Build Question

[mhptrooper]

Hello All-

I recently purchased a used weapon (Remington 700, .308) from a buddy of mine, and have hopes of using this weapon on my department's sniper section; having now swapped over from the entry side. I am totally new to this aspect of shooting & wanted to swap over to understand this side of the house. I'm planning on the following upgrades to this weapon, and would like some input on my thinking...
--Vortex 6-24X50 PST (with EBR-2C reticle)
--Badger Ordinance rail system & Rings
--Surgeon DBM Bottom Metal system
--Threaded Barrel

The threaded barrel brings up a point that I'm interested in. While waiting on my suppressor paperwork, I'd like to run some sort of flash suppressor (I used Smith Vortex on my other rifles, and our new M2's are running them as well-it's amazing how well they work!)...Not really for concealing the muzzle flash, but mostly to protect the crown. Anyone else have any issues or experiences with running a bolt gun with a flash suppressor, or have any other suggestions? I'm about to send off the stock for inletting for the Surgeon to McMillan, and the barrel to a local smith for threading. After the receiver and barrel are finished there, they will be stripped of the krylon paint and then cerakoted...

My main concern is that installing some type of flash suppressor would degrade accuracy, or is this not true?

Thanks for any input--I'm looking forward to learning a new skill set!

 

[mhptrooper]

No bites?

 

[Shanerbanner10]

I would throw a quality stock no that thing first and foremost (as most Remington have shit stocks, and I'm not a big fan of HS Precisions stocks). As for glass, if your looking at using it as a department gun I would want something a bit more... ehhh maybe not the best word but reliable.
I would also throw a quality trigger in there. The X mark pro are shit.
Badger stuff= good stuff. Surgeon = good stuff. No arguments there. PST are pretty solid scopes and some may approve some may not. If I was going to put a gun on the line in a duty situation I'm just not sure if I 100% trust a PST. Again, everyone has their opinions and a PST for plinking or learning, by all means, get it.
Flash Hiders and stuff... I've personally never ran a Flash Hider on a bolt gun and I don't think a muzzle device is needed for a .308. To each their own. I've ran a brake on a .308 and that makes shooting it just silly feels more like the recoil of an AR. A brake shouldn't have any effect on accuracy.. can't answer the flash hider question as I have no experience there but wouldn't imagine it effecting it any.
If you are just beginning in this area of shooting, I would get with the guys that are already qual'ed and see if they can help you out. A great place to start is the fundamentals of marksmanship (somewhere on this forum - I always forget). Lots of dryfiring!

 

[parkervbar88]

installing a compensator will not if done correctly. i dont think a flash suppressor will but its worth looking into

 

[mhptrooper]

Thanks for the input--I don't think this one has the X-mark unit in it, being that it is an older weapon. Thanks for the advice--I've been doing lots of dry firing drills with it, like my primary weapon...

 

[mhptrooper]

After doing some research, I think I'm just going to run the HS stock and save the cost of in-letting it towards a better stock (McMillan, Manners, etc...)

Also-I think this will be the muzzle device I'm going with: SureFire SF3P-762-5/8-24 Flash Hider / Suppressor Adapter Mostly due to it's dual purpose as a flash hider and the ability to use surefire suppressors (which is what we run here) With this device being used on the Mk 13 weapon system, I think that speaks volumes that it doesn't affect accuracy...I may be wrong on that assumption, but that's where I'm at right now...