My new Remington 5R with range report

Billman · Sep 11, 2010

Picked up my new rifle Friday from Mark at 2A Sales and coudn't wait to get to the range today. For those interested, here are the specs....

5r chambered in .308, Leupold Mark 4 8.5-25x50, Leupold Mark 4 rings, 20 moa base and Harris light weight bipod. Hornady and Federal Gold Medal Match 168 grn BTHP.

This is my first tactical/target style rifle and certainly the most I've ever spent on a rifle scope. By the way, if my wife asks, the scope retails for $99.99 before the mail in rebate :rolleyes:

I don't consider myself much of a rifle marksman, but I couldn't be happier with my 5R on the first trip to the range. The pic's are 3 shot groups at 100 yards shot from the bench using the bipod. The caliper measurements in the pic's have NOT been certified by the accounting firm of Earnst & Young...just my best attempt at showing the group size.

Thanks again to Mark and Joe! :party29:

krucam · Sep 11, 2010

And another 5R on the board...btw, link please for the $99 Leupy?

lx1x · Sep 11, 2010

nice shooting!!

JOBU · Sep 11, 2010

Billman said:
By the way, if my wife asks, the scope retails for $99.99 before the mail in rebate

A $1000 rebate? AWESOME!!!

outofthegame · Sep 11, 2010

Very nice (especially for a 700

)! How did you like the scope?

05dodgedaytona · Sep 11, 2010

Very nice.

Idempotent · Sep 11, 2010

Wow, that is a serious scope. Like the Leupold Mark 4 I have on my 5R, but better in every way. I'm envious. And yeah, if I run into your wife, that's actually just a Tasco knock-off.

The MD Shooters Rem 700 5R Club is getting bigger every week. Do we have more 5Rs per capita here than in other states? It seems like they're selling themselves on word of mouth through the forum and events. I spent a lot of time researching my first rifle purchase and almost ended up with something else, and then at the last second I found out about the 5R and was saved. That's right, even after extensive research, I wasn't even aware that the 5R was an option. Silly me, I just assumed Remington would list it on their site. I would imagine that in other states that don't have active gun forums, the basic awareness rate of the 5R would be a lot lower.

Billman · Sep 11, 2010

The scope was incredible, really liked the target knobs. Once I had it zeroed at a 100, I played around shooting paper and clays at the 200 yard burm. Brought the elevation back to my zero and it was dead on just where I had zeroed it.

I'm guessing this is not news to most, but it's my first tactical scope.

Idempotent · Sep 11, 2010

My first (and only) scope is a Leupold Mark 4 ... so, what, you're saying that there's actually scopes out there that won't return to zero? For shame!

(Just kidding ... I love you Tasco :innocent0

)

armed ferret · Sep 12, 2010

Nice.

Now go shoot groups for accuracy instead of shooting for internet pictures.

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=6&f=5&t=323026

SgtKope · Sep 12, 2010

armed ferret said:
Nice.

Now go shoot groups for accuracy instead of shooting for internet pictures.

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=6&f=5&t=323026

I hope you are joking. This internet group shot thing has spun out of control. There is only one shot that counts- cold bore. It doesn't matter if you are hunting animals or taliban. It is the first shot that counts.

Three shot 1/2 moa, yeah that gun can shoot. Nice shooting Bill, congrats on the new rifle.

2Asales&Supplies · Sep 12, 2010

Thanks for the business!!! The groups are looking really good. Now I have to keep one for myself. :sad20:

dlharsh · Sep 12, 2010

Nice. I see one of those in my future as soon as I can find one of those rebates. My fear is after I'm gone, my wife sells my guns for what she thinks I paid for them.

armed ferret · Sep 12, 2010

SgtKope said:
I hope you are joking. This internet group shot thing has spun out of control. There is only one shot that counts- cold bore. It doesn't matter if you are hunting animals or taliban. It is the first shot that counts.

Who said anything about hunting?

Feel free to drop by Quantico for an F-class match and show everyone there how the first shot is the only one that matters. :lol2:

SgtKope · Sep 12, 2010

armed ferret said:
Who said anything about hunting?

Feel free to drop by Quantico for an F-class match and show everyone there how the first shot is the only one that matters.

Sorry I was talking about real world application.

Idempotent · Sep 12, 2010

F-class at Quantico is the only "real world application" that 90%+ of local Remington 700 5R owners are ever going to face. Is competition not "valid" enough for you? It only counts as "real world" if you're shooting at living targets?

Idempotent · Sep 12, 2010

Also, if you don't think putting dozens (if not hundreds) of rounds of accurate fire on target is "real world", then how do you explain this video from Iraq? Sniping isn't all "one shot, one kill". In a pitched battle situation against many enemies, you're going to be taking many shots, and good volume of fire is more important than having a 100% hit ratio.

Idempotent · Sep 12, 2010

Okay, so I just re-read my last two posts and I was coming across unnecessarily huffy. Let me back-track a bit.

All I'm trying to say is that I am disappointed when one shooter chooses to criticize another shooter about how he enjoys the sport (so long as we aren't talking about unsafe/illegal practices). Some people like hunting, where one shot is frequently all you get, and some people like competitions, where you have to make the most of 50 or so shots. Competitions need a lot of shots in order to get a statistically valid sample size. If your sample size was just a couple of shots then chance would play a large factor in who wins. With a large sample size, chance is evened out, and skill shines through. And as that video I linked shows, having to make many accurate shots within a short period of time isn't an unrealistic real world scenario.

armed ferret · Sep 12, 2010

SgtKope said:
Sorry I was talking about real world application.

Oh, okay. well, feel free to tell us all about the various military and government agencies that issue the remington 700 5r rifle.

:innocent0

Billman · Sep 12, 2010

armed ferret said:
Nice.

Now go shoot groups for accuracy instead of shooting for internet pictures.

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=6&f=5&t=323026

I hear ya, this is my first attempt at target/tactical type shooting with a rifle and was quite excited with MY results. Certainly not impressive to most, but thought I would share the pic's and experience with the forum.

By the way, I regularly shoot perfect .284" "groups" with my Browning A-Bolt...been doing this for years! When the Browning comes out of the safe, furry North American mammals get nervous, real nervous!

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