yes, magazine style has no bearing on the type or brand barrel you wantActually - will that work? I have the detachable magazine floorplate.
yes, magazine style has no bearing on the type or brand barrel you wantActually - will that work? I have the detachable magazine floorplate.
yes, magazine style has no bearing on the type or brand barrel you want
The 700PSS is a fine platform (yes it has a HS Precision stock). Only you can decide whether getting something NIB or converting is better. I don't get rid of rifles they either get rebarreled, passed along to one of the kids or I just buy another one in the caliber I want. when I wear out my 700PSS in 308 I will have to decide on a caliber. It really depends upon how many rifles I have in any particular caliber with the 30-06 family bolt face.Karen Hart from Hart Rifle Barrels wrote me this morning! Sounds like this is something they can tackle (changing my 700P from 308 to 6.5CR). I guess the question just remains - is it better to convert the 700P or better to buy something NIB? I kind of like the idea of doing the 700P since I get to keep my glass (Leupold LR/T), that stock (Hogue or H-S Precision?), my bipod, sling, etc.
The 700PSS is a fine platform (yes it has a HS Precision stock). Only you can decide whether getting something NIB or converting is better. I don't get rid of rifles they either get rebarreled, passed along to one of the kids or I just buy another one in the caliber I want. when I wear out my 700PSS in 308 I will have to decide on a caliber. It really depends upon how many rifles I have in any particular caliber with the 30-06 family bolt face.
The Remington 700 PSS
The magazine is the same and so is the bolt face, the only part you have to change is the barrel.I have so many in the Remington format that I am actually kind of excited about converting one of my PSS's. I am going to sacrifice the 24" 308 non fluted, and keep the 20" bull fluted PSS. My other 700's include an XHR/XTR (that triangle barrel) in 30-06, a Classic in 338 WM, and an LTR (I think?) in 300WM. The part I can't get my head around is if I change my caliber, how does my magazine work? I think the magazine (detach underneath) is just for 308. I imagine the bolt changes too; since how would extraction operate in a different caliber?
The magazine is the same and so is the bolt face, the only part you have to change is the barrel.
The rim is not different they (.308 win and 6.5 CM) share the same case head.Weird how it knows where to position the extractor to properly reach the rim of the round if the diameter of the rim is different. But now with Karen Hart saying $850 and Gunworks over at Turning Stone saying $1050; I am going to just keep the 24" or trade it; and do a Tikka or RPR for the 6.5 Creedmoor.
The rim is not different they (.308 win and 6.5 CM) share the same case head.
The 6.5 will outshoot .308, the further out you go with the 6.5 the better it gets compared to the 308 it bucks the wind better, stays super sonic longer, uses less powder, lighter recoil, and shoots tighter. Where the .308 wins hands down is barrel life, the 308 barrel will maintain its sub MOA accuracy for double almost triple (2000-3000 vs 5000-10000) the rounds the 6.5 will.OK - that's what I guess I didn't understand. Thanks! Question - if I am staying out at 600 max and I am not cutting my range any further; will making the 6.5CR make any differences to my accuracy? I am presently about 0.5 MOA on the fluted bull 20" and while the 24" is still in break-in mode it seems like it is shaping up to also be 0.5 MOA. I would like to see 0.25 MOA in a rifle out to 600; but so far I have only been seeing that accuracy with my Bushmaster Varminter.
The 6.5 will outshoot .308, the further out you go with the 6.5 the better it gets compared to the 308 it bucks the wind better, stays super sonic longer, uses less powder, lighter recoil, and shoots tighter. Where the .308 wins hands down is barrel life, the 308 barrel will maintain its sub MOA accuracy for double almost triple (2000-3000 vs 5000-10000) the rounds the 6.5 will.
My '06 is .4-.5 MOA out to 400 yards (far as my range goes) my 6.5 CM has shot under that. The '06 is going to last me another 6 years at current rate of fire, the 6.5 CM may last me 3 more years at best.
If you are going for the perfect one hole group at 600 yards the 6.5 will help you get there a lot easier than the 308. If you shoot a lot (2K rounds a year) from the same gun,or are concerned about shooting money out the end of the barrel, you will be better off sticking with the 308.
For a superior platform there is nothing like thinking this one carefully and have a specific purpose built with the reamer and chamber of your choice by a master gunsmith.
Couldn't agree more meketrefe, but we're talking a considerably higher price than what Snappo's been currently considering if he chooses that route, which seems at odds with his budget. $1400 and under gives you several excellent out of the box choices these days for sure, Remington's days of getting away with shitty q/c have finally caught up to them.
I try to shoot 100-200 rounds a weekend. Mainly out of 6 different rifles. I picked but both of my 6.5s this year and they already have over 300 rounds a piece on them. I shoot 35-45 rounds every other week in the clubs scoped rifle shoots as well, mainly out of my '06 until I get my Savage Model 12 6.5 a little more tuned. I would like to get it under .25 MOA but, I may start shooting it this week just for grins. It is only bragging rights we are talking about so I have nothing to loose.I would say I shoot 20 - 30 rounds each time I shoot (roughly) and shoot maybe 3 times a week. My weapon rotation is about 10 rifles. The rest are not safe queens but they don't get shot often. So 60 rounds a week times like 40 weeks is 2,400 rounds and that gets split among 10 long rifles. So maybe 200 rounds per year for any of the Remington 700s, give or take. I figured I would re-barrel a rifle about every 20 years at that consumption. You must shoot a lot more rounds than I do.
Snappo, no affiliation with the seller, but here's an upgraded RPR in 6.5 worth a look with a bunch of LRI aftermarket parts.
$875 without the PRS stock, $1000 with it.
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