Anyone have a Remington 700 SPS Tactical .223 ?

[ellmerfudd]

Hello everyone, i have just purchased a remington 700 SPS Tactical 20" .223 and have had it a week and still not had time to shoot it yet due to work, i was really excited about this gun but have been reading nothing but bad things about the Hogue overmoulded stock, i just wondered if anyone has actually had any luck with keeping the standard stock or does everyone junk the stock straight away, i have sanded barrel channel so it is now totally free floating, funds are a bit limited at moment so im just hoping the gun shoots well, it came with the trigger fettled and barrel recrowned by SYSS but now im wondering if i should have kept looking for a second hand .223 PSS as they are fully ally bedded aaarggh

[Sim G]

The beauty of the 700 is its like Lego. Decent stocks, reasonably priced can be had. There are two types of Hogue stock I believe, one that has an aluminium full length bedding block which isn't too bad. The other doesn't have and is....

[saddler]

It'll be fine for now...just keep an eye on the amount of flex if shooting from a bipod, etc.

There are a couple of quick fix solutions to be found on YouTube...one being a coke can bedding job...

Use it until you get lucky & find a replacement stock. Even a wood one that you can get for £50 will be an improvement (just offered one tat that price yesterday if you get stuck...happy to pass on the name of the seller)



& you've spelt yer name wrong - the pup here only has the one 'L' in Elmer

[ellmerfudd]

I know the name spelling mate i just changed it slightly because my numberplate used to be E 11 MRF on an old car and i wish i still had it now !