Howdy,
For the past several months I’ve been lurking around gathering information to implement on my Remington 700 SPS Tactical (.308 Win.) I purchased in 2010. The immediate post-purchase additions included:
-Bushnell Elite 3200 fixed 10X
-Weaver rings
-EGW 0 MOA Picatinny base
-Harris 6”-9” bipod
-Nylon sling
The rifle is zeroed at 200 yards utilizing my preferred handloads: 150gr FMJ-BT at 2600 ft/s using IMR 4895. For about 18 months, I was fairly pleased with the rifle’s form, fit, and function until I really noticed at least one flier per three shots. On average, as long as I was doing my job and ignoring the occasional flier, I was shooting 0.5 – 0.75 MOA. Factoring in the fliers opened it up to about 1 MOA.
With the fliers bothering me and noticing I was reaching for the trigger, I decided the Hogue stock needed to be replaced. An H-S Precision stock replaced the Hogue, and I also lowered the X-Mark Pro trigger weight from 5.5 lbs to roughly 3.5 lbs. After those modifications, I was consistently shooting .6 MOA. The X-Mark trigger was not constant shot-to-shot, so it was replaced today with a Timney, based on reviews from this forum.
Here’s the rifle as it is today:
Hopefully, I’ll get to take it out this weekend and push to 300 yds.
Cheers folks!
For the past several months I’ve been lurking around gathering information to implement on my Remington 700 SPS Tactical (.308 Win.) I purchased in 2010. The immediate post-purchase additions included:
-Bushnell Elite 3200 fixed 10X
-Weaver rings
-EGW 0 MOA Picatinny base
-Harris 6”-9” bipod
-Nylon sling
The rifle is zeroed at 200 yards utilizing my preferred handloads: 150gr FMJ-BT at 2600 ft/s using IMR 4895. For about 18 months, I was fairly pleased with the rifle’s form, fit, and function until I really noticed at least one flier per three shots. On average, as long as I was doing my job and ignoring the occasional flier, I was shooting 0.5 – 0.75 MOA. Factoring in the fliers opened it up to about 1 MOA.
With the fliers bothering me and noticing I was reaching for the trigger, I decided the Hogue stock needed to be replaced. An H-S Precision stock replaced the Hogue, and I also lowered the X-Mark Pro trigger weight from 5.5 lbs to roughly 3.5 lbs. After those modifications, I was consistently shooting .6 MOA. The X-Mark trigger was not constant shot-to-shot, so it was replaced today with a Timney, based on reviews from this forum.
Here’s the rifle as it is today:
Hopefully, I’ll get to take it out this weekend and push to 300 yds.
Cheers folks!