MudRunner2005
Well-Known Member
Most likely the gun isn't to blame......Sounds like a crappy gunsmith issue to me, if you've got $3,800 into a gun and work, and it won't shoot. My smith can get one shooting for under $300....I understand and didn't intend to make a rem vers savage debate or ruffle feathers.
It sucks that I've got 3800$ investment in a guy. That can only shoot 1.5" groups @100 yards and my old ruger that I payed 320$ for it with shoot 3/4" groups and it's had horses roll on it it's been ran over with four wheelers. Lol
And not one gun shop in the TV in idaho will tell me that a NEW rem is better that a savage.
And before they pulled all the 700 from the shelf the ones I've handled had issues that were visible off the wall lime bolts not closing ext.
It's all based off experiences and personal preference.
Now on the other hand my older rem 700sps 25/06 is a tack driver with any and all ammo! And that gun I'll never sell.
I'm not big in to custom guns or getting custom work done to make a gun shoot. I'd like to be but my budget dose not support that habit. So I'm happy with getting a gun out of a box and putting decent optics on it and shooting with my freinds and fam. And that's what it's all about.
I'll probably never shoot a animal out to 1000 yards but I'd sure like to practice until I can't say I can hit a target at that range.
The 700 action itself is NOT to blame 99% of the time, it's mostly the barrel, or something else needing tweaked, like bedding and floating, proper torquing of the action screws (65 in. lbs.), etc... Little things that most people overlook.
If a factory barrel won't shoot after a bore lap, truing & bedding the action & lug, and floating the barrel (shouldn't cost more than $500 TOPS)....It most likely needs a new barrel.