the more I thought about it.
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    .308 5R Milspec.....Short or long action?

    I've been planning out everything I'll need for a 5R Milspec I plan to buy in the near future. Then the thought occured to me when I was looking at bases. A Remington 700 in .308 is a short action right, but the M24 in .308 is a long action. How far did Remington take this M24 esque 700? Is...