Originally Posted by Sakohunter264
Need some ideas. Scope, mounts.


I was after general purpose go most anywhere (in N America) hunt anything. I started with a Rem 700 XCR. Despite what their web site said, my gun weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces bare. "Perky" recoil. smile I tore the iron sights off it and installed a Leupold 3-9X Vari X II 40 mm objective in Leupold low dual dovetail bases and rings. I also had Neil Jones take the trigger pull down to a pound even.

It packed nice. The stock and recoil pad fit and flexed enough recoil wasn't particularly bad. Unfortunately it didn't shoot well, the factory chamber was oval. Resizing brass was really bad.

I rebarreled that action twice and still couldn't get anything to shoot well on it, tried 3 different stocks, and eventually just decided something was wonky with that action so I sold it.

Tom


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