Remington 700 SS 5R-MILSPEC

[Fringe]

You can get them at a number of retail places. I saw one recently available here, though I don't know if they still have them in stock:


Rem 700 SS 5R Milspec at Sniper Country PX

Just talked to Scott, great guy, nice to deal with as stated and he just sold out, but is getting a shipment in tomorrow so I jumped. He said they would sell pretty fast and I have no reason to doubt the way things are going. I feel like I have a good start and look forward to kiting this thing out and having a nice relationship with precision shooting!
Thanks!

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

I know I could post this over on Snipers Hide, but I was looking for more of a perspective of a Semi-auto shooter. I live in Colorado now and in the spring I was looking to start shooting some of the tactical bolt action matches around here.

In .308 you can get a SPS Varmit for $550
a 700P for $880
a 5R for $980

For a $100 I'd go with the 5R in a heartbeat. The $400+ for the SPS to 5R is a bit more daunting. What is the thought process in choosing between buying a SPS and shooting the crap out of it, and rebarreling and tuning/truing it after a barrel is shot out, versus buying the 5R? I guess to really shoot the SPS you would need a new stock and a trigger job, while the 5R is GTG?

CCFP, did you consider any of the lower models?

[Fringe]

From what I have read, the 5R is about as good as a 700 gets to being one of the most accurate out of the box bolt guns out there without spending 3K+. This made the decision easy for me. Also, Remington makes only about 400-500 a year and again, from what I understand, they go pretty fast. The nice fellow I ordered from was out of stock, but was getting more today and said I could not have called at a better time to secure this specific gun. I am sorting out optics currently and hope to have that soon too, but I want to do this right the first time as well. I just figured the 5R was a no-brainer for a first time bolt gun.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

I was at Jensen Arms today and they had one. Nice rifle, the stock is pretty good, and it was at a pretty good price. Balances nicely, not heavy not light. Nice trigger. I thought I was going ot have to arm wrestle another guy for it. Didn't buy it, because then I'd have to buy a scope, and an AICS stock, reloading equipement, bipod.....

I think what saved me was they were so busy that you had to wait 45 minutes to fil out a 4473, and I had to get back to work.

A 5R and the new F1 Nightforce scope would be pretty cool.

The Stainless looked more like galvinizing to me. It was low sheen, and didn't look like stainless, kind of like a poured on surface. Probably have it painted anyway, helps the barrel cool faster.

[CCFP]

I know I could post this over on Snipers Hide, but I was looking for more of a perspective of a Semi-auto shooter. I live in Colorado now and in the spring I was looking to start shooting some of the tactical bolt action matches around here.

In .308 you can get a SPS Varmit for $550
a 700P for $880
a 5R for $980

For a $100 I'd go with the 5R in a heartbeat. The $400+ for the SPS to 5R is a bit more daunting. What is the thought process in choosing between buying a SPS and shooting the crap out of it, and rebarreling and tuning/truing it after a barrel is shot out, versus buying the 5R? I guess to really shoot the SPS you would need a new stock and a trigger job, while the 5R is GTG?

CCFP, did you consider any of the lower models?

No not really. I did handle a few less costly pieces at one of my local shops, but they didn't interest me too much. I don't have too much self control when I'm toy shopping. If I bought something that didn't seem a little bit special to me, I'd likely go out in just a few months and dump >3k on a silly replacement. I should be happy with this for a few years once it's all set up. I'm about to spend >1k on a scope. Where does it all end? At least when I die, I'll leave my boys some great stuff. :-)

[Toten Kopf]

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[POF.Ops]

Here are some short reviews of the 5R. As others have found they are out there if you are looking for one. I don't have direct experience with the 5R but if I was in the market for a production precision rifle in this price range I'd be looking at the 5R and the Savage .308 10FCP McMillan. Top it with the new Nightforce F1 FFP and you'll be GTG. I've been spending most of my time over on Sniper's Hide since I found my GAP and S&B over there. Just about all range time has been dedicated to the GAP lately.

http://www.tobystactical.com/

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Here are some short reviews of the 5R. As others have found they are out there if you are looking for one. I don't have direct experience with the 5R but if I was in the market for a production precision rifle in this price range I'd be looking at the 5R and the Savage .308 10FCP McMillan. Top it with the new Nightforce F1 FFP and you'll be GTG. I've been spending most of my time over on Sniper's Hide since I found my GAP and S&B over there. Just about all range time has been dedicated to the GAP lately.

http://www.tobystactical.com/

Great link. Those F1's are finally out! The problem with a $2400 Nightforce is that I might as well spend $2800 for a Premier scope. If I'm going to spend $2800, I might as well get a S&B for $3200.

[Damascus]

In .308 you can get a SPS Varmit for $550
a 700P for $880
a 5R for $980

For a $100 I'd go with the 5R in a heartbeat. The $400+ for the SPS to 5R is a bit more daunting. What is the thought process in choosing between buying a SPS and shooting the crap out of it, and rebarreling and tuning/truing it after a barrel is shot out, versus buying the 5R? I guess to really shoot the SPS you would need a new stock and a trigger job, while the 5R is GTG?

Last year I was in this dilemma, couldn't decide between a 700 SPS-V and a 700P. Since I didn't like the shape of the 700P's H-S Precision stock, I decided on the SPS-V so I could choose the stock I wanted. After I got my 700 SPS-V, I learned something very very interesting - the 700SPS-V/T rifles use the exact same barreled actions that are used on the 700P/PSS/etc. series rifles. So, I got mine, tweaked the trigger a bit, then put a Bell&Carlson Tactical A5 stock on it (check them out here, best stocks out there for the money, all the adjustment of the H-S and McMillan stocks, with alloy bedding blocks, for half the price!) http://www.stockysstocks.com/servlet...cal/Categories
Right out of the box my rifle shot about 0.58 MOA - and just by trashing that factory stock and bolting it into the A5, average accuracy shrunk down to 0.410 MOA (average of ten 5 shot groups @ 100 yards, locked in benchrest, 168gr. SMK handloads). In my opinion, the SPS V and T rifles are the best kept secret out there.

[ProMed]

Found one of the 700 SS 5R-Milspecs for $860. Is that a good deal? I'm looking for something for long distance target fun and occasional deer hunting.