rem 700

[white eagle]

got my first remington rifle today a model 700 in 222 rem
gat a 3-12x 40 on it
watch out coyote and fox

[Doc Highwall]

Nice caliber, I use to load mine with 55 grain Sierra's with IMR4198. I like the long neck, reminds me of a scaled down 30-06.

[Four Fingers of Death]

Should work out good, my 222 is an old 788 Remington.

[200swc]

Nice setup.

I have a Remington SPS Tactical 308, B&C tactical stock, Harris 6-9 bipod, TRS 20 moa rail, Burris extreme tactical rings and a Nikon 6-18 Mil-dot Buckmaster.

[skeettx]

I like my Rem 722 and 40-X
4198 and Hornady 50 grain SX for pelts

Mike

[Larry Gibson]

+ another on the use of Hornady 50 or 55 gr SXs for use if pelts are the consideration. I used H335 and in my M788 and a couple M700s loaded them pretty close to .223 velcoities and psi's.

Larry Gibson

[Four Fingers of Death]

I ferrrrrgot to mention, I also have a mint Savage 222/20Ga combo with a Leupold VariX11 2-7 scope sight. Nice rig, but having trouble coming to grips with the heavy trigger. I must cast up a heap of 22 boolits and shoot off 20-30 every time I go to the range (as good as an excuse as any, lol). I have a bag of 1000 old 46Gn Winchester 22Hornet jacketed bullets and fancy that at Hornet and with No4s in the 20Ga, this would be a fine rig for whistling foxes next winter (Summer here at the moment).

The model 700 has to be one of the prettiest rifles on the market, I have five of them from 17Remington Fireball to 375H&H.

[MJR007]

The 700 action is the perfect action for ME. It sounds like a great set-up you have there!

[Four Fingers of Death]

Yep! You got an inhierently accurate cartridge in an inhierently accurate rifle,great combination (inhierently / spelling? it's telling me it's wrong, but how do you fix it??).

[white eagle]

Yep! You got an inherently accurate cartridge in an inherently accurate rifle,great combination (inherently / spelling? it's telling me it's wrong, but how do you fix it??).
right click and pick out the correct spelling
thanks guys my first rem.I have been a win/ruger kinda guy

[waco]

Ive heard H-322 is a go to powder for the triple Duce.

[GabbyM]

Thought of this thread today when I was looking over the ammo shelf at Rural King farm supply. They had plenty of 222 Rem on the shelf. Must be plenty of shooters still burning them up.
I’d love to have one for shooting cast. Just form cases from the 5.56mm I have in abundance.

[krag35]

I have two 700's, a 223 and a 30-06, other than the 22's, the most used guns in my cabinet.

[iron brigade]

i just bought two 700 bdl's in .270 winchester for my son and i as christmas presents. ordered the timney triggers for both as well. we shot them last weekend and both shot under 3/4" for three shots @ 100 yards. load: fed case, win primer, 48.5 grs of I 4064, 130 nosler bt. my son also has a savage 111 in .270 win and shoots the same load under an inch. that 111 did not like the slow powders. read that this was an old jack o'conner load according to a clay harvey book i have.

[Love Life]

The Remington 700 is an outstanding platform. I have a Remington 700 classic in 8X57 (thanks Rockrat) and 223. I like to have some wood and pretty bluing on my hunting rifles.

[200swc]

I have one with blue and wood. they are beautiful. Great for the wall.

[Four Fingers of Death]

The Remington 700 is an outstanding platform. I have a Remington 700 classic in 8X57 (thanks Rockrat) and 223. I like to have some wood and pretty bluing on my hunting rifles.

Those two will pretty much do it all in Northern America and most every other place.

[dg31872]

I too have a Rem 700 in 308 that I bought new in 1972. When I use my few remaining white box National Match ammo shells, it will put them exactly where I want them, when I do my part. Don't have but a few of those boxes left. So I am frugal with them.

[Griz44mag]

I picked up a REM 700 VSF in .308 a few months ago. I equipped it with a one piece EGW base, Leupold QRW rings and a Eraticator Mueller scope.
165gr Hornady SP, 45.6gr Varget, Fire formed brass, it will hold 5 shot groups at 200 yards under .68MOA all day long.
I took 2 big turkey hens with it last weekend, both at over 125 yards, and didn't bloody even the tiniest piece of breast meat. Both shots landed withing 1/2" of the aim point.
You just can't go wrong with a Remington 700.

[Three44s]

What ..... ? The 700 Remy accurate? .......... LOL!

Last spring, I picked up a slightly used SS 700 DBM in 7mm Rem mag.

I had not done anything with it until the day after Thanksgiving.

I started out working up a load for the Speer 145 gr. BT spitzer.

By time I got towards the upper range it amazed me!

Now, I have been an avid loader since 1975 and have many good to great groups to show for it ......... BUT, I have never seen a more consistent rifle in a Big game gun.

My great groups have all been here to fore in varmint calibers ......... NOT NOW!

I have two back to back 100yd three shot groups, the first at .360" and the second at .450"

A few days later I went back to better center the POI on the target and shot two rounds in exactly the same hole and pulled out for the third shot to around 3/4"

You would not know it by those groups but this rifle needs some trigger help.

With accuracy like that, I wonder if it deserves a Jewel?

Pondering

A few years ago, I found another 7mm Mag in an early 700 BDL with traditional bottom metal and a wood stock. I ran the trigger on that one and it's extraordinary. The rifle thus far groups reasonable. It's a factory SS but treated to look blued.

What with the performance of the newer 700 and the okay performance of the early 700, I guess you know what happened when I found a new take off SS 7mm mag 26" for sale.

Me thinks 'ole Betsy is gonna' get a new walkin' stick!!

Three 44s

[DLCTEX]

I have a 722 in .222 that is staying with me. My favorite prairie dog gun. It wears a Swift 3X9 that I traded a pistol scope for. Rancher I was shooting PD's for was so impressed with it he got angry when I wouldn't put a price on it.

[1Shirt]

Have a 722 in 222 w/heavy Saeco BBl. Probably the most accurate rifle that I own. With well over 3K rounds thru it, it still shoots under an inch groups if I do my part. Sports a 24x Tasco scope which is adequate with limited recoil.
1Shirt!

[nekshot]

i had one in 222 mag, but some thieves wanted it also. Great gun and cartridge for you!

[o6Patient]

I started shooting 700s in the early 70's and they really are simple and accurate.
I had a 30-06 that did everything for me back then and ended up putting it in a
fiberglass stock. Don't have that rifle but we still have at least 3 700's all very accurate
and easy to live with.

[Four Fingers of Death]

I had my 375H&H 700SPS DG at the range today, shooting off the bench with my elbows on the carpet top and no other rests and a low powered scope, I got a 3" group with 270Gn Jacketed ammo going flat out! I was pretty pleased with that, kicked the stuffing out of me (the rifle only weighs 7lb!), so, thats about as good as I can shoot. Definetely minute of anything big!

I will set the bench rests up properly next time and see if I can improve that group. Apart from that pretty bolt handle whaling the tar out of my index finger, I can't fault the rifles. I have five 700s, two 788s, two M17s and one Remington Mosin Nagant, I'm fond of my Remingtons, they just plain work.

[o6Patient]

My first bolt action was a rem 700, I don't have it anymore but the 700 is like an old friend
to this day. I have 3 others and they all shoot.

[Four Fingers of Death]

Model 700s have their problems occasionally, but accuracy isn't normally one of those problems

[white eagle]

I will post a pic of a group I shot with it recently when I get my camera up an running