Hello Gents,
This is my first post on this forum. I've played around with long-range shooting on and off over the last 7 or so years. I began in college with a used 700 Varmint that had some work done to it, but I sold it (poor college kid). I've since graduated, gotten married, and have a "real" job now. The first firearm I purchased since then was a Rem 700 SPS Tac.
Here's Mine:
Rem 700 SPS Tac
Steel Bedded in HS LTR Stock
Nightforce 20 MOA Base
Nightforce Rings
Leupold LRT M3 3.5-10x40 Mil-Dot/308M cam
Badger Knob
Harris Bipod
Turner Sling
Added since pic - B.A.L.S. Stock Pack w/Sandbag - cool piece of kit, mobile sandbag!
Black Hills 175GR
100yds - 2 rnds @ top of Dot to confirm zero, 5 rnds @ bottom for zero (after adjustment, gotta love full MOA Elevation)
600yds/2" Dot: First 3 shots at 600 just by dialing the cam and pulling the trigger. Not bad, about a 2.75" spread. There was just a little wind that day. It showed up more when I went out to 700. The range I shoot at has trees on either side of the shooting lane until about 500, but then opens up, so you don't feel the wind from the shooting position, but it's there further out, so reading mirage becomes important.
Now I feel that I need to upgrade the trigger to something better. What is the general consensus on the Xmark trigger? The adjustment screw doesn't seem to change much, and it bugs me. What is a good, solid trigger to put in this rifle? How hard is a 700 trigger to change? (I've built several AR's from the ground up including barrels/rails. Is it more involved than that?)
Thanks, and I look forward to learning here!
This is my first post on this forum. I've played around with long-range shooting on and off over the last 7 or so years. I began in college with a used 700 Varmint that had some work done to it, but I sold it (poor college kid). I've since graduated, gotten married, and have a "real" job now. The first firearm I purchased since then was a Rem 700 SPS Tac.
Here's Mine:
Rem 700 SPS Tac
Steel Bedded in HS LTR Stock
Nightforce 20 MOA Base
Nightforce Rings
Leupold LRT M3 3.5-10x40 Mil-Dot/308M cam
Badger Knob
Harris Bipod
Turner Sling
Added since pic - B.A.L.S. Stock Pack w/Sandbag - cool piece of kit, mobile sandbag!
Black Hills 175GR
100yds - 2 rnds @ top of Dot to confirm zero, 5 rnds @ bottom for zero (after adjustment, gotta love full MOA Elevation)
600yds/2" Dot: First 3 shots at 600 just by dialing the cam and pulling the trigger. Not bad, about a 2.75" spread. There was just a little wind that day. It showed up more when I went out to 700. The range I shoot at has trees on either side of the shooting lane until about 500, but then opens up, so you don't feel the wind from the shooting position, but it's there further out, so reading mirage becomes important.
Now I feel that I need to upgrade the trigger to something better. What is the general consensus on the Xmark trigger? The adjustment screw doesn't seem to change much, and it bugs me. What is a good, solid trigger to put in this rifle? How hard is a 700 trigger to change? (I've built several AR's from the ground up including barrels/rails. Is it more involved than that?)
Thanks, and I look forward to learning here!