Been lurking around, admiring the beautiful rifles of the members of this forum, trying to get ideas for a rifle I'm trying to put together, that right now is in the design stage in my head.
Let me start by saying I'm a Remington 700 guy, been using them since I was a kid, and Remington's have been a staple in our hunting camps for decades. (The first one I used was my Dad's 700 ADL in .270 that he bought 2 months before I was born.)
I currently one two: 700LH BDL in .308, and an SPS AAC Tactical w/16.5" threaded barrel also in .308.
My quandary comes from the fact that Remington does not offer the AAC in a LH model, so I'm left to build what I want.
I figure that if I'm going to do this, I need to do it right. My plan is to use the 700LH as the donor receiver. I've got the stock mostly picked out (either a McMillan A2 or A3-5), bottom metal to take detachable mags, and a Brux barrel threaded for my Lane Scorpion King all-titanium suppressor. Herein lies my gripe. I can't find anything about the different barrel contours other than dimensions. No pictures, and even when I see something I'm not sure what it is I'm looking at. I know the barrel length I want, 20" w/1:10 twist, (to be able to handle 180gr subsonic loads along with anything between 150 and 175 Sierra MatchKings), but without being able to tell the difference between sporter, Palma, Varmint, and M24/40 profiles, I'm left banging my head against the wall.
I'm here to learn, ask questions, and pick the brains of the members here, so please bear with me.
Let me start by saying I'm a Remington 700 guy, been using them since I was a kid, and Remington's have been a staple in our hunting camps for decades. (The first one I used was my Dad's 700 ADL in .270 that he bought 2 months before I was born.)
I currently one two: 700LH BDL in .308, and an SPS AAC Tactical w/16.5" threaded barrel also in .308.
My quandary comes from the fact that Remington does not offer the AAC in a LH model, so I'm left to build what I want.
I figure that if I'm going to do this, I need to do it right. My plan is to use the 700LH as the donor receiver. I've got the stock mostly picked out (either a McMillan A2 or A3-5), bottom metal to take detachable mags, and a Brux barrel threaded for my Lane Scorpion King all-titanium suppressor. Herein lies my gripe. I can't find anything about the different barrel contours other than dimensions. No pictures, and even when I see something I'm not sure what it is I'm looking at. I know the barrel length I want, 20" w/1:10 twist, (to be able to handle 180gr subsonic loads along with anything between 150 and 175 Sierra MatchKings), but without being able to tell the difference between sporter, Palma, Varmint, and M24/40 profiles, I'm left banging my head against the wall.
I'm here to learn, ask questions, and pick the brains of the members here, so please bear with me.
