Guy Miner
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- Apr 6, 2006
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My oldest son accompanied me to the range this afternoon. He got a new scope mount for his AR-15 varminter as a Christmas present, and hadn't shot the rifle with the new scope mount yet. I had a new rifle to check for the SWAT team; a Rem 700 LTR in .308 Win. Off we went!
Josh was able to position his grape behind the scope more comfortably than ever before thanks to the new scope mount and he shot better than I've ever seen him shoot a rifle! Happy Dad here!
The new SWAT rifle is a real honey! I picked it up this morning, gave it a good once-over, installed the scope, cleaned the barrel and took it to the range. Decided there was no reason to vary from my shoot one/clean & repeat break-in routine, so proceeded to do so. After six single shots, I fired a three-round group:
Things were looking good, so I cleaned the barrel again, and fired another three-shot group:
Something is obviously wrong with the rifle - I fired three shots and only made one hole in the target... :lol:
The 700 LTR, a "Light Tactical Rifle" is a really nice little piece of gear, and a fellow just might want to consider one if he wanted a compact but accurate .308 bolt gun. They also make 'em in .223 for those folks who want a varmint cartridge. It's only got a 20" barrel, fluted, and has the HS Precision stock with the aluminum bedding block. This new one is my first experience with Remington's new trigger, and I have to say that it is quite an improvement! 'Bout time. I may still need to adjust this thing down a bit, but it is crisp. Used Warne for the scope base and rings, very nice "tactical" heavy duty steel stuff. The Leupold Mk 4 3.5-10x is simply superb. This is a true "tactical" scope, with the external windage & elevation adjustments, a 30mm tube, and an illuminated mil-dot reticle. A very nice package, and I wish we'd had one available for the team years ago.
Regards, Guy
Josh was able to position his grape behind the scope more comfortably than ever before thanks to the new scope mount and he shot better than I've ever seen him shoot a rifle! Happy Dad here!
The new SWAT rifle is a real honey! I picked it up this morning, gave it a good once-over, installed the scope, cleaned the barrel and took it to the range. Decided there was no reason to vary from my shoot one/clean & repeat break-in routine, so proceeded to do so. After six single shots, I fired a three-round group:
Things were looking good, so I cleaned the barrel again, and fired another three-shot group:
Something is obviously wrong with the rifle - I fired three shots and only made one hole in the target... :lol:
The 700 LTR, a "Light Tactical Rifle" is a really nice little piece of gear, and a fellow just might want to consider one if he wanted a compact but accurate .308 bolt gun. They also make 'em in .223 for those folks who want a varmint cartridge. It's only got a 20" barrel, fluted, and has the HS Precision stock with the aluminum bedding block. This new one is my first experience with Remington's new trigger, and I have to say that it is quite an improvement! 'Bout time. I may still need to adjust this thing down a bit, but it is crisp. Used Warne for the scope base and rings, very nice "tactical" heavy duty steel stuff. The Leupold Mk 4 3.5-10x is simply superb. This is a true "tactical" scope, with the external windage & elevation adjustments, a 30mm tube, and an illuminated mil-dot reticle. A very nice package, and I wish we'd had one available for the team years ago.
Regards, Guy
