JJMoody
Well-Known Member
Buy a Savage....if the barrel wont do .5MOA spend $300 more and it will.[/QUOTE]
It'll shoot, but the things are soooo ugly......but it'll shoot?
It'll shoot, but the things are soooo ugly......but it'll shoot?
I have to laugh at this. Any time there's a mention of Weatherby rifles you get Mudrunner spouting off about his "REALLY bad experience", in which he bought a rifle that was not very accurate. So he got a lemon, big freakin deal. Every company cranks out a lemon occasionally (I personally got a lemon from Cooper, but it doesn't mean their rifles suck). Weatherby rifles are significantly higher quality than the Remington SPS. I will admit that the heavy barreled Rems like the Sendero and 5Rs are a step up in quality, but those are also much heavier than the 2 guns being considered here, and double the price of the SPS. If the OP is asking about 7 lb guns I don't see much point in recommending a 9 lb gun.
The Weatherby will come with a high quality stock, very precise chamber, and a trigger that's crisp and easily tuned. The SPS gives you a plastic stock, sloppy chamber, and a trigger you'll probably want to replace. The barrel on the Wby is hand-lapped so you won't have to worry about fouling like you do on the cheap Remingtons. The Weatherby has an accuracy guarantee. These are both factory rifles but they are on opposite ends of the spectrum.
I have nothing against factory Remingtons. I own a Model Seven that I really like, but I understand it's limitations. When it shoots sub-moa I'm pleasantly surprised. With some bullets it won't shoot sub-moa and that's just life with a factory Remington. My 700 LSS performed exactly the same way until I had a decent barrel put on it.
If the goal is to reliably put 5 shots into 5" at 500 yards I think you'll need some luck to do it with the SPS. Some of them shoot well and others don't. They take more effort to find good loads for. With the Weatherby I would be confident the goal could be reached without too much effort.
While I do like Weatherby rifles I think they are a bit overpriced if you pay retail. They have a better fit and finish than the $1200 Remington heavy barreled guns, and a much better trigger, which for me puts them at about a $1600 gun.
If you drop the coin on a Weatherby you won't regret it. Look at both rifles in person if you get a chance and the differences will be pretty obvious.
The op didn't say 7lb gun, and didn't specify what model of gun. He said Remington vs. Weatherby.
Sorry predator not trying to bicker but he did specify what model, it's in the very thread title itself. Not trying to take up for anyone either but, given the two models mentioned, I can see how a light gun assumption was made.
Enjoyed the rest of your post, lots of merit to it.
Spend a little bit more and get a 700 action, buy a barrel and have it fitted and a stock of your choice (used in the classifieds here to save $$) and for $1000-$1200 have a gun that has a very good chance if not a certainty to out shoot all the above mentioned rifles
Here's what my semi-custom Rem 700 cost:If you are considering spending that kind of money you should definitely be building a rifle.
Exactly how I feel about Savage! They do seem to shoot well but they feel so cheap and nasty when I pick one up. I can't bring myself to own one.It'll shoot, but the things are soooo ugly......but it'll shoot?
The challenge with these sorts of threads is that:
1) we loose the original poster with the first page or two. Our rhetoric about what is good, what is bad and the negativity of those who feel burned turns them away.
2) in our blindness (not everyone), we fail to provide factual information about how each firearm is constructed, what materials are used, what standards the company believes in.
Focus on helping the requester.
OP is still around!
The assumption is correct; I am wanting a 7lb gun. This gun will be used on hunts that will require me to do a great deal of walking. Also, while I would love nothing more than to build a rifle and go through the trial and error, I currently do not have the time.
Specs say the barrel is 28" long!