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Remington 700 sps....now what?
- Thread starter CLC
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Did you lap the bottom of the rings before placing the scope? It's really a good idea to prevent scope damage.
I like to bore-sight rifles the original way, by placing the rifle in a padded vise and looking through the bore, aligning it with a target at 100 yards, then adjusting the scope to coincide with the bore.
I have a setup at 50' in my basement workshop and can do a preliminary bore-sight at 50 feet. At that distance, the horizontal crosshair should be about 1 1/4" higher than the bore sighting target, provided the scope is mounted about 1 1/2" higher than the bore.
Laser bore-sighters don't seem to be as accurate as the old methods, at least the ones I've used. It's a fairly expensive one, touted as being the "most accurate", but had to adjust it by slightly bending the rod, but it still doesn't work great.
You shouldn't tighten scope screws without a torque wrench. Even "professionals" tend to over-torque them. That happened to a neighbor this week. They were so tight that the power adjustment ring wouldn't turn.
I like to bore-sight rifles the original way, by placing the rifle in a padded vise and looking through the bore, aligning it with a target at 100 yards, then adjusting the scope to coincide with the bore.
I have a setup at 50' in my basement workshop and can do a preliminary bore-sight at 50 feet. At that distance, the horizontal crosshair should be about 1 1/4" higher than the bore sighting target, provided the scope is mounted about 1 1/2" higher than the bore.
Laser bore-sighters don't seem to be as accurate as the old methods, at least the ones I've used. It's a fairly expensive one, touted as being the "most accurate", but had to adjust it by slightly bending the rod, but it still doesn't work great.
You shouldn't tighten scope screws without a torque wrench. Even "professionals" tend to over-torque them. That happened to a neighbor this week. They were so tight that the power adjustment ring wouldn't turn.
My .223 Rem Light Varmint SS-FL is in the factory stock and it shoots 1/4"-1/2" groups at 100 yards with several bullet types/weights.
Since this is really a walkabout rifle, it's set up with a 3-9x Leupold VXII, 50 grain Sierra Blitzking sighted as follows:
MV 3,200 fps
100 0.6"
150 0.0
200 -1.8"
250 -5.1"
300 -10.O"
Most of the shots are inside of 200 yards where I hunt and are either offhand without rest, or sitting, off a Unipod.
I usually keep the scope between 4 and 6x for woods road walking and offhand shots, turning it up to 8x for rested shots.
For larger varmints and expected longer shots, a .243 Win rifle is often used.
Since this is really a walkabout rifle, it's set up with a 3-9x Leupold VXII, 50 grain Sierra Blitzking sighted as follows:
MV 3,200 fps
100 0.6"
150 0.0
200 -1.8"
250 -5.1"
300 -10.O"
Most of the shots are inside of 200 yards where I hunt and are either offhand without rest, or sitting, off a Unipod.
I usually keep the scope between 4 and 6x for woods road walking and offhand shots, turning it up to 8x for rested shots.
For larger varmints and expected longer shots, a .243 Win rifle is often used.
I would top it off with a Mueller scope, they are my absolute favorite low to mid priced scopes. you won't find better for the cash. here are some option, the have higher magnifications than these, I just don't know what you want.
http://muelleroptics.com/mt41650igr
http://muelleroptics.com/mapv451440
http://muelleroptics.com/mt451440
p.s., I just talked my buddy into the buying the 32x for his .308 rem 700, we spen about five hours ringing the steel at 600 yards all on a 12"x12" plate, it's a fantastic piece of glass.
http://muelleroptics.com/mu83244td
http://muelleroptics.com/mt41650igr
http://muelleroptics.com/mapv451440
http://muelleroptics.com/mt451440
p.s., I just talked my buddy into the buying the 32x for his .308 rem 700, we spen about five hours ringing the steel at 600 yards all on a 12"x12" plate, it's a fantastic piece of glass.
http://muelleroptics.com/mu83244td
My 700 SPS in .223 rem. came with the X-MARK trigger. The jury is still out on it. I kinda like it but there are better triggers. I put a Midwest Industries P mount on with a Bushnell 4x12x40 AO Trophy XLT scope. Made sure the barrel floats clean. With the 1 in 12 barrel spin it does not like bullets over 55-60 grains much. I have not been over 100 yds with it yet but at that range its extremely accurate. I like 700's !