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Remington 700 Sendero?

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I was curious to what the opinions are on the remington 700 sendero. I was looking at the 7mm rem mag and it would be used for hunting and some target shooting behind the house out to about 700 yds. Not worried about the weight that is not really a concern at this time. Thanks for any advice on this rifle.
 
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I had one(7mag)for several years. It shot .5 moa-.7moa with handloads. For a hunting rifle I think it would be a solid choice. I used mine for coyote work with a 100gr hornady. It gave spectacular terminal performance. It could push the 100gr bullets just under 3700fps. I always loaded to the book oal so more accuracy could be had if the magazine would allow a longer oal(over all length). I didn't have the tools at that time to achieve better reloads.
 
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I have one in 300WM. I don't shoot groups often but during load development the ones I chose were in the 0.4-0.7in range consistently. This is with 200SMK and ABs. Surprisingly 110gr Vmax's a mile off the lands shoot 0.7-0.8in consistently.

I've shot all sorts of big game with the rifle out to 700 yds. It's never let me down. I'm not a fan of the factory trigger (this one had the old style), but a Kepplinger set trigger fixed that.
 
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I have a 7mm RM Sendero (HS Precision, black park?, non-fluted) and it's a great rifle. Shoots sub-MOA with WalMart Federal.

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I have 2 Senderos. A 300 WM and a 7mm Rem Mag. and both are great shooters. I handload and use them for target and hunting. For the price they are a steal in my humble opinion. Put a break on it if you can it helps.
 
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I bought the Sendero II, chambered in the 300rum. What a rifle. It shoots bug holes as long as I do my part. I had a brake installed, badger bolt, bedded and trigger adjusted to 1.5 lbs. I would love to buy a second. I was wanting the 300wm but no one had it in stock. I went the 300rum only because of bullet choice. The barrel life will be longer with the 7mm I think.
 
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I got my 7mm when they first came out in the early 90's the barrel is marked Sendero "Special", I put the stock on it and adjusted the factory trigger, it shoots nice.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: furtaker_.223</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I bought the Sendero II, chambered in the 300rum. What a rifle. It shoots bug holes as long as I do my part. I had a brake installed, badger bolt, bedded and trigger adjusted to 1.5 lbs. I would love to buy a second. I was wanting the 300wm but no one had it in stock. I went the 300rum only because of bullet choice. The barrel life will be longer with the 7mm I think.</div></div>

Who did this for you? Pics?
 
Re: Remington 700 Sendero?

You can't go wrong with the Sendero in 7mm. I've had mine since 98' and absolutely love it. Easily a .5 moa rifle with handloads. Factory Hornady heavy magnum rounds before I reloaded was .7-.9. Making consistent hits at 700yds shouldn't be a problem for the rifle.
 
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Just bought a sendero II 300 rum and love it so far. I don't really have a lot of experience in long range shooting but do know a little, mostly I bought it for hunting. My rifle shoots .5 or slightly better at 100 meters with remington scirocco factory loads and everything else is stock for now, haven't had a chance to work up any handloads yet. The rifle is heavy but that's the way I wanted it, everything about this rifle is awsome so far. I don't think anybody can go wrong with one of these rifles.


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Re: Remington 700 Sendero?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mikeylikesit</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: furtaker_.223</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I bought the Sendero II, chambered in the 300rum. What a rifle. It shoots bug holes as long as I do my part. I had a brake installed, badger bolt, bedded and trigger adjusted to 1.5 lbs. I would love to buy a second. I was wanting the 300wm but no one had it in stock. I went the 300rum only because of bullet choice. The barrel life will be longer with the 7mm I think.</div></div>

Who did this for you? Pics?</div></div>

Here is a few pics for ya, I had my smith in Silex MO. do the work for me.
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The break really tamed down the recoil. I would like to knock off the butt pad and mix up some epoxy resin and add about 2 lbs. of lead shot just to get a tad more weight. I would like to get a load up for some 220g SMK's

Remington glues on the recoil pads for some reason. A bitch to take off. I read up on it and they say to put the stock in a freezer for 6-8 hours then take a blunt chisel on the hard plastic of the pad and with a hammer give it a blow, should pop off.
 
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I guess I'm odd man out on two accounts. The first one being mine is not a 7 mag or 300. It is chambered in 25-06 and it won't shoot a group regardless of the ammo. Love the gun but I can't really finacially justify pouring more money into a Remington hunting rifle. Just my 2 cents....
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kill Box ALPHA</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I guess I'm odd man out on two accounts. The first one being mine is not a 7 mag or 300. It is chambered in 25-06 and it won't shoot a group regardless of the ammo. Love the gun but I can't really finacially justify pouring more money into a Remington hunting rifle. Just my 2 cents....</div></div>

Are you hand loading? If not, you should try. in a 25-06 that should be a real shooter.