Model 700 woes

[Skinny Shooter]

Did anyone look at the bolt handle yet

Just kidding...

[PJgunner]

It seems to me, that if the first shots give a very bad group, then the next round of shots gives a good group, that when the barrel(?) heats up, something is altered. A bad scope will sometimes give bad groups and good groups, but a bad group on the first string, then good groups thereafter untils cool off? No bloody way!
The comment about the loose fitting threads, maybe.
However, five will get you ten it's in the barrel. I think a barrel slipped though that was not properly stress relieved. Whether Remington will make it good, considering it's a second hand rifle, I can't say. However, having them replace the barrel will probably be less expensive than from a gunsmith.
Probably the previous owner disposed of it for exactly the same reason. Probably didn't want the hassle of sending it back to the factory.
My only experience of returning a rifle to the factory was with a Ruger #1 in 7x57. It too had a bad barrel that would not shoot anything. My gunsmith did a chamber cast and found the throat was over two inches long, way out of spec. I wrote Ruger, explaining that is was a second hand rifle and what my gunsmith had determined. They had me send it in. It took almost four months to ger it back, but not only had they replaced the barrel, but completely refinished the rifle. Groups are now in the .75 to 1.25" range depending on the load.
Contact Remington and see if they will do anything for you.
Good luck.
Paul B.

[kailua custom]

I saw this happen a long time ago in Hawaii with a Ruger 77. Shot crappy until it warmed up ---then fine. The barrel wasn`t bored/rifled correctly or stress releived at the factory. In the "relaxed" state[cool] was was a tad bent. Upon heating up it straightened out and shot. If I have a spare Rem 700 7mm RM barrel you can have it for the S/h if you have a `smith to install it. I think this will solve the problem.

Aloha, Mark

[Cal Sibley]

Drop the thing off at a good gunsmiths, tell him to "make it shoot. and call you when ready." Make sure he test fires it. Life's too short to fool with an inaccurate rifle. You could be an old man by the time you get to the bottom of this. Just one mans opinion. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

[Cal Sibley]

I'd pack the rifle and send it off to Remington. Let this become their headache, not yours. Remington has a nasty habit of preaching accuracy while declaring rifles that shoot no better than 3" groups as being reasonable. Your rifle can't begin to meet their wildest standards for accuracy. They should repair it so long as no one has made any modifications to it. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

[fabsroman]

I am glad to hear that you finally got that thing fixed.

However, why are you going to but a new one now that you have something shooting so good? I would be very happy with anything shooting 2" groups at 300 yards.

[gumpokc]

I agree, if your keeping 10 shots in 1 inch at 100 thats plenty good, then 10 shots in 2 inch at 300, thats definately suitable for anyone.

oh sure there's some benchrest shooters i know of that wouldn't be happy, but these particular guys are..um...shall we say, anal-retentive about anything more than 1/4 inch 5 shot strings at 100.

so unless your looking at building a longrange benchrest rifle, i think you gotter whipped.

[fabsroman]

Any time somebody else is willing to do the buying, I am all for a new gun. That doesn't happen much for me. The only two guns that were bought for me were bought by my dad. The first was when I was 8 years old and it was a Browning BPS 12 gauge that I couldn't use for many years. Because that gun was too big and he couldn't find a replacement stock to saw down, he bought me a single shot 20 gauge that I used for one year before graduating to his Auto 5 12 gauge.

Since then, I have been buying all my own guns, but I have been able to use a couple of my dad's along the way, and he has been able to use some of mine too.