I haven't done much of an introduction of myself so I figured what better way then to do so by showing my long range toys and how I ended up going this route.
I've always been interested in long range but never really had the time. Mostly I've done pistols and irons sight rifle comps several years back.
I had a Rem 700 Sendero .300 WM built years back but it was lacking several features as I was new to long range and this was before the internet had so much info readily available, so basically I went off of what my dealer said not knowing any better. I sold that rifle years ago but decided this last year that I wanted to get back into it.
Starting as cheap as I could with the best I could, I got a Rem 5r Milspec .308 and mounted a Leupold 5-20 MK4 on it. It was a good setup but with the plans I had for it I was almost better off going full custom. So I ended up selling it and had Desert Ordanance build me the rifle with the following specs off a 700 action:
Action was blue printed and bedded into the stock
.308 27" Schneider M40 profile barrel
Pacific Tool bolt knob
Gemtech QD Flash Hider
Stiller Box Magazine
McMillan A5 stock with thumb wheel adjustable cheek piece
Timney trigger at 2lbs
Badger 20moa base
Cerakoted black
American Rifle Company 3rd Gen low mount rings
Vortex 6-24X50 scope EBR-1 MRAD Reticle
While waiting for it I also picked up a used Rem 700 300WM that was in a McMillan A4 stock with a Douglas 26" barrel. Suprisingly nothing else was done to it, so right now it's at Desert Ordnance getting several of the same feature that my .308 has.
The .308 has been shooting great but it's been hell trying to get to shoot it on a day where the winds aren't varying between 4-12mph. It will be nice to have the .300WM back for those days when the weather isn't so good.
And here they are. I'll update the picture of the .300WM when it comes back from the smith but this is what it looked like before it left:
and my .308 built my Desert Ord:
I've always been interested in long range but never really had the time. Mostly I've done pistols and irons sight rifle comps several years back.
I had a Rem 700 Sendero .300 WM built years back but it was lacking several features as I was new to long range and this was before the internet had so much info readily available, so basically I went off of what my dealer said not knowing any better. I sold that rifle years ago but decided this last year that I wanted to get back into it.
Starting as cheap as I could with the best I could, I got a Rem 5r Milspec .308 and mounted a Leupold 5-20 MK4 on it. It was a good setup but with the plans I had for it I was almost better off going full custom. So I ended up selling it and had Desert Ordanance build me the rifle with the following specs off a 700 action:
Action was blue printed and bedded into the stock
.308 27" Schneider M40 profile barrel
Pacific Tool bolt knob
Gemtech QD Flash Hider
Stiller Box Magazine
McMillan A5 stock with thumb wheel adjustable cheek piece
Timney trigger at 2lbs
Badger 20moa base
Cerakoted black
American Rifle Company 3rd Gen low mount rings
Vortex 6-24X50 scope EBR-1 MRAD Reticle
While waiting for it I also picked up a used Rem 700 300WM that was in a McMillan A4 stock with a Douglas 26" barrel. Suprisingly nothing else was done to it, so right now it's at Desert Ordnance getting several of the same feature that my .308 has.
The .308 has been shooting great but it's been hell trying to get to shoot it on a day where the winds aren't varying between 4-12mph. It will be nice to have the .300WM back for those days when the weather isn't so good.
And here they are. I'll update the picture of the .300WM when it comes back from the smith but this is what it looked like before it left:
and my .308 built my Desert Ord:
