I had a Remington 700 BDL Varmint in .308 that I was trying to turn into a general purpose, tactical/target/hunting rifle. It just never preformed like I wanted though. Part of it may have been the crappy synthetic stock I had it in, but it didn't shoot that great in its BDL walnut stock either. I turned in some sub-MOA 100 yard 10 shot groups, but it was picky about loads, etc.
The cost of new stock and possibly a new barrel were going to add up, so I put back in its wood stock and traded it for a Remington SPS Tactical .308. It has a 20" barrel and looks pretty sweet. I've seen where some don't care for the Houge stock, but I kind of like it and unlike the injection moulded stocks on the SPS Varmint, it free floats all the way back to the action.
Finding the right scope for my budget, general purpose do it all rifle was the biggest problem I had. I had just about accepted the fact that the $600 SWFA SS 3-9x40, or the $600 Vortex Viper 2.5-10x40 were the least expensive scopes I would be able to find which would fit my self imposed criteria, which was a power low enough to snap shoot at close range and powerful enough to see targets on out there, perhaps to a thousand yards. Also I wanted a mil/mil scope. That is 1/10th Mil adjustments and a Mil-dot reticle, for those unfamiliar with the term.
Ideally something 15x or above would be best for long range, however its generally agreed that 10x will do for torso targets out to a 1000 yards. So the SS 3-9 was less than ideal and I'd pretty much decided on the Vortex 2.5-10. $600 puts a hole in a budget project, but what are you gonna do? $600 beats $1000+ so... Then I ran across the Weaver 3-10x40 Grand Slam Tactical that Midway has an exclusive on. After reading about it on the various sniper forums and watching this video, I ordered one and couldn't be happier. $300 is a steal for this scope and the 2nd focal plane is better suited to a general purpose scope.
It looks pretty neat, for about a third or fourth of what a rifle that does what it can do should cost.
The Weaver 3-10 Tactical mounted in low Burris XTR rings looks nice.
Now to shoot it in, pick the most accurate load and chronograph it for my range card. So far I only have it zeroed with a 150 grain Ballistic Tip handload and haven't grouped it yet. I plan on using the 175 grain Sierra Match King as my long range bullet and I'm hoping for sub-3/4 MOA accuracy, but that remains to be seen. As soon as I shoot it and chronograph it, I'll post the results.
The cost of new stock and possibly a new barrel were going to add up, so I put back in its wood stock and traded it for a Remington SPS Tactical .308. It has a 20" barrel and looks pretty sweet. I've seen where some don't care for the Houge stock, but I kind of like it and unlike the injection moulded stocks on the SPS Varmint, it free floats all the way back to the action.
Finding the right scope for my budget, general purpose do it all rifle was the biggest problem I had. I had just about accepted the fact that the $600 SWFA SS 3-9x40, or the $600 Vortex Viper 2.5-10x40 were the least expensive scopes I would be able to find which would fit my self imposed criteria, which was a power low enough to snap shoot at close range and powerful enough to see targets on out there, perhaps to a thousand yards. Also I wanted a mil/mil scope. That is 1/10th Mil adjustments and a Mil-dot reticle, for those unfamiliar with the term.
Ideally something 15x or above would be best for long range, however its generally agreed that 10x will do for torso targets out to a 1000 yards. So the SS 3-9 was less than ideal and I'd pretty much decided on the Vortex 2.5-10. $600 puts a hole in a budget project, but what are you gonna do? $600 beats $1000+ so... Then I ran across the Weaver 3-10x40 Grand Slam Tactical that Midway has an exclusive on. After reading about it on the various sniper forums and watching this video, I ordered one and couldn't be happier. $300 is a steal for this scope and the 2nd focal plane is better suited to a general purpose scope.
It looks pretty neat, for about a third or fourth of what a rifle that does what it can do should cost.
The Weaver 3-10 Tactical mounted in low Burris XTR rings looks nice.
Now to shoot it in, pick the most accurate load and chronograph it for my range card. So far I only have it zeroed with a 150 grain Ballistic Tip handload and haven't grouped it yet. I plan on using the 175 grain Sierra Match King as my long range bullet and I'm hoping for sub-3/4 MOA accuracy, but that remains to be seen. As soon as I shoot it and chronograph it, I'll post the results.
