[target shooter]

Excellent.

I appreciate the advice and appreciate the welcome.

With the amount of things I plan to learn, I'm afraid that I'll "beat everyone down" with my questions, but I promise to search the board before I ask the really dumb ones!!!!

Again, thank you.

P.S. I'm open to any suggestions, or opinions, that would improve on the accuracy of my 700VLS (or me, the shooter). My brother shoots a 22-250 (and reloads), and we tend to turn most things into a competition, so any advantage I gain through this board - I'll use!!
thx!

I have a suggestion. Put the Rem 700 in the closet and get a Savage 10FP .308 cal with Accu-trigger. I've spent the past month breaking mine in and profiling groups. The best I could attain with my Rem 700 is 1.5 inches at 200 meters. After a 30 round break in I'm consistently grouping 0.8 inches at 200 meters out of the box, with no mods. The stock (standard) isn't the prettiest, but the stock doesn't launch the round. The barrel is free floating, and it does make a huge difference. You owe it to yourself to try the Accu-trigger. It's awesome.

Good Luck. You'll get it tuned to as good as it can be if you follow the good advice you've gotten so far.

T shooter

 

[target shooter]

Welcome, Target Shooter -

Always nice to meet new people and different opinions. And, on this board, you'll find everyone DOES have an opinion!!

Thanks KDUB,

I just read my thread and realized that I can shoot, but I can't type. I'm shooting .8 inch groups after 300 rounds, not 30 DOH !!

Got to go to the range and get behind the M48 for awhile.
Got a 300 meter classic rifle match this weekend, and I've got to tweak my eye to the "old irons" again. Been spending too much time behind the 10FP, and I'm feeling a bit spoiled.

Later,
T. Shooter

Keep your powder dry and watch out for tablecloths and fan belts.