HS Precision products for Rem 700 worth price?

[DAVID NANCARROW]

Eh, most of them are cylindrically shaped because its cheaper to manufacture. That was Remington's "in" when they were competing against Winchester's mighty Model 70, which began life as a solid block of metal, machined down to its final form.
That alone made the Remington's significantly cheaper as they are machined out of cylindrical bar stock. It also makes it easier to align the barrel with the action. I do remember the criticism of the 720/721/722/700 rifles mainly due to to stock splitting-most of that was the owners putting way too much torque on the action screws with predictable results.

 

[emcon5]

As for the controversy surrounding their product spokesman, I wasn't aware of it until recently but I don't equate that in itself to HSP advocating illegal or immoral actions or behavior. That situation was horrific in its outcome but if the hearts and minds of all people that own and/or operate all the companies that supply or manufacture the products we consume were displayed on our TV screens, this example would probably be surpassed by many in disgust. Jmo.

The entire operation was a cluster-fark of epic proportions. The fact that Horiuchi shot an unarmed woman holding a infant in the head is not in dispute, so in any event, Horiuchi is at worst a murderer, at best a pretty poor/incompetent sniper. In either case, using him to endorse your product is horrible head-work.

Now, even though HS didn't think it was wrong, that was a long time ago and they dropped the product testimonials from their catalog.

Now, back on topic, I have a HS "Tactical" stock on my long range rig , I put it together in the early 2000s. It is a really good stock. It did get a thin bedding job when the gunplumber put it together, but has held up really well since. This is the model I got, with adjustable length of pull and cheek piece: https://www.hsprecision.com/shop2/index.php/stocks/remington/pst026.html

Looks like the price has gone up quite a bit since then. Not sure I would pay ~$700 for it.

 

[SEHunter]

The last source I read insinuated she was standing in the wrong place at the wrong time when the other target was running through the door but they didn't specify he shot her in the head. That's almost too ironic to be considered a casualty.

As for your stock (nice btw), do you know if the aluminum bedding block surface was buffed or scratched up before the compound was applied? I monkeyed with my last one because I wasn't confident the Devcon would adhere to the smooth aluminum surface well enough to stay there for life. I'd much rather not alter the bedding block at all but...

 

[emcon5]

The last source I read insinuated she was standing in the wrong place at the wrong time when the other target was running through the door but they didn't specify he shot her in the head. That's almost too ironic to be considered a casualty.

She was standing in the doorway, behind the door, and the guy Horiuchi claims he was trying to shoot was moving toward the doorway. He shot her through the window on the door.

There is a pretty good/balanced summary of the events on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge

As for your stock (nice btw), do you know if the aluminum bedding block surface was buffed or scratched up before the compound was applied? I monkeyed with my last one because I wasn't confident the Devcon would adhere to the smooth aluminum surface well enough to stay there for life. I'd much rather not alter the bedding block at all but...

I don't know, I don't remember him mentioning it. I haven't taken the rifle out of the stock since he assembled it, and it still shoots pretty well, even though the barrel is getting pretty tired and is probably due for replacement. I do like the rifle though, last weekend my 15 year old nephew shot it for the first time, went 5 for 5 on a 14" steel plate at 500 yards.

 

[SEHunter]

Shoot, 14" at 500 yds consistently like that is great by my personal standards. I've honestly never shot that far. Is that factory ammo? If so, what brand and type?

My opinion is Winchester brass is the best compromise between performance and affordability. I used to buy unprimed brass but now I buy and shoot several boxes of factory ammo to get brass so it will be fire formed to my chamber for the first load. I want to shoot the ballistic silver tips until I start loading but I prefer to not have the nickel coated cases so I may just go with the standard super X.

 

[emcon5]

Handloads, the rifle is a 6.5-06, so factory ammo isn't really an option. Cases are Remington .25-06, necked up to .264, using Hornady 140 AMAX and IMR 4350.

 

[SEHunter]

Cool, I like 4350 in 30-06 sized cases. That's the powder that I hope my new .270 likes. I'll be either that or 4831. I want to stick with Hodgdon because I like the extreme line that's supposed to be more temp tolerate. My 30-06 had the best combo of velocity and accuracy with H4350.