The Drive to 5000 Draw - Remington 700 Package >>>WINNER POST 173<<<

[VancouverSkiBum]

Congrats! Can't wait for the next one! Great giveaway guys!

[Haywire1]

Congrats ben, and welcome to 'berta, lol

[zulu]

congrats ben! your going to have to tell us how it shoots!

[Edenchef]

Well.... I just got off the phone with Jwirecom109... And I'm proud to announce that the rifle has a new home! I haven't ever won much, and this was a pretty big surprise for me!

I'd like to thank everyone at GOC and the sponsors that made it happen! This site is by far my favorite forum, and I look forward to continuing to spend time and be part of our Canadian firearms community! I like to think that we really do have something positive going on here, and I'd like to see the site grow even more.

Good luck to everyone else for the next big contest!

I'm sure it has a great home JB. Congrats! Let us know how it shoots, pls. Cheers!

[JustBen]

I've got a few plans in mind for it... I'll be sure to share what happens to the gun!

[jwirecom109]

Well its out in the mail as of today so you should get it wednesday, congrats and enjoy.

[Strewth]

Awesome, congrats Ben! And thanks GOC for another excellent contest!

[Prairie Dog]

Awesome, congrats Ben! And thanks GOC for another excellent contest!

Amen!

[YukonLeftie]

Lucky dog, congrats!

[stevesummit]

Well I am glad Ben got it , hope you get lots of use out of it!

[TV-PressPass]

Nicely done sir!

[enerflex]

Congrats Ben! Make good use of her and let us know the results

[robins111]

Good for you.. congratulations...

[JustBen]

Well, its been a long time coming, but I finally did make it to the range. It was a beautiful day, and I had the range to myself. But, like a MORON, I forgot to take pictures until I was at home again. So, here's a quick snap of the rifle with its "older sister," a Remington 700, also in 270, but from 1963.



I was originally tooling up to get the older rifle into a shooter. I had traded for a very nice Burris scope and had purchased everything needed to turn my old ADL into a "BDL" with a weatherby style Bell and Carlson stock. When I won the SPS rifle, I decided to put it into the B&C stock instead and mount my new Burris. However, being that the SPS came with a detachable magazine, it does not have feed rails and cannot use a factory Remington BDL style floorplate. So, I went to work on the stock, strengthening the fore end and filling the stock with spray can foam. I also painted the SPS stock with olive drab, flat brown, and black webbing.

I'm not disappointed by the SPS though... a bit of work and load development, and its shooting 130 grain Accubonds over 54.2 grains of IMR 4250 into nice little groups. Yes, that is just a 3 shot group, but it measures 0.910 from outside to outside. Subtract one bullet diameter, and you have a 0.75 MOA load. I had no trouble keeping 3 shot 1.0 MOA groups ALL DAY.



But wait, JustBen, what about that 6-18 scope that came on it? Oh, I put that on my SR-22 project...

[Strewth]

Very nice! Bigger groups! Moar pics!

Kidding, don't really need bigger groups from a hunting rifle, that looks like a rifle to shoot confidently.
...Not kidding about the pics though, could we get a better one of the paint job?