I believe you fellows at SP have a great deal of knowledge about this rifle.Can you give me some ideas on accurizing?What could be done at a reasonable cost,qualified gunsmiths etc...
I have shot 12 bxs of fed gold medal match through it,cleaning after every shot.Most groups are under 1" moa,others have every shot in the same hole(4 shot groups).Rifle has been untouched,no bedding job or new crown cut into it.Any replies would be appreciated!

davkoe

I figure it ought to be broken in by now with all that cleaning between rounds especially.

First thing is to establish a baseline, fire five shot groups without cleaning for four or five groups. Barrel fouling can have a benificial or adverse effect on your groups and you need to determine which catagory your rifle falls into. You will also want to check your cold shot zero. See if you first cold shot point of impact is different from a warm (NOT HOT) barrel.

If the rifle is not significantly off, work up some handloads to see if you can beat out the Goldmatch. Word of advice, do not use nickel plated brass. There is usually some nickel in the necks which came be pulled down the barrel causing premature wear. Nickel brass does not last as long either.

If you are getting good accuracy you may want to stop there and just enjoy the rifle. If the crown is obviously off (I had a new Remington VS-SF with a bad factory crown) have it redone. Before you rechamber, have a cerrosafe casting done to determine if there is anything wrong in the first place.

If there are problems or if you want to go for more accuracy, have the action blueprinted and rebarreled. Don't bother with just the blueprint, I have experimented with seeing what sort of accuracy can be had with a factory barrel and can say if you are going to blueprint, just rebarrel too. Factory barrels are a little more difficult to deal with compared to a top aftermarket barrel.

Hart, the barrel maker will blueprint and install one of their match barrels for a reasonable price. There are other top quality barrel makers that will do the same thing. There are many good gunsmiths around who will rebarrel for you if you chose a barrel maker that does not rebarrel.

If you rebarrel, you will want to bed the action. With the H&S stock on the 700, rebedding is fairly simple, all you will need to have done is the lug and a little bit to make up for any production variances in the alluminum bedding block.

Good scope mounts, rings and a scope are a requirement. There are no bargains out there, there are no cheap fixes, quality costs money.

I would recomend an aftermarket trigger like a Shilen or Jewell, but NOT the 2 oz benchrest trigger that has no operational safety. A crisp 1 1/2 to 2 pound trigger is sufficient, anything less is asking for an AD at the wrong time. The stock Remington triggers suck, they are lawyer specials and feel it. A real expert can re-spring and adjust the stock trigger and make it feel fairly good, but at that point you would have invested nearly as much as a good aftermarket trigger in labor.

Just remember, there are no shortcuts, you only need to buy quality one time, you can buy crap forever.