Remington 700 SPS tactical .308

[midcountyg]

I just recently picked up a pair of these rifles to put on the shelf. I like the looks and feel of it, as well as the trigger pull. Ok, my questions. Has anyone here put one of these rifles to a true out of the box accuracy test? I am reading reviews that say .4" groups and smaller right out of the box with the right factory ammo. People are claiming easy .25" groups with the proper handloads, but still unmodified factory rifle. I would like to here from people who have long distance shooting experience, and how these rifles seem to be doing at 500 plus yards. I know I could build a custom 308 that could out shoot it, but for the price tag if it can do what I am reading I may pick one up for myself to test future suppressors and have some fun shooting at some distance. So let me know if you have any experience with these.
Thanks

 

[Inigoes]

I'll let you know, in February after I pick up a crate of ammo in PA.

 

[K Train]

many people here shoot the 700P, 700PSS, and SPS Tactical. they are good out of the box shooters, the only thing is the SPS Tactical has that 20'' barrel but it'll just take you a little more elevation to get there than the longer barrel brothers.

Also if you're going to make a precision rig i'd ditch that hogue overmolded stock and get you a standard 700P stock or nice mcmillan, manners, mcree, even a bell carlson will be better than the original stock.

 

[midcountyg]

Thanks. Eventually I will get around to building an all out percision rig, but for now I am leaning toward the SPS to hold me over.

 

[midcountyg]

I'll let you know, in February after I pick up a crate of ammo in PA.

A crate of ammo for a bolt gun. I like the way you think

 

[Inigoes]

A crate of ammo for a bolt gun. I like the way you think

There may be more family members in that caliber

 

[jtarpley59]

I have a Rem 700 300 mag that will do it. It has been about a year scene I had her out it was 300 yards and it was in the size of quarter.

 

[clandestine]

I have no experience with that platform, but my Wife does have an interesting observation about precision rifles....


She asked me once, how is it that you can hit a target the size of a basketball at 500 yards with a rifle, but you cant use your wang to pee into a toilet 3 feet in front of you without an accasional flyer?

I have no answer for that.

 

[jtarpley59]

mine keeps threatening to get Cheerios for me.

 

[midcountyg]

I have a Remington 700 in 300 Ultramag already. Eventually I am going to blueprint it out and make it my go to long range rifle. But the SPS 308 is so much more compact, and in 308 will be cheaper and easier to shoot. Not to mention I intend to build a 308 suppressor for it at some point in the future.

 

[midcountyg]

I have no experience with that platform, but my Wife does have an interesting observation about precision rifles....


She asked me once, how is it that you can hit a target the size of a basketball at 500 yards with a rifle, but you cant use your wang to pee into a toilet 3 feet in front of you without an accasional flyer?

I have no answer for that.

Sounds like you are jerking the trigger

 

[-Mil-Surp-Phreak-]

Also if you're going to make a precision rig i'd ditch that hogue overmolded stock and get you a standard 700P stock or nice mcmillan, manners, mcree, even a bell carlson will be better than the original stock.

Do this. I love my Rifle and it is a nice compact package. Im tempted to have it cut and threaded and put a brake on it. There is definately more felt recoil in my experience because of the shorter barrel but I will take that for the compactness.

 

[clandestine]

mine keeps threatening to get Cheerios for me.

Sounds like you are jerking the trigger

Good on guys!

 

[midcountyg]

Do this. I love my Rifle and it is a nice compact package. Im tempted to have it cut and threaded and put a brake on it. There is definately more felt recoil in my experience because of the shorter barrel but I will take that for the compactness.

Mine will be threaded, but not to reduce recoil, to reduce all that noise

 

[clandestine]

Do this. I love my Rifle and it is a nice compact package. Im tempted to have it cut and threaded and put a brake on it. There is definately more felt recoil in my experience because of the shorter barrel but I will take that for the compactness.

Nice rifle!

A Recoil Reducer in the stock and a softer pad will help remedy the hard recoil impulse.

 

[Inigoes]

This thread, reminds me of my begginings in shooting.

Recoil, take it like a man

 

[hole punch]

I've had an SPS Tactical .308 for about a year and a half. Never fired it. Still haven't even put a scope on it. Maybe I'll do that this year.

Mil-Surp-Freak, some Qs: what are the scope, rings, and mount, is that an extended mag, and what's the acoustic in the corner?

 

[armed ferret]

looks like a bushnell 3200 10x in burris XTR's.

but I was wrong once. 8 years ago. april.

 

[hole punch]

UH.. yeah. I was thinking uh the same thing

 

[OnTarget]

many people here shoot the 700P, 700PSS, and SPS Tactical. they are good out of the box shooters, the only thing is the SPS Tactical has that 20'' barrel but it'll just take you a little more elevation to get there than the longer barrel brothers.

Also if you're going to make a precision rig i'd ditch that hogue overmolded stock and get you a standard 700P stock or nice mcmillan, manners, mcree, even a bell carlson will be better than the original stock.

Am I to assume that these models mentioned above are all on Maryland's regulated long rifle list?