Rem 700 vs. AR-10 accuracy difference?

I've spent the last couple of years researching an affordable .308 and my choice is the new Savage. I found one LN with the AccuTrigger and AccuStock with a Nikon scope in a gunshop for $700. With some wheeling and dealing I'm sure that I could have reached the $500 mark.

My buddy wisely drug me out of there. I've had some medical problems and my wife would of killed me...and him...order optional.
 
Why pay more....

You can get a .5" MOA bolt action off the shelf for under $800 that will shoot better than 95% of shooters are capable of.
 
FYI the M24 the military uses is a far cry from a box stock 700 . Just trueing a 700 action and lapping the bolt lugs and custom fitting a match barrel will run you $1000.00 just for the barrel and the labor . The stock is around $700.00 .the raw action around $500.00 By the time your done the rifle without optics will cost you over $2200.00 and you will have a custom built match/sniper rifle. If you want you can get a SAKO TRG 22 for around $2300.00. Point is you can not compare a custom built rifle to a box stock rifle ,be it a gas gun or a bolt. In a combat situation a gas gun will get more kills/hits on target faster than a bolt gun . You will see more gas guns used in the future.:D I A'm building an AR gas gun in 260 Rem with a Walther Lother LW50 barrel now ,I expect it to be a very accurate rifle. :D
 
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Well TRGs have gone up, and technically you can compare any rifle to any rifle because accuracy does not change regardless the cost of the rifle. 1/2 MOA is 1/2 MOA no matter how you spin it. Sure the m24 and custom rifles of the same quality guarantee accuracy, but if you reload there really aren't many rifles that just wont shoot SUB-MOA or not in my experience anyway. Does that mean i'm going to keep my 5R and not finish it.. no as i favor custom rifles far more than factory unless it's a TRG or AI. There are very few semi autos that can carry accuracy that bolt guns average easily. We're not talking a combat situation simply accuracy difference. And in those regards on average it goes to the bolt gun.
 
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I was not the one who brought up the military useing a Rem 700. For a match/ bench rifle the bolt gun has the very slight edge as I have said in my first reply. The day is near that there will be a gas gun that is as accurate as a bolt gun. ;)
 
Ive got quite a few 700s and there alll accurate. None are custom sniper grade guns though. Ive also got a dpms ar10 and its one of the most accurate rifles i own. I would have to guess though that if you sunk the 1200 bucks an ar10 will set you back into a 700 and used the left over for some accuracy work it would probably be a tad more accurate. Both are capable of hiting small targets way the heck out there though.
 
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