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There are not very many affordable factory rifles in this caliber. There are two Remington 700 SPS available:
Remington 700 SPS #85585, weight 7.62 lbs.

Remington 700 SPS Long Range #85600, weight 8.75 lbs.

Here is my real world question, "Does the heavy contour barrel of the #85600 make that much different?"

I want to put together a long range, 800 yard gun.

In the beginning, I have a Leupold 4.5-14 x 50 CDS to place on it. I also have a Leupold Mark 4 6.5-20 x 50 TMR rectile scope.

Thanks for the feed back.

4 just a belly gun I could go with the heavier rig. But for an all around including hunting no ma doubt I'd go with the lighter rig. Still be around 9 lbs all up and ready to rock which is plenty heavy for good shooting and not too heavy for porting around.

Given a choice I'd go 3-10 but tween the two you mentioned I'd go with the 4-14.

Just my thoughts

Dober

Don't buy a silly STW. A 7mm Rem Mag IS an 800yd rifle with the right bullets. A Sendero just might be accurate enough to hit something at that range, an SPS? It ain't happening. All you'd be buying is an action to throw money at.

Big green [bleep] canned the STW when they came out with their Ultra Mag.

So you're either looking at the Ultra or the 7 mag in those two models......

SPS Varmint...

Jordo I'd love to grab a SPS Varm in 7 RM and punch it, are you ready for this Mashburn Super. Hard to believe but true eh...grin

My oh my how I would love to see them bring out the SPS Varm in .260.....

Dober

Not into whizzing contests, but IMO, except for Dober, the above comment generators were pretty clueless...

So from someone who has an STW, here are my observations..

My STW is a DM-B, SS, that I spun the factory BBL off (24"), and replaced it with a factory takeoff in 7mag (SS, 26"), and had it punched out to 7STW. So it is a STD Rem mag contour.

Now have Karl perform his magic, didn't hurt, but this gun with a factory tube shoots 160AB or 160 Partitions into one ragged hole...and that isn't BS either...

This gun prints them just under an inch at 300...

So, I dare anyone to say I can't hit an 800 yard target, with a 160AB starting off at 3200.

The STW really pulls away from the 7mag with heavier bullets. If you are planning on shooting 140's, stick with a 7mag.

Shoot 160's+...get the 7STW.

Flame on.

Tony

Amen to that Tony, a rig doesn't have to be a lachubwa (heavy weight) to shoot well at long range. My 7 lb .260 will do things at long range that will drive me nuts when I try to better it with a lachubwa rig.

Dober

After owning 3 7 Rem Mags and then again another 7 STW. STW all the way. Way superior to the 7RM.

The SPS is plenty accurate out of the box and all you need without going to a heavy weight.


Mine wore the LR 4.5-14.

SU-The Green Machine that you had was one of the nicer Big 7's I've ever seen!

Dober

I like 150gr Noslers from my STW.Good round and bullet

I've mainly used the 150 NBT out of my Mashburn. By the time I got to shooting the Bergs in it the throat was way roasted and it wouldn't do it's thing with that bullet.

I have a 7 WSM in the making and I'll most likely have it set up for the 168 Berg.

Dober

Been shooting the 7mm NBT this year but haven't connected on an animal as of yet.But man they do shoot.The 150gr Partition on the other hand has been a very positive bullet from my STW.

My last kill was a moose in Sept from a 150gr E Tip and the 300 Win.Another positive bullet...imo

Haha, MSM??! I'm shocked!

If the SPS Varmint was available in .260, then I likely wouldn't own a .243AI right now. It'd be .260 or .260AI instead.

Course they'd most like dump a 10 twist or something like that...<g>

Dober

I love the Fire, where every single rifle on the rack at the local Sportsman's Whorehouse is a bonafide tack driver. The only problem is I've looked at several factory remlin/freedrom grope barrels of late, and only one (a 5R 308) had a proper crown. Just sayin'.

I've not owned a 700 that wouldn't consistently shoot under an inch, but that's probably because I don't cry about them having a rough bore or less than Bench Rest quality crown, and I just shoot 'em and find loads that work. I'd hang pics of what some other newer 700s have been doing, but that might just get ugly.

Either you are too ignorant to know what actually constitutes an MOA rifle, or you REALLY oughta be buyin' more lottery tickets.

It's not luck.

In checking around the heavy contour barrel cost about $200 more, not realy a big deal.

Another thought was to buy a 7mm Rem Mag and have it reamed out to 7mm STW.