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| I have one in 243.
I never shot it stock but with the barrel cut to 19" and a sound moderator on it it shoots less than half an inch all day with handloads.
I didn't like the rough finish so had it reblasted to a finer matte finish. I also never used the factory trigger fitting a Jewell. I replaced the stock with a Mcmillan after a while but the accuracy was there with the factory stock.
The barrel does not copper foul at all.
Hope this is a help. |
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| I've got one in 30-06 that shoots one holes all day long with the right handload. Fortunatly for me I found the "right handload" the first time out and never thought of changing it. |
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| Sounds like good things to me. Thanks for the feedback on the SPS's. Jim |
| Posts: 411 | Location: Smack, in the middle of Oklahoma | Registered: 18 August 2003 |
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| Owned an SPS in 7mm08 for a short while (12 hours). As mentioned above, the finish was a little rough but that was the good news. The crown was visibly damaged (could not see at time of purchase because of muzzle blast), the chamber had about 3 thou runout on fired cases, and the stock forearm put uneven side thrust on barrel. Not much quality here. The gun grouped about 1.25 in. at 100 with Rem factory ammo. A friend took if off my hands for $100 less than I paid. I just did not want to fool around sending it back to Remington and waiting 6 weeks for the re-crown, etc.
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| Posts: 1 | Location: Charleston, WV | Registered: 29 October 2006 |
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| quote: Originally posted by Waffen: I've got one in 30-06 that shoots one holes all day long with the right handload. Fortunatly for me I found the "right handload" the first time out and never thought of changing it.
fortunatly!?! i thought that would be unfortunate. what about all the tinkering? reasons to do more shooting on the range with it? its more satisfying when you have worked for the load thaT works! |
| Posts: 735 | Location: New Zealand | Registered: 17 August 2006 |
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| I am preparing to do some experimenting. I have loads for my rem sps in 7mm 08 a 700 bdl in 22-250 that shoot really well. I am gonna try different prep work to see what the differences in accuracy are. Weight sort, uniform flash holes, primer pockets and neck turning. I want to do one step at a time and see if groups will consistently get smaller. |
| Posts: 168 | Location: Thomaston GA, USA | Registered: 11 January 2005 |
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