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Steely - how does that rifle handle with the new barrel? Currently the 18.5" pencil makes a great carrying rifle. I'm also concerned that I'm gonna have to hog out a bunch of plastic to get the barrel floated.

My feeding issues went away when I got the synthetic stock. Dunno why.

I don't know, but if you figure it out let us know. I had a Remington Model 7 SS/Synthetic in .260. I tried hard to get that sucker to shoot. Scopes, rings handloads, and floating barrel. then I gave up and sold it. With as much as I paid for that gun, $700 (new), I expected it to shoot. My groups looked more like shotgun patterns. I don't mind a little tinkering, but if I have to bed, recrown, replace the trigger and replace the stock, I have to figure that into the price. I found my money to be better spent elsewhere. Others here seem to have had good luck with them. I would say they need trigger work and my synthetic stock was a heavy piece of crap made from reground plastic. At the time, stock and trigger options were few, probably now more, but they still cost $$. Haven't bought a Remington product since, and don't plan to in the future unless something changes. YMMV

I like it much, always thought the original form was too barrel light.

Now that's the deal, kind of like my 700 Youth (20" wish it was 21") with a Ti wrappped around it. One of the bestest handling rigs I've ever owned. And, it even feeds well enough for me.

Dober

Are you guys shooting the 120 grain Fusions or 140's?

Are you kidding me, 6-10 Mins between shots and you dont think that was enough time, that barrel shouldve been stone cold in 3 with temps in the low 40s, mine are.
I got 2 groups like that at 300yds with my new 308SPSS, that was using lapua brass & 178HPBTs, Win brass never shot groups like that, barrel never got past being warm. Only thing I can figure out is the Lapua braas is allowing higher pressure since it holds less powder.
Is this the only group you shot with the Superformance?

I load 40.5-41.5grsgrs varget(friends rifles) with 139 Hornadys, shoots great groups.

Nope not kiddin' ya. Nope I have another group I can post up, but I made scope adjustments on that target.

Same here.

Does it look the same?

Not quite, but I made scope adjustments. I'll post it up in just a minute. It's a new style Model Seven with the 20" barrel if that makes a difference.

Here is the other target I shot. This was about a week before with the same Superformance ammo and this target had scope adjustments during the group.

So it looks like this? Its not freefloated, right, that might help if its NOT a skinny barrel, skinny barrels usually like some pressure, bedding is a waste of time, INMO.

Whats the scope you have mounted to it? Youre mounts are secure and all that, correct?

Try some plain ol' Remington Green box Core-Loc's,they shoot way better for me than Fusions,then suspect the rifle,scope and the fact it's a Remington

Dont tell him to use that crap Remington ammo, 40.5grs varget or RE15 under 139Hornnady SPs are the ticket, course now Im not sure if he reloads, EEK!! In that case Id get some Win premiums loaded with 140NBTs. If they dont shoot nothing will.

Yep, looks just like that except the open sights are still installed. No I don't reload. The screw on the bases have blue loc tite on them and the rings are all tight. It's a Simmons Prohunter 2-7X32. Came on the gun. Probably time for an upgrade. Its in Leupold rings and bases. I have an extra set of Warne rings I could put on instead, but I would have to get some weaver style bases.

I have been fighting with a remington model 7 youth since they first came out. A 243. It is better since i bedded it and free floated the barrel. It is a under 2" 100yrd gun now. Before it was bedded and free floated it was a over 2 1/2" 100yrd rifle. The best it ever shot was with 100gr remington coreloc ammo. Trigger is good, scope is good, mounts are good. I honestly think remington just put junk barrels on some model 7 rifles. Rebarreling it is on my to do list

The model 7s I reload for are the stainless/synthetic models and nephews blued/walnut version, both parties tell me the accuracy with the 139s is outstanding, the stainless version shoots 1/2MOA(3 shots)out to 100yds anyways. Those Superformance rounds are pretty hot loads as far as velocity goes anyways, maybe theyre just too damn fast.

Could be. But I think it might be more likely a junk job of putting the rifle components together. Seems to me that it hasn't been unusual to see 7/700s which only bear on one lug. Sometimes these rifles shoot very well when they're not loaded to the gills, presumably because high pressure loads tend to cause more flex in parts which don't fit quite as they should. But it could also be the barrels. I think the light, wispy barrels take more care to produce well. Mass production may not do quite as well as the lower volume custom barrel makers can. Then again, Remington seem to have a pretty good track record with their Mountain Rifles, and those barrels are svelte.