Love my 6.5 Tikka. My 308/ 700 barrel needs replaced. Sell the Rem and buy a Tikka, or just rebarrel it and put in a chassis.
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Rem 700 or Tikka Tac
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If you were starting from scratch, I'd say Tikka all the way... but since you already have the R700, I'd say do a Remage/Bugnut barrel and go from there.
I have been hearing bad about the 700. I was just wondering if I should get a new Tikka or rebuild the Rem.
Hearing bad? Don't let the haters get to you.
You have both. You know both. Come to your own conclusion.
Remage will be a cheap and easy way to get your 700 going again.
well its simple math. You can have 2 tikkas or 1 tikka. I think we all know what the correct choice would be.
Just me..... I'd take this as an opportunity to elevate my equipment beyond what I currently have. Take this chance and have the rem action gone over, trued, blueprinted etc.... then but you a trigger tech trigger for it, a krieger or bartlein barrel in whatever flavor you wish. Get you a manners stock and rock that beast.
Tikka is a phenomenal rifle for the money and to be off the shelf. I see this as an opportunity for a project to go above and beyond.
Tikka is a phenomenal rifle for the money and to be off the shelf. I see this as an opportunity for a project to go above and beyond.
Thanks that is the answer I was looking for. I was wondering if blue printing would put the 700 on equal terms with the Tikka.
I would 100% stick with the rem700 and do a remage build. The reason being that virtually every aftermarket company supports the footprint, from stocks/chassis to custom actions. You could build the perfect rifle, tailored specifically for you, piece by piece.
This. Since you already have the 700, installing a premium barrel along with your choice of aftermarket trigger and stock/chassis would make it a hell of a good shooter.
is there a reason you wouldn't want to do a custom? not that you couldn't true/BP the rem since you already bought it, but that $500 is pretty damn close to an APR2 or Origin and if you're already getting a new barrel. let's you stick with R700 platform but it a better investment in the long run. you wont ever get a dime out of the work that does into a R700.
I would work over the 700. Spec it to your liking, and enjoy the process. You got a ton of aftermarket options with that 700. Just a really fun action to work around.
I guess therein lies the rub. I certainly don't think there's any reason to ditch the 700 if it's been good for you, but I would take a look at how much money you're going to dump into it. My personal feeling is that if you have to spend a lot of money just to get it "on equal terms" with the Tikka then why not just start with a Tikka? Sell the 700 and you're part way there. On the other hand, if the 700 shoots fine and you're looking for external mods (chassis, etc) that's a different story.
FYI, Eurooptic has some crazy sales going on right now for Sako 85s and A7s. I don't know they do it, they are constantly selling top tier stuff for 40-50% off. Scopes, too.
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How many times did the 700 fail on you? How did it shoot 5-6 moa? I just guess everyone loves to hate a 700 and I just don't get it?
Its not a matter of hating Remington, its just that both rifles out of the box, the Tikka has very tight tolerances which can be qualified visually and with standard go no-go gauges. I have several of both with one Remington worked over by LRI. It shoots dead on, but good money was invested to do so. Now the Remmys from the 1990s and earlier were darn good rifles, but those days are gone. Id just buy another Tikka and put the rest of the money into a new stock or chassis.
Ship your 700 here and have an amazing tikka and an amazing 700 https://www.longriflesinc.com/products/group-buy-remington-m700-accurizing-barreling-coating-service
Definitely do up the 700. Most custom actions out there will be compatible with the 700 stock and triggers so if you ever decide to upgrade your action you wont have to buy everything all over again
If your 700 is accurate already, wouldnt putting an even better barrel on it most likely increse accuracy. costing you only a barrel. $500
Blueprinting will take it a step further cost of blueprint $300, Cost of barrel $500 , and cost of gunsmith to turn the barrel for your action $300 (+/-). You loose the option of future prefit remage type barrels.
Blueprinting will take it a step further cost of blueprint $300, Cost of barrel $500 , and cost of gunsmith to turn the barrel for your action $300 (+/-). You loose the option of future prefit remage type barrels.
Thanks a bunch. A number of options here and they all are great. I just need to pick one
If it was me I would remage the 700, throw a Trigger Tech in it , and roll with it.. How much better is it really gonna shoot getting it worked over?? I’ve spent too much money on getting 700’s worked over and I’m done with it
Or another option instead of blueprinting your 700 is sell it and put the money toward something like a bighorn origin or defiance tenacity https://defiancemachine.com/actions/tenacity/
Since your replacing the barrel anyway.
the money that would have went to blueprint plus cost to cut the barrel. Probably around $600, if you sold your action for $300 your at the cost of a brand new shiny custom action that takes prefit barrels.
It seems like how much it helps depends on how much out of spec it was to begin with, which you don't know unless you have it blueprinted. So yeah it varies per action.
Budget option, get a remage barrel from NSS. Other option, bolt together a custom with a prefit barrel and chassis. With all the budget actions available it doesn't make sense to true a factory action. If you already have the action and want to screw a high quality barrel onto the 700 action, that can be done very inexpensively, but I wouldn't spend the money to get it trued. Also, unless you get a Tikka donor action for dirt cheap, it doesn't save enough money to justify it over a low price custom action in my opinion. The cost of barrels, bullets, powder, match fees, etc all add up way faster than the cost of an action, chassis, or scope that you can use for years. If you're considering spending a considerable amount of money I'd get what you want. That way you won't regret dumping a bunch of money into a 700 or Tikka only to want something else later.
I've been contemplating this myself. I was considering purchasing a high end remage, screwing it on and seeing how it shoots. If it shoots sub MOA consistently then proceed with the build, if not send it out for blueprinting. At least I could potentially save myself the cost of the blueprinting.
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