"308 REMINGTON 700 VARMINT"

In my last writing I said I would tell you about this Remington 700 Varmint with synthetic stock in 308 with a 26" heavy barrel. Bought it at Blythes Sport Store. I immediately took the rifle to the late great Fuzzy Anderson. My friend and the best gunsmith I know. I've written about Fuzzy before. He is missed by many. After Fuzzy and I talked, he asked what I wanted to do with this rifle? My reply was varmint hunt in Montana. We decided to blue print the rifle. The following are the changes made to the rifle. Re cut chamber, lugs lapped, muzzle re cut, trigger tuned to 1 1/2 pounds, and broke like glass. The bedding job is beautiful and the barrel is free floated all the way back.

On this great looking rifle I mounted a plus 20 moa base and a Leupold Mark 4 3.5-10x40 LR/T M1 scope with a mil-dot reticle. This 700 also wears a black leather military sling.

The only problem with this rifle is (and I say this jokingly) it only likes one ammo, Remington 168 gr. boat tail hollow point match. Over the years I have tried many other brands, only one comes close to the Remington and that is Federal Gold Match 175 gr. The Remington is the best at all distances. Between 100 and 700 plus yards this 700 rifle has taken out a large amount of prairie dogs.

I know if you've read some of my older writings your going to ask. Is this Remington more accurate than the Savages I write about? My answer is no. The Savage rifles are out of the box accurate with no work done to them. Remington was setup by the best gunsmith I know. Every time I shoot this rifle, I remember an old friend. Thank you Fuzzy.

As always, shoot safe and teach a youngster to hunt and shoot safe.

More to come.

"REMINGTON 700'S"

I should have written about these two 700's a while back. One has a laminated stock, the other is synthetic. Both are blued 308's with 26" heavy barrels. They were both bought new from Blyth's Sport Shop 11 years ago. First I will tell you about the laminated 700. It was never taken out of the box. I sent it to Arnold Arms Co in Arlington, Wa. (they have since closed their doors, what a shame). If you ever see one of there rifles in a gun shop, buy it. You can't go wrong. I sent my rifle to them to be fully accurized. This process includes cryogenic treatment of barreled action, receiver trued, bolt lugs lapped, recoil lug surface ground, muzzled crown lapped, chamber re cut, head space checked, trigger tuned and set (3 lbs little heavy for me), and the action bedded. Fit, finish, all work is perfect. Its a real beauty. Mounted on this 700 is a Leupold 4.5 x 14-40 mil dot with target knobs.

I don't know how many thousands of rounds have been put through this rifle over its little life span. All parts are original. It still looks as good as the day I bought it. It can still shoot a 1 inch group at 200 yards, if I do my part. How does this rifle shoot so well? Is it because of the way Arnold Arms set it up? I think so. They took a good production rifle, and made it perfect. I am not even sure if a factory custom shop can setup a rifle that good.

A rifle like this is like your best old friend. Someone you trust and enjoy being with.

Always shoot safe and know your surroundings.