Anyone still using a 700 action?

[dennisinaz]

I have two 700 PSS, one with an 18" carbon fiber barrel in 308 that i run suppressed. Another in 6 SLR
I still hunt with my 700 mountain rifle rebarreled to 260AI. I have a short action for .223 awaiting a stock

 

[M118LR]

A funny thing happened when I reduced the small arms locker. 4 of my 5 700's started as MILSPECs, the other was a North American. All of them are Stainless heavy barrels and have aramid fiber stocks with aluminum blocks, and all 3 of the target crowned .308 are bedded. All the ADL's and blued versions got sold off. With the exception of the .223 MILSPEC none of my 700's are practical hunting rifles for a Country Gent of my age. Not to mention that other than the .223 MILSPEC used on P-Dogs in AZ, I don't believe any of the others are Blooded Hunters. It may seem a bit curious that my .223 Milspec had a military 5-25 Steiner mounted on it? But it was available while the swing .308 transits to the Smith. Old folk can use all the glass they can get, especially now that you have to identify what species of P-Dog is inside the glass in AZ. LOL.

 

[Victor3Ranger1]

Guess my small arms locker is pretty Old. I've consolidated my Rem 700's to just 4 .308 Win and 1 .223 Rem. Three of my .308 Win Rem 700's have 24 inch Match Crowned barrels. One for Fort Stewart, One for F-Class, and one in the shop for barrel change etc to swap out with the other two. That leaves a 22 inch barreled AAC Breakout version for general field use, and a .24 inch barreled .223 for P-Dogs in AZ. All of them carry 5R barrels. Anyone else still using the 700?

I sure do

 

[Ricky C]

Hey, first rifle I bought myself was a 700 BDL in 7-08. It was 1981 in Denver CO, I traded in a 99% Rem 1100 12 ga plus cash. Still have it, killed my first moose with it. Almost every load I've put through it has been under MOA, some half that. I have several other 700's and they all shoot well
Take Care

 

[demarpaint]

Hey, first rifle I bought myself was a 700 BDL in 7-08. It was 1981 in Denver CO, I traded in a 99% Rem 1100 12 ga plus cash. Still have it, killed my first moose with it. Almost every load I've put through it has been under MOA, some half that. I have several other 700's and they all shoot well
Take Care

You're bringing back memories. My first 700 was a 30.06 BDL, it was bought for me as a graduation gift in 1976. Long story short, somewhere around 2003 give or take it became a 6.5x284 with a 28" Lilja barrel I used for 1000 yard F-Class. I sold off the take off stock which was still pristine since the rifle wasn't shot much.

 

[M118LR]

You're bringing back memories. My first 700 was a 30.06 BDL, it was bought for me as a graduation gift in 1976. Long story short, somewhere around 2003 give or take it became a 6.5x284 with a 28" Lilja barrel I used for 1000 yard F-Class. I sold off the take off stock which was still pristine since the rifle wasn't shot much.

Always got a 700 Project, that's half the fun.

 

[GSRetrievers]

My only 700 build, 270 turned 338 edge with a broughton 31" barrel and mcm a5. Since then I've only used 700 clones.