Remington .223 Varmint
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:33 am
In the pursuit of my "Holy Grail", I'm going to have too many .223's, even though I love the calibre. So this one is on the block.
It's a SPS Varmint, but, had one or two changes. Firstly, it's been screwcut and recrowned. Next, I've had a Badger Ordnance extended bolt handle fitted. It has steel weaver bases and I threw out the flimsy SPS vented stock and put a tan HS Precision stock on it.
Right, the good bit if the above wasn't already enough, it's only had 84 rounds through it! 49 round count barrel run in and so far, 35 rounds load development. 53gn SMK's with Vhit N140 have shown some great promise, with 5 rounds into .75" at 100 and 5 rounds into 2" at 300.
This is the bit that some may not like. It's a 1 in 12" twist. Even though the barrel is 26" long, you're not going to get enough velocity to stabalise anything over 60 to 62gns.
But that said, why would you want to? If you shoot over 600 yards regularly, then you really don't want a .223. A 1 in 12 twist will do very well to 600, very well indeed. My last box of 53gn SMK's were almost half the price of a box of 69gn SMK's!!!
Be honest with yourself and your shooting. A 1 in 12 can make perfect shooting and economical sense!!
I'm after £695 for this rifle, and given it's work so far and the few touches, I reckon it's well worth it. The importers tell me that all Remington prices will be going up when they can get them in. Add the cost of the stuff done to mine.....
£695.
I'll get a couple of pictures up today.
It's a SPS Varmint, but, had one or two changes. Firstly, it's been screwcut and recrowned. Next, I've had a Badger Ordnance extended bolt handle fitted. It has steel weaver bases and I threw out the flimsy SPS vented stock and put a tan HS Precision stock on it.
Right, the good bit if the above wasn't already enough, it's only had 84 rounds through it! 49 round count barrel run in and so far, 35 rounds load development. 53gn SMK's with Vhit N140 have shown some great promise, with 5 rounds into .75" at 100 and 5 rounds into 2" at 300.
This is the bit that some may not like. It's a 1 in 12" twist. Even though the barrel is 26" long, you're not going to get enough velocity to stabalise anything over 60 to 62gns.
But that said, why would you want to? If you shoot over 600 yards regularly, then you really don't want a .223. A 1 in 12 twist will do very well to 600, very well indeed. My last box of 53gn SMK's were almost half the price of a box of 69gn SMK's!!!
Be honest with yourself and your shooting. A 1 in 12 can make perfect shooting and economical sense!!
I'm after £695 for this rifle, and given it's work so far and the few touches, I reckon it's well worth it. The importers tell me that all Remington prices will be going up when they can get them in. Add the cost of the stuff done to mine.....
£695.
I'll get a couple of pictures up today.
