Which Remington 700 .308?
11-12-2013, 10:29 AM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,780
My suggestion is to buy a used one in good shape. Make sure it is at least 5-7 years old. The problem with the new Model 700s is that they are using the same eqpt and over the course of several decades and millions of rifles made, the tolerences on the tooling eqpt is beginning to slide.
However, I do not agree with the above statement about the new production Remington 700. I see no measurable difference between the new production and the older production rifles. I have new ones and I have old ones. Lots of other fellows in my BR club shoot new 700 rifles and nobody that I know sees any difference in the aggregates. These are not just a bunch of guys that shoot the occasional 3 shot group as most of them are benchrest guys. The 700's are not their competition bench rifles, but rather rifles that they shoot more casually or for hunting.
11-12-2013, 12:35 PM
#13
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 749
It depends on what type of hunting your doing you should look at the varmint versions with 26" barrels. If you watching fields that extra weight of the rifle should not mater but the 26" Hevy barrel will help with longer shots.
Last edited by Bbj270; 11-12-2013 at 03:56 PM.
11-16-2013, 10:30 AM
#15
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Slippery Rock, Pa.
Posts: 393
Not sure how you came to that conclusion...That's like saying you put a million miles on your car but never changed tires on it or brakes on it or put gas in the tank the whole time. The machines used to make them would have to be replaced themselves in that 50 yrs of production, several times considering the millions of rifles made. Don't forget the 700 is just a "updated" 721 & 722 rifle, so add them rifles to the count too.
