Remington 700

On the other hand, my Remington 700 ADL is bone stock, and it left Ilion in 1983. It's a .308 and wears a Leupold VX1. Really, it's a standard hunting rifle, one of several in my locker.

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All I really did to it is install the scope and sling. Even so, with a good handload, it'll stack them in an inch at 100 yards, and has been a very good friend in the game fields. I have other rifles, but I have a grandson who really likes that particular rifle. He's 13 now, and when we go shooting, this is the rifle he gravitates toward. He says he likes the way it feels in his hand, and he shoots it very well. (Don't tell him, but he's getting that rifle for Christmas.)
 
I think the Rem 700 has features that make it inexpensive to produce that may affect function:
1) receiver has round bottom
2) push feed
3) small extractor
4) safety on trigger
5) simple bolt
6) bolt handle attached with screw and solder
7) recoil lug is a modified washer that is captured by the receiver and barrel
8) round hole in bolt face for spring loaded plunger ejector
9) No inner C ring, so the only thing holding the barrel to the receiver is the tenon threads in tension.

I own (3) Rem 700 rifles.
4-1-2001
I got a Rem 700 22-250 BDL for $180 at a gun show
They wanted $200 but I dickered them down.
It was made in 1971

7-19-2009
I took off the barrel, stock, scope mounts, and bottom metal.
I cut threads and chamber and put on a Krieger 6mmBR barrel and Choate Ultimate Sniper stock and EGW scope mount.
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6-23-2012
I got a Rem 700 7mmRM ADL for $300 at a gun show
They wanted $350, but I told them to keep the scope.
It was made May 1963 with a stainless Hart barrel painted black.

10-4-2012
I took off the barrel and the stock and the .185" thick pitted out recoil lug, the Weaver bases.
I cut threads and chamber and installed a Shilen #3 match stainless in 7mmRM, .250" thick Rc42 recoil lug, Bansner High tech specialties ADL stock with large limbsaver recoil pad, Holland recoil lug, EGW one piece mount,
Drilled a 3/32"hole in the receiver face .605" below the barrel center for a .094" pin to hold the recoil lug in place.
Painted the stock and barrel with Alumni-hide II
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12-8-2012
I got a Rem 700 7mmRM ADL for $395 + tax = $432.53 at DJ's
It came with a Leupold 3x9x40 vari x IIc scope
It was made August 1994
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cw308 is right, the 700p is great. A 700 sps varmint is the same gun, just with a cheap stock - and much cheaper than a 700P
 
cw308 is right, the 700p is great. A 700 sps varmint is the same gun, just with a cheap stock - and much cheaper than a 700P
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A Lot of the rifles differ in stock basically.

I pretty much agree with you. The SPS Varmint is a 26" Heavy Barrel "Varmint Contour" rifle with an extremely cheap, Chinese injection molded "synthetic" stock. The 700P has a 26" Heavy Barrel "Tactical Contour" that is, Surprise! Same barrel! Same action! But it comes in the [entry level] HS Precision tactical stock. While not an absolutely amazing stock it is a big step from the original SPS stock , partly because of how bad they actually are.

That is something I tried to explain to some local gun forum guys about 6 to 10 months prior in discussions. I KNEW I would be replacing my stock and also knew I wanted the shorter rifle (as I am a smaller guy and wanted to keep it handy rather than cumbersomely large for me.) ... And for that reason there was no reason for me to buy a 700P, it's not POLICE Better because it says P, it's the same action we all get, and if you have a tactical, varmint, or sendero model, you have essentially the same barrel in varying sizes and varying plus/minuses.




I have commented in my own thread on how I went the entire battleground back and forth in a new stock search.. From thinking about going retro M40A1 build and getting a camo McMillan HTG General Purpose Hunting stock ... to then maybe M24 build, and the HS Precision M24 Tactical, then the M24 Fully adjustable tactical / thumbhole ... then sort of settled on the AICS ... and decided almost certainly I had to have a chassis system rather than a conventional rifle stock because I needed the bolt and go perfection rather than a gunsmith bedding job, AND the need for detachable magazines. And would be an AICS owner if they were ins stock when I was ready to buy ....but I ended up Making The Right (BEST) Choice and went Manners Composite Stocks, and now proudly rock a MCS T5A DBM AAC-SD... the best combo I could have hoped for ;P
 
^ right on, except i'm opposite: for my sps-v i finally settled on a b&c tactical/varmint because of the adjustable LOP, I'm 6'5" and have to buy shirts with a 42" sleeve length. The crappy plastic stock was waaay to short.
 
Hey I actually came very close to buying that stock too, I left that out of my posts.
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I really liked the look and features of that B&C , and if I'm correct it's the official issue with the Target Tactical model... I liked it enough that at one point "it was the stock I'm gonna buy" but was also all sold out (there are like at LEAST 5 different stocks I would be rockin right now if they had been available at a time I was motivated to buy lol).

When I realized I really really wanted a detachable magazine system and figured in the cost, I quickly realized I was about at the price of a top notch chassis system and then started the process of going from there. But I love that B&C Stock and would not hesitate to own one!
 
I just sold my SPS Tactical AAC-SD tonight to a friend. I will miss it, but I have not shot it since he built my 300WM. I know he is planning either a Manners T-5A or AICS to go on it. It will get re barreled, new bolt and scope base trued and blueprinted and all that good stuff...
Bye-bye SPS Tactical... :(
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He needed it for a Gunsmithing class he is teaching...
 
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