Well boys I got addicted to this site and now I am an official owner operator of the above mentioned rifle. In this post I'll tell you about what I have on the Rifle, how it shot the first day out, and where im going with it.
So here it is.
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Remington 700 .308 tacitcal
harris bi pod
ken farrell base( i have his rings to ill explain later)
leupold 1inch rings
vortex crossfire 2.5x10-50 illuminated scope
butler creek caps
Overall I thought the gun shot really well out of the box. My break in was down by shooting 1 and cleaning it through the first 5. then I shot and cleaned for the remainder of the first box and after the first box I hardly had any copper fouling at all so I switched to shooting 5 and then clean it for the second box and the third box I shot ten then cleaned. I have 60 rounds down the tube total.
All shots fired at 100 yards
this was the first three shots that came out(not too bad)
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this was by far my best group of the day at just about an inch
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this is what most of the groups looked like(about an inch and a half)
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and this is a six shot group that I pushed two flyers way outside from being too exciting about how the new gun was shooting
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So for a first day out with the new gun and with my limited long gun experience it was quite productive. Just so you know I shot two boxes of black hills match in 168 grain and then finished with a box of the highly regarded federal gold match in 168 grain and next time out i will try 175's of both brands. Just so you know I didnt see big difference between the black hills and the federal.
So on to the project part.
I currently have on order a all black Mcmillan HTG stock and a Bartlein #8 with 1x11.25 5r rifling with 6 flutes that will be finished at 20". I just got in the mail my badger detachable bottom metal. When I get all my parts in I will send this whole thing off to William at Louisianna presicion for him to work his magic through the assembly process. At the same time I will be odering a USO ST-10 fixed ten power scope which I will put on with the Ken Farrell Rings I have.
So let me know what you think. Any advise? and simalar experiences?
So here it is.
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Remington 700 .308 tacitcal
harris bi pod
ken farrell base( i have his rings to ill explain later)
leupold 1inch rings
vortex crossfire 2.5x10-50 illuminated scope
butler creek caps
Overall I thought the gun shot really well out of the box. My break in was down by shooting 1 and cleaning it through the first 5. then I shot and cleaned for the remainder of the first box and after the first box I hardly had any copper fouling at all so I switched to shooting 5 and then clean it for the second box and the third box I shot ten then cleaned. I have 60 rounds down the tube total.
All shots fired at 100 yards
this was the first three shots that came out(not too bad)
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this was by far my best group of the day at just about an inch
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this is what most of the groups looked like(about an inch and a half)
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and this is a six shot group that I pushed two flyers way outside from being too exciting about how the new gun was shooting
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So for a first day out with the new gun and with my limited long gun experience it was quite productive. Just so you know I shot two boxes of black hills match in 168 grain and then finished with a box of the highly regarded federal gold match in 168 grain and next time out i will try 175's of both brands. Just so you know I didnt see big difference between the black hills and the federal.
So on to the project part.
I currently have on order a all black Mcmillan HTG stock and a Bartlein #8 with 1x11.25 5r rifling with 6 flutes that will be finished at 20". I just got in the mail my badger detachable bottom metal. When I get all my parts in I will send this whole thing off to William at Louisianna presicion for him to work his magic through the assembly process. At the same time I will be odering a USO ST-10 fixed ten power scope which I will put on with the Ken Farrell Rings I have.
So let me know what you think. Any advise? and simalar experiences?