How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

[bjohnson87]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

i might get another barrel sometime in the future i have already made the reloading plunge i purchased the lee breech lock kit i love it serves me very well im building this gun exactly the way i want it its the most economical thing to shoot i have a savage 110 in 30-06 im building next that will handle all the long range stuff people can say what they want about an 30-06 i do everything on a budget an 06 with the right hand load is capable of 1000 yds + all day and as far as a scope im gonna go with the vortex viper 6-20x50 on both the 223 and 30-06

 

[nonnieselman]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

I do agree with the above mentioned.. I started handloading for my Factor Rem 700 .270 and my groups shrank dramatically!
.6moa at 600yds and 1.2moa at 1000.
Factory R700 SPS with just adjusted trigger.

 

[bjohnson87]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

Yea my main prob is the shitty BSA you cant shoot what you cant see its all i have for the time being until i have the 400 to 500 for the vortex ,the bsa might be an ok scope for a weekend hunter but shooting paper it might as well be used for a target itself its blurry one min then halfway clear the next ha

 

[stefan73]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

What is the weight of that stock and how do you like it???

It looks really good! I just want to know how it performs since that might be another option for me.

 

[Captain Kirk]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

I have a factory Rem PSS that shot ok but not great, it was a MOA rifle. I decided to try a few easy accuracy enhancements, I started with bedding the action with Marine Tex. Next, I lapped the lugs, only one lug was making contact, took about 5 minutes with 400 grit lapping compound to get both lugs to engage evenly. Next, I polished the trigger surfaces. I figure It cost me a total of $12 for the Marine Tex ,the rest was just my time, the rifle now shoots between 1/2-3/4 moa

Kirk R

 

[RicosRevenge]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

Paint makes everything shoot better...

 

[Carlos0311B4]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: wnroscoe</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bjohnson87</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks Roscoe i ordered a Bell and Carlson Medalist A2 is that a pretty good stock </div></div>

McMillan or bust </div></div>

I had a Mc A2 and loved it. But I don't know if it's Mc or bust. Manners seems to be making a geat stock also.

 

[bjohnson87]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

The B&C medalist A2 weighs bout 3lbs i love it i just got back from the range its so much more comfortable and feels a whole lot more stable seems like i need to bed it now with devcon i heard was good here it is again my plans are the vortex viper, and a jewell trigger and flute the bolt and badger bolt knob

 

[justintimesc]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

I have the same gun you do. I laped the lugs and developed a load for it. It's now shooting about .314 at 100yds. Get some vn133 and try it my gun really likes it. Hows the stock I have been looking at getting one but don't really know if it would improve anything. I'm also in SC only about 45 mins away from greenville.

 

[bjohnson87]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

Hey bud the stock actually helped alot it feels more stable and its way better quality that the rubberized hogue where have you been shooting at

 

[justintimesc]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

I been shooting at my clubs range only goes out to 100yds tho. I been looking for somewhere thats a little farther. What kinda groups are you getting now? Do you think the stock helped shrink the group size?

 

[callen3615]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: justintimesc</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I been shooting at my clubs range only goes out to 100yds tho. I been looking for somewhere thats a little farther. What kinda groups are you getting now? Do you think the stock helped shrink the group size? </div></div>

The b&c will be free floated. The hogue stock isnt.

 

[bjohnson87]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

YEA GROUP SIZE DEF DECREASED IN SIZE THE ONLY PROB IM HAVING IS OPTIC IM SAVING FOR A SCOPE NOW BUT YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES ITS SHOOTING LESS THAN MOA NOW WHICH IS VERY GOOD CONSIDERING ITS A SHITTY BSA THATS ON IT HA THIS IS AT A LITTLE OVER 225 YARDS WITH A 55GR HORNADY FMJBT VARGET POWDER, AND REMINGTON 7 1/2 PRIMERS ITS A 8X11 PIECE OF COMPUTER PAPER WITH ONE INCH STICKY DOTS PRETTY GOOD CONSIDERING THE BLURRY OPTICAL ILLUSION U GET FROM THE BSA

 

[bjohnson87]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

NOT THE BEST SHOOTING IN THE WORLD BUT IM WORKIN ON IT PRACTICE

 

[flyboy]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bjohnson87</div><div class="ubbcode-body">NOT THE BEST SHOOTING IN THE WORLD BUT IM WORKIN ON IT PRACTICE </div></div>

Don't knock yourself to much. A couple of those are bordering on .5 MOA if not alittle better.

 

[Texar2]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

Lot of people will rag on the hs but i love mine. i take mine in and out of the stock with no change in poi. no bedding required.

 

[callen3615]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bjohnson87</div><div class="ubbcode-body">NOT THE BEST SHOOTING IN THE WORLD BUT IM WORKIN ON IT PRACTICE </div></div>

A couple of those last groups are quite good by my standards. I am relatively new to this, the best groups I have ever shot were around .4 moa and probably luck. If I can keep a group under 3/4th moa im pretty happy, but I strive for better.

 

[bjohnson87]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

yea there not bad those were shot off a bipod on a bench i can do better shootin with sandbags so i was pretty happy considering that u can really see what the gun is capable of when shooting off a stable platform

 

[justintimesc]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

Those groups look pretty good. Where are you shooting that has a range that far? I wanna try some varget haven't found any yet though. Have you shot any sierra bullet in yours yet? Here's a group from mine with 24gr of N133, it seems to like the n133 best so far. The one on the left is the same powder but different oal.Dots are 3/4 of inch.

 

[bjohnson87]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

yea looks good bro there is a store here in town that has everthing varget, imr, hodgton, alliant, everything and yes seirra's are sick dude try some 69gr matchking HPBT they are very accurate also try the hornady A MAX there is a range here that is 100 but my buddys farm can shoot to an easy 1200 to 1400

 

[justintimesc]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

i tried the 69 gr sierras but didn't do as good as the 52 gr. What powder are you loading them with? you think the hornady bullet is better than the sierra?

 

[bjohnson87]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

im loading my 52gr sierras with 26gr of varget, or IMR 4895 works well too i dont prefer one over the other really i like the a max bullet by hornady really seems to perform, but so does the sierra so its tit for tat really

 

[bjohnson87]

Re: How to improve Remington 700 Accuracy

the varget velocity at 26gr is around 3380, imr 4895 at 25.5 is around 3150 hope this helps