07 February 2016, 09:58
Big Wonderful WyomingNew 700 Sendaro in 7mm
I ended up in a weird 9 way trade for a new 700 Sendaro in 7mm Remington Magnum.
It is a very different animal than the 25-06 Sendaro I owned for years and a totally different animal than the 300 Police rifle I owned.
The stock is very different, the barrel looks very good.
Any suggestions, I want to shoot the heaviest Bergers and Monos that will stabilize. I am probably going to put the stock on ebay, and bed it into a GRS stock or a KRG chassis.
I have a new Nightforce direct mount that I'll put on it, and it will either end up with a Nightforce NXS or now that Leupold has expanded the military discount a higher magnification VX-6.
I have not messed with the new Remington triggers, so that might get swapped out as well. I'd like to try a Huber.
07 February 2016, 18:34
7mmfreakI've never shot anything heavier than 162gn and 168gn bullets from my 1-9" twist Lilja. Remington barrels are 1-9.25" in 7mm and I shot 175gn Partitions out of my last one.
I had a KRG X-Ray and never could love it. I won a $250 certificate for one at a rifle match last month so I may give the Whiskey a run.
Get the Nightforce over the Leupold.
07 February 2016, 21:12
AnotherAZWriterI have a Sendero .300 RUM that is really accurate; I might have had it bedded; I can't remember.
I agree with 7mmfreak about the Nightforce. Put on a 20 MOA base while you are at it; you may not need it now, but if you start shooting at really long ranges, it will come in handy. Remember most, if not all, scopes top out in W/E before the knobs stop spinning, something you can easily identify using a barrel stud boresighter.
08 February 2016, 13:31
Andre MertensMy .300 Win Sendero shot <.5 MOA out of the box with just a little trigger tuning.
08 February 2016, 13:58
MS HitmanMy Sendero is in .300 Win Mag. I shimmed the rear base 0.030" and recut and lapped the rings. It likes the 165 Nosler Ballistic Tips and 200 grain Sierra Game King bullets. I have some of the 190 Hornady BTSP that I will play with one of these days when making a living doesn't take up all my time.
09 February 2016, 18:38
Big Wonderful WyomingI had to shim the rear base on the original black Sendaro I had in 25-06.
This rifle is slicker than frog snot by comparison. I think it is CNC machined.
09 February 2016, 22:07
Dans40XCThe current RR fre-fix serial numbered receivers are CNC machined in AL.
Set up was accomplished by Dave Kiff/PT&G.
The Huber trigger groups are-expensive...junk.
Install a BixNAndy 2 stage trigger group w/ safety/bolt release & don't look back.
10 February 2016, 15:54
7mmfreakI've got an RR and while the action seems cleaner and didn't require base bedding the bolt handle has .027" gap compare to the .010" or so on my other Remington rifles and the .004-.006" on my custom guns. Primary extraction isn't difficult but it's not super smooth. I bet it took forever to get Kiff through that setup in Alabama and he probably had to come back at least once to fix it if it's like dealing with PT&G.