Thread: My Pet

She's got a new stock and is going off for the final touches hopefully she will catch a ride Friday.





The rifle is a Remington 700 that started life as a Wal-Mart ADL clearance item in 243. Installed a Remington vssf II 308 barrel on her later in life and only have $779.00 so far in this rifle. See below.


$245.00 Gun (Wal-Mart clearance for $275 - $30 mail in rebate)
$60.00 Barrel (Picked up on another forum in an unfired condition)
$150.00 Shoulder set back and chamber recut, barrel Installed and crown recut
$35.00 Lugs Lapped
$150.00 Muzzle Brake Installed
$199.00 Stock
-$60.00 Sold factory stock
Free Timney Trigger (Given to me by a friend but I can buy them for $99)
Free BDL Conversion, SS Recoil Lug (Given to me when I purchased Barrel)
Free Optics/Bases/Rings are borrowed until I can get something quality wise
$779.00 Total

This is what I took home:



Upgrades to do on this trip:
Professionally Pillar Bed
Bolt Spiral Fulted
Tactical bolt Knob Installed
Bolt, Action, and Floor Plate KG Coated a brushed Stainless Steel Color

Once I get her back I will start saving for good mounts and optics

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes yes very nice,,,,,,no that is an awesome lookin gun congrats on the beauty....

thanks guys, cannot wait to get these last few things done, expiecially the KG coated action, bolt, and bottom metal.

How much does the muzzle brake help?

with the brake I can put it on the bench bipod up front rabbit ear bag in rear, without holding the front I can pull the trigger and the bipod never leaves the bench.

Pretty cool

The color of the stock looks great!

honestly folks if you have never shot a braked rifle, and i am not talking a browning boss type brake but a true multi baffle design (mine is a 4 baffle) you cannot even imagine. It pushes harder than my 223 but not as hard as my 788 243 with a regular barrel. I have never shot anything in between the 223 and 243 but this 308 with 165's kicks somewhere in between. This thing is a blast from the bench and does not wear you down.

And for the 308 doesn't kick group, the 308 and 30-06 are very close on the recoil chart shooting same grain bullet and it has been my seat of the "shoulder" expierance as well.

I will eventually brake my 243 and any rifle I have work done on will get a brake threaded on.

We are in the process of having my dad's ruger 270 sporter weight barrel braked! Cannot wait to get it back and test her out. He has a shoulder injury and needs as much recoil as possible removed, and he does not want a new rifle, just his ol 270. He does not want "girly" reduced recoil loads either, just a "girlie" brake with full tilt loads.

I can't wait to see how your dad's rifle turns out! I have a Remington model 700 in .270 also.