Well with that being said your much better off finding yourself an action somewhere and building a custom rifle to suit you. The SPS is going for about $600 in my area, there is no point in buying this rifle to change the barrel. The last Remington actions I saw went for around $300, add $100 for a good trigger and your up to $400 with no stock or barrel yet. What more do you want from this thing? I think the whole point of this is a turnkey rifle ready for a suppressor. I personally have a few off the shelf 700's with no more then trigger adjustment that will shoot moa with the right loads. That is probably more than enough for most people.robpiat wrote:You guys are right...Escort was a little harsh and mustang is a little better analogy.
That being said, standard Remington barrels are very marginal. You would be much better off putting the AICS money in a barrel and properly bedding a cheaper stock.
I know alot of guys think that the out of the box PSS/FN accuracy is normal, but I think you can do alot better.
For whatever reason in the "tactical" world the impact a stock makes has been grossly over exaggerated and a quality barrel underrated.
I own rifles from several manufactures ( probably nowhere near as many as some other people on here might have ), and I'd be more then happy even with my cheap 700's. I have a Sportsman 78 which is just an el cheapo branded 700 made for Kmart I think it was, and it will out shoot every other out of the box rifle I have. Buy it, and shoot it next to your friends. See which one you like more, then make your decision. I don't own anything with a hogue stock on it but I've handled them, and I think they'd make an excellent hunting stock.phoenix wrote:for someones first bolt action rifle (me), im sure as it sits with a decent scope it should be fine right?
or do you suggest putting it in a different stock? ive shot my friends varmit .223 R700 and like his stock he has (cant remember what it is).
