Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting Remember the SPS Long Range?

Announced several yrs ago, never showed up, was gonna be essentially a sendero with SPS vermint-style tuppeware stock. .25-06 (wonderful "long range" cartridge), 7mm rem mag, .300 mag, RUM were the announced chamberings.

well now all of a sudden they're out there ... in .30-06. wonders never cease w/ the big green.

http://grabagun.com/rem-84166-700-sps-lr-3006.html

I suspect the SPS Long Range 30-06 as shown does not exist. Unless it's a semi-auto with a 22" barrel.

PG, I would tend to agree with you, except that the SKU is all over the place:

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/...d/90819/Remington+700+M40+LR+3006+BLKGRY

http://www.richiespng.com/product.php?item=154401

http://www.hyattgunstore.com/rem-84...field-26-4-1-syn-stk-blk-gray-blued.html

now, I'll admit to being a little confused on the M40 B&C reference on a few of these. sometimes the SKU has it, sometimes it doesn't. But if they are selling a factory 700 heavy barrel with the M40 for <$1,000, it's MUCH cheaper than the .308 and .300 win mag versions with that stock:

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/...d/81889/Remington+700+TACT+3R+300+MG+BLK ($1,053)

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/81888/Remington+700+TACT+5R+308+BLK ($1,053)

all of which leads me to believe they've made a run of .30-06's in the varmint SPS stock with the 26" HB ...

Very interesting. Would make a really neat long range setup, especially flinging some 208 Amaxs.

If they are going for the low price with the B&C M40, that's an excellent deal!

I'm definetly going to need to own one of these. I got the heads up when they introduced the 2020 optic system. The listed the heavy barrel 30-06 in their rifle system page.

http://shoot2020.com/select-rifles

Note though, these are different then the true SPS with the cheap stock:
http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/centerfire/model-700/model-700-sps-long-range.aspx

This one will have a Bell and Carlson stock.
http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/centerfire/model-700/model-700-long-range.aspx

Either way, that Long Range with the M40 stock, at under $750, will be on my short list.

My heavy 30-06 had no trouble making 2800 fps with 208 AMax, at 26". Cutting it to 22.5", it still does 2720 fps.

It's a good LR round, that is less prone to blowing up at closer ranges.

They offer it in 25-06?? But no 280. Must be the 25 is the new 7... What the @#$^@ is Remingtons aversion to a 280 or the AI??

W

Why would Remington offer a 280 when they already offer it in the 7mm REMINGTON Mag?

Dunno. Less recoil maybe. They offer it in 300 Win and Ultra and in 06' with a BC. Cant imagine them being redundant enough to offer in a 280 REMINGTON with a 7Mag on the board.. And the 25 of all choices screams 1k shooting on a budget...

W

so does any one have one yet and fired it??

no 6.5x284 or anything 26ish....dammit Remington

prob buy one in 7 anyhoo

This is one of those deals that if I don't take advantage of, sometime in the future I would have wished I would have.
I just ordered one.

Let us know what it actually is when it shows up

As much as I haven't been a fan of Remingtons quality recently, and the fact I've never been a fan of their barrels in particular, I'm really getting close to ordering on....

Will do

i've had awfully good "luck" with remington varmint/sendero barrels ...

I've always had good luck with them myself, in fact for an out of the box shooter the Sendero would be hard to beat.

Seems like the Remington heavy barrels I've had in the past were accurate, but fouled so badly they lost all accuracy after 10-15 rounds. Maybe I'll try some of that Tubbs final finish bore treatment on this one, because I did just order one from Bud's.

Tack - can't wait to hear how it shoots. besides 30-06 i would like to see them make it in 6.5-284 also.