Was looking at 700 Tactical .308...until I saw the 700 VTR

[flyfishooltewah]

I was curious ablout the Remington 700 Tactical with the 20" barrel and I posted last week asking everyone's opinion of it. Now though, I have had a chance to look at the Remington 700 VTR rifle with a 22" and I am really more interested in it. Does anyone have an opinion either way on the two? I'm really more interested in target shooting , should I go with the 22-250 or .308....any thoughts?

[DaveTN]

I'm really more interested in target shooting , should I go with the 22-250 or .308....any thoughts?

I have the 700 VLS heavy barrel in .308 and it is a tack driver. Anyone can say anything they like, but to shoot 50-100 rounds in a range session with a 30 cal bolt is brutal. I think if I had it to do over I would go with a .223.

I don’t hunt, and unless I go to Illinois I can’t shoot at over 300 meters. I would think the .223 would do fine at that distance, be a lot easier on my shoulder and a lot cheaper to shoot.

Edited February 23, 2009 by DaveTN

[MudBugjr]

I was looking at both myself and went with the tactical sps 20" barrel. I read an artical on the VTR> If I can find it again I'll post it up. With the price difference that I found I couldn't say no to the Tactical.

[Ridgerunner665]

I just can't make myself like the VTR barrel (triangle shaped)...and the SPS Tactical is generally more accurate.

[Jasongar8]

Not into the barrel at all. I dont see the advantage to it. Also the green stock turns me off. Im sure it is a shooter, just not my cup of tea. I would stick to .308 for long distance stuff. Check out the 700 LTR and the 700 Police too.

-Jason G

[MudBugjr]

The barrel on the vtr is actually only 20" of usable barrel anyway. 2" is just vented. I can't figure out how to post it but if you google rem 700 vtr goto sniper central and they did a test run on that rifle and barrel set up. Sorry I'm computer stupid.

[Guest Todd@CIS]

This month's American Rifleman had a write-up of the VTR...accuracy was nothing to write home about (1-2" with match ammo at 100 yards). Yes, it could have just been that rifle.

Every 20" Tactical I've shot has been sub-MOA with decent ammo.

[flyfishooltewah]

Ridgerunner..I agree on the barrel and thanks Todd, I did read my American Rifleman last night and I am not as impressed now as I was at first glance....

[Guest Hemo]

I had the guys down at Tri-city Gun Depot pick me up one of the black stocked VTR's in .223 at the beginning of the month. I'll just make a couple observations.

First thing I did when I got mine was de-lawyerize my trigger. Which was fantastic after. I have no experiance with a one billionth ounce jewel trigger, but it was a very sufficient pull, my finger tells me.

Second, the stock... Wll you see I like to tinker. The factory stock had me very annoyed about 2 days in. (I had a sp101 for about a week before I sent it to Gemini heh.) So I decided I was going to float the barrel and possibly, possibly bed it. Well I removed the plastic posts the barrel sits on and started shaving material off the barrel channel. Ugh, I removed enough material trying to keep the left side from touching that simply touching the front area of the stock resulted in visible flexing. My impression was that the stock itself was warped.

I ordered a Bell and Carlson A3 "hook" stock and the entire time waiting for it was really hoping I was right about it being the stock. It was(lined up perfectly with no "tinkering") and I have a great little shooter for the 100-200 yards I have access to. Thats my recomendation. If you get one and it doesn't shoot well...It's probably the stock. I don't think any SPSor VTR owner can ignore that the stock is fairly cheap. I have seen plenty of posts where people say theirs shot great out of the box, but look to the stock first if it doesn't.

[Guest abailey362]

i had a vtr in 308 for about a week. it was a good rifle, but i'm not into bench target long range shooting so it got traded in on a new rock river AR