Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles would you buy the new remington 700 mountain ss

To answer the original question - Yes, I have one in 30.06 shipping to me now.

Only if you like accuracy, in the hunting world maybe not so much................Hb

So...is that important?

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It is if your shooting a remington!
Advances in accuracy of machine work has produced off the shelf rifles that will shoot damned ne'er anything thing you'll feed them for more than 20 years.

Shod

I am interested to see some reviews of these rifles once people start getting them

Mine showed up yesterday. Impressions are very,very well balanced rifle. No weight forward or back, just right in the middle. Finish is very well done for Remington stainless. Stock is much more proportional in my hands than an extreme weather. Put a 3x9 VX2 in DD mounts, will head to range on saturday to sight in. But so far, I''m lovin the thing.

Please post and let us know how it shoots

are these bdl with a stock like the alaskan ti's had?

So you're saying I can buy a Savage, top it with schit glass, and feed it schit ammo, and go to the next F-Class shoot?

Hell, I'm in.

Tanner on the same note I have several savages that will shoot with most any remmy and they have not had anything done to them.

predmaster,
I think it's the same stock as the Ti's had. BDL style, very thin. Very comfortable.

Also has decelerator pad, not R3

Pics, man, pics! We need our gun porn!

Pics and how they shoot

Swampy, if a M70 Fwt is 'heavy' - you need to work out w/weights.

FWIW, my M70s shot sub moa fine, killed plenty well, every time.

I had a MR in 270 that shot 2.5" out the box, needed the bolt lugs lapped, stock glassed n floated, crown re-done, THEN it FINALLY shot, but I was SO P'od for all the BS, I sold it.

Oh, did I mention another 700 where the Bolt handle broke/fell off? Yep, your wife would not be too happy about that....

I still cant find one in my area I want a 30-06

Buds has them

I've had two mountain rifles and while both could shoot good groups, they were very picky. I tried one of them in a bell and carlson stock similar to the one they are using on the new SS mt rifle and it just didn't shoot well with anything. I suspected that the stock was too flexible and did not provide enough stability for that thin-contour barrel. Other folks obviously have really good ones, or have figured out the right loads, but with factory ammo the two I had were not consistent, and did best in wood stocks with pressure points.

An alternative to consider is the CDL-SF. I have one that weighs 7.6 lbs with a 3-9 x 40 leupold and lightweight Talleys, exactly what my mountain rifles weighed with wood stocks. It's 6.7 lbs without the scope and rings. The fluting largely makes up for the heavier barrel contour. The SF is consistently accurate with everything I feed it, hits the same POI even when hot so you don't have to wait forever between shots. The barrel seems very well made, cleans up quickly, dumps heat well. I only wish it had a 22" barrel instead of 24", for handling.

You might also consider a Win 70 extreme weather, which has a 22" fluted stainless barrel in a B&C stock. It would be a little heavier than the mt rifle because of the action and because it has an aluminum bedding block. But I would trust it more to shoot with a variety of ammo because of the stiffer stock and heavier barrel profile.

Either of the B&C stocks are pretty thick through the wrist.

I'd get it chopped to 22" - just chamfer the end of the bbl a tad to knock off any rough edges. Seen a TC 338 Fed bbl done that way and it looked fine, at 20" handled great to boot

Okay,
here's my range report. Mine is 30.06, topped with leupold vx2 3x9 with german #4, shooting Federal premium 180gr. trophy coppers. Took 6 shots at 100 yds. to zero, last three were 3/4" group. Now I'm a hunter, and don't proclaim to be anything but a proficient shot. This was over my truck hood, off a sleeping bag. So I'm sold on it.

That was factory ammo right?