Rem 700 Titanium .308 Win

02 December 2003, 13:08

Alaska Bush Man

Congad on your new rifle, as for scope mount Leupold Steel Bases and Matte Low Rings should be perfect for your rifle, I like the Leupold VXIII Matte scope in 2.5x8 also for your rifle.

As for loads the Federal Prem. Factory Load will be hard to beat, the 165 BTSP/BT or the 180 Grain Nosler Part for heavy game...either high eneregy load or standard should fill your bill nicely.

[ 12-02-2003, 04:09: Message edited by: Alaska Bush Man ]

02 December 2003, 17:51

KuduKing

Thanks, Bush Man. I really like this rifle.

Fired about 60 rounds through it. My most accurate handload is a 150 grain Hornady BTSP and 47.0 grains of RL-15: 5 shots at 100 yards under 1/2 inch center-to-center. MV is 2880 fps at 45F and Alt 0100 ft.. Hornady and Sierra 180 boatails will do under 1 MOA at that distance, but POA is 6" above the 150 grainers!

The factory trigger was nice, but too heavy at 5.75 lbs. It can be adjusted down to a safe and reliable 3.5 lbs for hunting.

I put a Leupold 3-9x33 compact on it. The 2.5-8x is a tad brighter, but looks a bit goofy on the rifle and I wanted as light weight as possible. I'm not too happy with the Leupold reversible front base, but that is all they make in a 2-pc silver base.

The rifle shoots great offhand and from field positions, with the trigger at the more managable level. No creep, and minimal overtravel.

This is the kind of rifle remington should keep building. Not cheap, but not crap either. Now if they would just get rid of that J-Turd on the bolt and fix the safety so it locks the bolt down........

05 December 2003, 11:17

Jay Gorski

quote:
Originally posted by KuduKing:
Thanks, Bush Man. I really like this rifle.

Fired about 60 rounds through it. My most accurate handload is a 150 grain Hornady BTSP and 47.0 grains of RL-15: 5 shots at 100 yards under 1/2 inch center-to-center. MV is 2880 fps at 45F and Alt 0100 ft.. Hornady and Sierra 180 boatails will do under 1 MOA at that distance, but POA is 6" above the 150 grainers!

The factory trigger was nice, but too heavy at 5.75 lbs. It can be adjusted down to a safe and reliable 3.5 lbs for hunting.

Kuduking, You can get that trigger at an even better 2-2.5lbs that will still be safe and reliable for hunting. Jay

The rifle shoots great offhand and from field positions, with the trigger at the more managable level. No creep, and minimal overtravel.

This is the kind of rifle remington should keep building. Not cheap, but not crap either. Now if they would just get rid of that J-Turd on the bolt and fix the safety so it locks the bolt down........

Didn't Remington used to have the safety that held the bolt down, yeah, I've got a 308 that was made in '80'that has that, I thought they went to the new system cause it was safer for unloading, maybe I'm missing something. [Confused]

Jay

05 December 2003, 20:23

KuduKing

quote:
Originally posted by Jay Gorski:
Didn't Remington used to have the safety that held the bolt down, yeah, I've got a 308 that was made in '80'that has that, I thought they went to the new system cause it was safer for unloading, maybe I'm missing something.

It's safer for MORONS that pull the trigger and/or point the rifle in an unsafe direction while working the bolt. For that, the rest of us have to suffer with a rifle that allows the bolt handle to lift up on every brushed twig and scraped rock while hunting.

Bolt-Action Safety Survey:

Browning - locks the bolt down
Mauser - locks the bolt down
Ruger - locks the bolt down
SAKO - locks the bolt down
Winchester - locks the bolt down
Weatherby - locks the bolt down
Remington - oops !

On the other hand, since the Remington trigger has been known to malfunction to the point of firing when the safety is taken off, maybe it's a good idea..... [Mad]

[ 12-05-2003, 11:28: Message edited by: KuduKing ]

06 December 2003, 02:10

Jay Gorski

Kuduking, I've never had any problems with the Rem. safety doing what you say it's done, I do like the Win. safety, I think the 3 position is great and when on the second position allows for an easy takedown of the bolt for cleaning, unloading, and such. Jay