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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote pyro6999 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March/27/2007 at 20:52
like i said earlier i wasnt a remington fan until just recently but i am really starting to dig remington, i dont know how much you guys know about cars but im sure you have all seen the import tuners racing around your home town, and if you notice most of them are honda civics, the reason is because like the rem700 you can do all kinds of cool stuff to it to make it better, i know that analogy really sucked but its about all i could think of on the fly the one thing i see as an advantage in this thread is that the m700 has been around a long time.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote ceylonc Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March/28/2007 at 08:13

RifleDude,

 

Both your last two posts are 100% spot on!  I couldn't agree more and won't even try to add my $.02.

 

Great assessments.  Thanks for sharing.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote jonbravado Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March/28/2007 at 12:28

ok rifledude -

 

i'm going to send my deer rifles up for you to work on, ok?

 

you boys know too much!!!! ok, i am just jealous.

 

if i can print within an inch @ 100 with any of my deer rifles, i am more than happy.

 

BUT, i WILL pick your brains on souping up my 700p .223 in a few months. 

It will be my nickel shooter and will strive for the perfect group.

 

great posts, guys. keep em coming.

 

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote pyro6999 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March/28/2007 at 13:47

i get rather mad if my factory deer rifles dont print 1" groups @ 100, i work very hard at the reloading bench to make sure that the only thing that can screw up is the rifle or the shooter and in my life if it wouldnt shoot to my liking with factory ammo i have had 100% success by loading my own to get the accuracy i request, i know i probably wouldnt have to work quite so hard if i had some stock and action work done, but i prefer to make a self pride issue that i shoot to the best of my ability and if i feel i am shooting better than the rifle can then i send  it in and if that doesnt help i sell it, but so far i have been lucky and some what good as well. ted is going to get my 300wsm one of these days to do some stock work.

 

that rifledude is an ace my friends they dont make em any better than him!!

thanks ted

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dolphin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March/28/2007 at 18:42
Originally posted by RifleDude RifleDude wrote:

Originally posted by tenxes tenxes wrote:

The gunsmith here says that the Remington action has to be reworked to be any good but that the savage action is perfect as it comes from the factory. He also says it has a much superier trigger. Is that valid?

 

It's all a matter of degree.  What level of accuracy is required?  It isn't necessarily a requirement to rework any action to get good "hunting" accuracy.

 

While I would hardly call the Savage action "perfect," it's a dirty little secret -- though not much of a secret any more -- that Savage varmint rifles are some of the most accurate out-of-the box factory rifles you can buy, despite Savage's reputation as a "bargain" rifle.  One of the reasons is that they just plain make good barrels.  Savage is among the few mass-produced rifles that still button rifles, then individually straightens their barrels.  Another reason is due to that ugly barrel nut, which though a cost cutting measure, is also a clever idea for easily setting minimum headspace.  Since a shoulder isn't machined onto the barrel, the barrel is simply screwed against a chamber gauge and the spanner nut tightened down.  Another factor contributing to the Savage's accuracy is the fact the bolt head is a separate piece from the bolt body, which is allowed to "float" somewhat, providing even contact with both locking lugs.  You'd be surprised how many factory actions do not have all locking lugs evenly bearing against the receiver lug abutments.  Yes, the Accutrigger is nice, however some of the aftermarket triggers for the Savage, the Remington and other actions for that matter are even nicer.

 

One of the things I DO NOT like about the Savage action, in addition to a few cosmetic issues, is the fact the bolt stop doubles as the sear!  The bolt stop/sear is a large, pivoting stamped sheet metal piece.  I just don't think that feature is very well-designed.  I also don't particularly care for the loose baffle at the rear of the bolt directly in front of the exceptionally short bolt shroud.  Their lower end synthetic stocks are very cheap and way too flexible.  I do like their higher end rifles though, especially the new right bolt/left port configured "Long Range Precision Varmint" rifle with the HS Precision stock and the straight taper 1" dia barrel.  All reports on this rifle is that it will really shoot!

 

I think Savage offers perhaps the best accuracy performance for the $ you can buy, period.  Between a Savage 12 and the Remington 700, I would go Big Green only because I know I can make it shoot to my satisfaction and I would be more satisfied with the finished product.  In a big game hunting rifle I like the Remmy better as well.  But, if I were buying another varmint rifle and I didn't plan to do much tweaking with it, I'd go with the Savage, specifically the new LRPV.

Good points, alot of stuff that I did not know.  I told you guys, Rifledude knows alot of stuff.  These are the things you learn with experience around firearms and reading.  Everytime I read a firearms magazine, I learn things like this and thats why I do not know why DC is against reading gun magazines.  I knew about the barrel bolt and the button rifled barrels, but the bolt stop serving as the sear was new to me.  This has been a great thread.  Thanks RD. 

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I'll second the big "Thanks!" to rifledude. Now, does anyone who lives in TX have a reccomendation on a place to go and have all that work done?? I live in the south central TX area. Thanks fellas!

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote RifleDude Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March/29/2007 at 13:46
You guys are too kind.  I appreciate the kind words more than you know!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote pyro6999 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March/29/2007 at 16:43
all i can say is that its a good thing i dont live anywhere near you ted, otherwise i would be at your house all the time talking guns
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Originally posted by Dale Clifford Dale Clifford wrote:

 So much for practice theatre. Yellow dog you getting anything out of this?
     Yea, but I've got to say out of the three forums I belong to, this one is the most fun.  You guy's really get "heated" up. I've gotten a little more than I bargained for.    I'll know by the weekend what cal. I'm gona go with.   I'm also pretty much a weekend poster, as I don't have much time through the week.  Thank's again guy's, yak back saturday.
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that's ok gives everybody a chance to get "heated up" again.
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what are we pizza now
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whoa easy-- just human--- besides pizza is only good reheated once.
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