[Ron Eagle Elk]

Some time back I picked up a lightly used less than 50 rounds down the tube) Remington 700 in 30-06. It came with a broken scope and a Harris Bipod. I changed out the scope and shot it a bit. For an out of the box rifle it was darn nice.

Saved my pennies and bought a Shilen Barrel in the white, 26 inches with a 1 in 10 twist, with a Remington Varmint contour. Also got a Holland recoil lug.

Saved some more pennies and picked up a Choate Ultimate Varmint Stock.

I located a gunsmith that didn't charge me an arm and a leg who trued the action and installed the shortened Shilen barrel. I had him shorten the 26 inch barrel to 22 and recrown.

I installed the barreled action in the new stock, added the same old scope, gave everything a coat of paint until I can afford the cerakote job.

After the 50 round break in suggested by Shilen it shoots really nice. 5 inch groups at 800 yards so far. Still playing with the loads. Will post some targets as soon as I can.

Here's the Remington.



Last thing an elk will see, except for the bright flash.

[Cyrano]

That's sub-minute of angle performance. I'm glad your investment is paying off. One question: why did you shorten the barrel? To make it easier and lighter to carry when hunting?

[Para Cassatt]

Nice rifle Ron, look forward to the target pics. What are you loading for it?

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Cyrano,

I'm sure as I shoot it more it will open up a bit. I think I just got real lucky that day. I normally don't shoot that well.

Yeah, I shortened it to make it easier to carry, though it's still heavy as all get out, compared to what it was in it's original stock and barrel.

[swedesrus]

Hell Yes................

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Para,

178 Grain Hornady BTHP over 54.5 grains of IMR 4350. Don't have a chrony..yet..but the book says it should be leaving the muzzle at 2700 FPS. I'm also zeroed at 300 yards.

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Thanks, Swedes. I do kind of like this new look it has, as well as the way it shoots.

[10/22fan38]

That's one cool looking rifle you got there!

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Put up a pic of a target on another thread, thought I should put one here as well. This was shot at 300 yards using 6 rounds of Hornady A-Max and 6 rounds of Hornady SST. It seems to like 168 grain and heavier. Both were factory loads.

The group (6 rounds) closest to the bull is the A-Max and the group on the left of the bull is the SST. The flier to the right is actually from the SST group. I had a piece of hot brass from the shooter to my left lodge in my eyeglass frame and I pulled the shot. Shot from the bipod with a piece of 2X4 under the butt. No change to the scope dope.

[9mmXDm]

Nice rifle and nice shooting!