I've been waiting on the SPS Tactical .308 to go on sale at one of the shops around here for a while now. I figured it would be a relatively cheap way to get into the LR shooting hobby. I got a card in the mail from Cabelas a couple of weeks ago to get a $150 gift card activated if you spend $500 or more, so it seemed like as good a deal as I was going to find. Got the rifle for $599 + tax and then got a 'free' $150 gift card and used it to get some cleaning stuff, bipod, and other random odds and ends that I needed but didn't want to spend the money on before.
So, here it is.
Rem 700 SPS Tactical .308
Vortex Viper 6.5-20X44 PA w/ BDC reticle
EGW 20 MOA rail
Burris XTR 30mm Low Rings
Caldwell 6-9" pivot bipod...I intended to get the Harris bipod, but I checked out both the Caldwell bipod and the Harris 6-9" pivot, leg notch bipod at the same time. They look almost identical, and they were both wobbly in the same spots...when it came down to it, I couldn't find $50 worth of difference between the two.
I shot a box of Black Hills 168 gr. AMAX and a box of Black Hills 175 gr. SMK's getting sighted in and getting a feel for the rifle. Then I settled in and shot my OCW loads that I loaded. I did a set with both 168 and 175 SMK's. Here's the targets...rounds 60-82 through the rifle.
I think for the 175's I'm going to load some between loads 5, 6, and 7 in finer increments now. For the 168's I'm thinking between 5 through 8.
Overall I'm pretty pleased with the rifle. I definitely need to get a adjustable cheek piece for it though, since I have more of a chin weld at the moment. After I pay off some bills a B&C stock is on the list, which should help out quite a bit too.
So, here it is.
Rem 700 SPS Tactical .308
Vortex Viper 6.5-20X44 PA w/ BDC reticle
EGW 20 MOA rail
Burris XTR 30mm Low Rings
Caldwell 6-9" pivot bipod...I intended to get the Harris bipod, but I checked out both the Caldwell bipod and the Harris 6-9" pivot, leg notch bipod at the same time. They look almost identical, and they were both wobbly in the same spots...when it came down to it, I couldn't find $50 worth of difference between the two.
I shot a box of Black Hills 168 gr. AMAX and a box of Black Hills 175 gr. SMK's getting sighted in and getting a feel for the rifle. Then I settled in and shot my OCW loads that I loaded. I did a set with both 168 and 175 SMK's. Here's the targets...rounds 60-82 through the rifle.
I think for the 175's I'm going to load some between loads 5, 6, and 7 in finer increments now. For the 168's I'm thinking between 5 through 8.
Overall I'm pretty pleased with the rifle. I definitely need to get a adjustable cheek piece for it though, since I have more of a chin weld at the moment. After I pay off some bills a B&C stock is on the list, which should help out quite a bit too.
