Remington 700 SPS Varmint!!! YEAH BABY!

spoon_racer · 03-09-2008, 11:02 PM

I bought this sweet thing a few weeks ago and today was teh first chance I had to go shoot. I bought a Boyd's thumbhole for it and that is the ONLY mod to it. It is NOT free floated. I am sure some will have issues with this but I ran 20 rounds of surplus ammo through it and cleaned it after each box. Did this twice. By this point it was starting to get a little tighter and I switched to Remington 150 Grain UMC. My last group fit INSIDE a dime! I will have pics to follow but 10 MPH wind, first time even firing a rifle in a year and a half, new gun, not floated, INSIDE a dime. Go get 'em, Remington. Oh yeah, $70 Walmart scope to see if I liked the mil-dot, and the gun was under $600. And I am 19 haha

Bravo · 03-11-2008, 11:50 AM

I've been looking at these SPS Varmint rifles since they were first released...I want one bad. I'm thinking about getting one this summer and making it a target rifle for the range and a long range (200-300 yard) deer rifle.

I'm torn between getting a .243 and .308 though. I've never really fired a .308 (I own one, in semi-auto, but it's not reliable and thus I don't use it). My main rifle right now is a M1903 30-06. I love the rifle, but the recoil gets to me after about 20 rounds. This is why I wanted to go with the .243, plus the .243 is supposed to have pretty good ballistics at the range that I would use it at (200-300 yards).

I wouldn't replace the stock right away, but would definitely make it my winter project.

How's the .308 recoil?

samuel · 03-11-2008, 11:59 AM

I think you would like the .243 much better,half the recoil and a much better trajectory.Besides,if you use varmint bullets they dont bounce near as bad,and you can hunt deer size game with heavier bullets. sam.

Silent Shooter · 03-11-2008, 01:54 PM

Here is a .243 tack driving monster...

spoon_racer · 03-11-2008, 09:43 PM

I can only comment on the .308. I am open minded but after the way this shoots I don't want anything else. My sister wouldn't like the recoil but I weigh 130 and I shot 60 rounds before the range closed. My LEFT arm was more sore the next day simply because of how I held it. Recoil is not an issue and the way I see it... why would a sniper use .308 vs. anything else? Accuracy is the point so I am .308 WIN all the way. There are others that are better but I am all about accuracy with plenty to kill. Like I said, ask a sniper.

Bravo · 03-12-2008, 02:51 PM

Well that's why I ask. US Snipers only have the choice of the 7.62NATO and .50BMG. 6mm-7mm rounds seem to be the favorite of Snipers in other countries though.

spoon_racer · 03-13-2008, 08:24 AM

All I know it basically out of the box this thing can shoot the hair off a bald man

223 Shooter · 03-16-2008, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by spoon_racer

All I know it basically out of the box this thing can shoot the hair off a bald man

Good shooting spoon_racer . I had one of the old 700VS models in .308 that shot the UMC pretty well too.

I've heard nothing but good things on the accuracy of all the SPS Varmints. My SPS Varmint is a .223 with HS Precision stock and has a Weaver V16 on it and Jewell trigger. But a Bushnell Elite 4200 6X-24X is due to arive in a few days.

captain 223 · 03-21-2008, 06:39 AM

Question. The shown gun above it breaking the golden rule " nothing touches the barrel" how much moa does it shoot?

spoon_racer · 03-23-2008, 09:37 PM

Let me know prices and details for that Bushnell man. I am looking for a good scope with super high power and a mil dot reticle. I don't much cash as a college aged kid so right now I have a $70 Walmart Center Line 4-16X40. LOVE IT so far but not what I had in mind. Impulse buy in order to spend less money haha

223 Shooter · 03-25-2008, 04:37 PM

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Let me know prices and details for that Bushnell man.

Here it is on my SPS. Mine is the Elite 4200 6X-24X with target dot. Was $399 at Bear Basin. The mil-dot version is a little more at $419. Not the cheapest scopes but the Leupold 6.5X-20X VX-lll target dot was $250 more.

spoon_racer · 03-25-2008, 09:29 PM

Looks good man! I am a mil-dot kinda guy so that's what I am looking for. It may prove to be nothing special but I can really see the applications and have enjoyed it so far. I am looking at a Barska 40X variable. $70 is what makes me nervous...

Silent Shooter · 03-26-2008, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by captain 223

Question. The shown gun above it breaking the golden rule " nothing touches the barrel" how much moa does it shoot?

It shoots .5 MOA or better everytime. It can knock the primer out of an empty case cold bore. Golden Rule? According to whom? You had better write the Canadian, Finnish, ANG, and the US Army and tell them about the golden rule. The bottom picture (from which my avatar is taken from) is from the US Army Sniper School at Ft Benning.

nordford · 04-01-2008, 10:09 PM

I just picked one up yesterday in .223. Will be used for prairie dogs and coyotes. haven't had a chance to shoot, and I can hardly wait.

GlockMeister · 04-01-2008, 10:28 PM

Congrats on your purchase spoon racer.

yoke1 · 04-13-2008, 04:58 PM

own 3 sps-17fireball-22-250 -308 @223vtr straight out of the box-most accurate rifles I own. x mark pro trigger adjusted by gunsmith. Yoke

spoon_racer · 04-13-2008, 10:43 PM

I Dig

Ray Cover · 04-13-2008, 11:39 PM

I went to the big Tulsa gun show last weekend. Saved up for months for that show and did not buy a thing (prices about 20% to 50% too high on most everything I saw, at least compared to my local area).

When I got home I ordered about 8 guns from Ron Shirk Shooters Supply. A 700 SPS in .223 was one of the ones I ordered. Received it this past Friday and can't wait to shoot it.

I am undecided as to what optics to put on it . I intend to put a bench rest scope on it to try it out and see how tight a group I can get with hand loads. If it lives up to my expectations I am considering a Leopold MKIV with the .223 turrets.

Those MKIV's are a lot of money so I am looking into a more affordable option but I do want quality optics on it. A $40 bushnell or tasco aint gonna git-r-done. If anyone has a suggestion of something that has worked well for them I am listening.

I intend to use it for a varmint and long range plinking gun.

Ray

yoke1 · 04-17-2008, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by spoon_racer

Let me know prices and details for that Bushnell man. I am looking for a good scope with super high power and a mil dot reticle. I don't much cash as a college aged kid so right now I have a $70 Walmart Center Line 4-16X40. LOVE IT so far but not what I had in mind. Impulse buy in order to spend less money haha

yoke1 · 04-17-2008, 10:23 PM

try the bushnel 6/18/50 or any bushnel banner scope. good scopes for the price . 80 to 120 dollars. 4/12/40 6/24/40 yoke

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Originally Posted by spoon_racer

Let me know prices and details for that Bushnell man. I am looking for a good scope with super high power and a mil dot reticle. I don't much cash as a college aged kid so right now I have a $70 Walmart Center Line 4-16X40. LOVE IT so far but not what I had in mind. Impulse buy in order to spend less money haha

03-09-2008, 11:02 PM	#1
spoon_racer Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rocky Mountains Posts: 32 Trader Rating: (0)	Remington 700 SPS Varmint!!! YEAH BABY! I bought this sweet thing a few weeks ago and today was teh first chance I had to go shoot. I bought a Boyd's thumbhole for it and that is the ONLY mod to it. It is NOT free floated. I am sure some will have issues with this but I ran 20 rounds of surplus ammo through it and cleaned it after each box. Did this twice. By this point it was starting to get a little tighter and I switched to Remington 150 Grain UMC. My last group fit INSIDE a dime! I will have pics to follow but 10 MPH wind, first time even firing a rifle in a year and a half, new gun, not floated, INSIDE a dime. Go get 'em, Remington. Oh yeah, $70 Walmart scope to see if I liked the mil-dot, and the gun was under $600. And I am 19 haha

04-01-2008, 10:09 PM	#14
nordford Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2 Trader Rating: (0)	I just bought one yesterday I just picked one up yesterday in .223. Will be used for prairie dogs and coyotes. haven't had a chance to shoot, and I can hardly wait.

04-01-2008, 10:28 PM	#15
GlockMeister Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 4,943 Trader Rating: (0)	Congrats on your purchase spoon racer. __________________ I'd rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6!

03-11-2008, 11:50 AM	#2
Bravo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Maine, USA Posts: 1,775 Trader Rating: (0)	I've been looking at these SPS Varmint rifles since they were first released...I want one bad. I'm thinking about getting one this summer and making it a target rifle for the range and a long range (200-300 yard) deer rifle. I'm torn between getting a .243 and .308 though. I've never really fired a .308 (I own one, in semi-auto, but it's not reliable and thus I don't use it). My main rifle right now is a M1903 30-06. I love the rifle, but the recoil gets to me after about 20 rounds. This is why I wanted to go with the .243, plus the .243 is supposed to have pretty good ballistics at the range that I would use it at (200-300 yards). I wouldn't replace the stock right away, but would definitely make it my winter project. How's the .308 recoil?

03-11-2008, 11:59 AM	#3
samuel Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,050 Trader Rating: (0)	I think you would like the .243 much better,half the recoil and a much better trajectory.Besides,if you use varmint bullets they dont bounce near as bad,and you can hunt deer size game with heavier bullets. sam.

03-11-2008, 01:54 PM	#4
Silent Shooter Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 292 Trader Rating: (0)	Here is a .243 tack driving monster...

03-11-2008, 09:43 PM	#5
spoon_racer Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rocky Mountains Posts: 32 Trader Rating: (0)	I can only comment on the .308. I am open minded but after the way this shoots I don't want anything else. My sister wouldn't like the recoil but I weigh 130 and I shot 60 rounds before the range closed. My LEFT arm was more sore the next day simply because of how I held it. Recoil is not an issue and the way I see it... why would a sniper use .308 vs. anything else? Accuracy is the point so I am .308 WIN all the way. There are others that are better but I am all about accuracy with plenty to kill. Like I said, ask a sniper.

03-12-2008, 02:51 PM	#6
Bravo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Maine, USA Posts: 1,775 Trader Rating: (0)	Well that's why I ask. US Snipers only have the choice of the 7.62NATO and .50BMG. 6mm-7mm rounds seem to be the favorite of Snipers in other countries though.

03-13-2008, 08:24 AM	#7
spoon_racer Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rocky Mountains Posts: 32 Trader Rating: (0)	All I know it basically out of the box this thing can shoot the hair off a bald man

03-21-2008, 06:39 AM	#9
captain 223 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4 Trader Rating: (0)	Question. The shown gun above it breaking the golden rule " nothing touches the barrel" how much moa does it shoot?

03-23-2008, 09:37 PM	#10
spoon_racer Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rocky Mountains Posts: 32 Trader Rating: (0)	Let me know prices and details for that Bushnell man. I am looking for a good scope with super high power and a mil dot reticle. I don't much cash as a college aged kid so right now I have a $70 Walmart Center Line 4-16X40. LOVE IT so far but not what I had in mind. Impulse buy in order to spend less money haha

03-25-2008, 09:29 PM	#12
spoon_racer Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rocky Mountains Posts: 32 Trader Rating: (0)	Looks good man! I am a mil-dot kinda guy so that's what I am looking for. It may prove to be nothing special but I can really see the applications and have enjoyed it so far. I am looking at a Barska 40X variable. $70 is what makes me nervous...

04-13-2008, 04:58 PM	#16
yoke1 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4 Trader Rating: (0)	own 3 sps-17fireball-22-250 -308 @223vtr straight out of the box-most accurate rifles I own. x mark pro trigger adjusted by gunsmith. Yoke

04-13-2008, 10:43 PM	#17
spoon_racer Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rocky Mountains Posts: 32 Trader Rating: (0)	I Dig

04-13-2008, 11:39 PM	#18
Ray Cover Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Festus, MO Posts: 2 Trader Rating: (0)	I went to the big Tulsa gun show last weekend. Saved up for months for that show and did not buy a thing (prices about 20% to 50% too high on most everything I saw, at least compared to my local area). When I got home I ordered about 8 guns from Ron Shirk Shooters Supply. A 700 SPS in .223 was one of the ones I ordered. Received it this past Friday and can't wait to shoot it. I am undecided as to what optics to put on it . I intend to put a bench rest scope on it to try it out and see how tight a group I can get with hand loads. If it lives up to my expectations I am considering a Leopold MKIV with the .223 turrets. Those MKIV's are a lot of money so I am looking into a more affordable option but I do want quality optics on it. A $40 bushnell or tasco aint gonna git-r-done. If anyone has a suggestion of something that has worked well for them I am listening. I intend to use it for a varmint and long range plinking gun. Ray