Re: Remington mod 700 LTR 308
LTR's are great rifles. They are accurate, for the most part, and are about as light as one can go, and still have a tactical style rifle from the factory.
I shot an LTR for a three years, liked it, and then turned it into something it was not. Constantly improving and mindless customization is a illness, for which there is no known cure.
My LTR became like a Perry Mason case, I called it : "The Sad Case of the Overweight, Lightweight".
I don't have pictures of every stage of the LTR's evolution, but just peering at a few you will get the point:
I don't have any early pictures of my bone stock LTR, with a Falcon Menace fixed 10x42mm. But I was not happy with the short stubby fore-end of the factory LTR stock, and I wanted to try a FFP Mil/MIL scope:
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm268/Shadowbobski/DSCF1110.jpg
So I opted for an SS 3-9x42mm, and a longer H-S Precision stock, and shot it for a bit.
Not content with only 9x, and feeling held back by a fixed box mag, I went to the next step:
Although the changes seemed small, the weight they added was not. I dropped the 19 oz SS 3-9x42mm for a 29 oz IOR 3-18x44mm, I exchanged the 4 oz steel Burris Z Rings for 8 oz 35mm Steel TPS rings, and dropped the svelte factory alloy floorplate for an H-S Precision DBM one made of SS steel, complete with 10 round Stainless steel mags. Oh, and I traded out my small Triad stock pack for the new larger one.
In it's final guise the ole LTR was nothing like it was when it was built by the boys from Llion:
Through the magic of the Internet, and unrestrained shopping, I somehow managed to turn a sleek factory neeked 7.5 Lb rifle into a 16 lb behemoth.
The pieces were good kit. They worked well together, what did not work was me.
It did shoot better, from the prone, but worse from every other position. It did not fit me, it was a pain to carry and I hated it.
I finally parted the whole mess out, managed to not lose my shirt in the process. And stared over again.....
I did learn from my mistakes, and I am better for it; or at least happier......
Good luck with your LTR purchase.
Bob