remington mountain rifle accuracy???
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I too have a Mountain Rifle in 7mm-08, and I love theis rifle. It likes 150 grain Sierra SBT, and any powder combo I can throw at it. I have killed deer and the occasional woodchuck with this rifle. I have shot woodchucks that were a good 150 yards away with 150 grainers and have hit them. I don’t think you will go wrong with this rifle/caliber combo. Good Luck. DY – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My 7mm-08 Rem Mtn Rifle shoots perfect from day one, and it is now 6 years > old. > It is a great rifle that drops deer fast. My only gripe is I should have > bought 2 of them right away since my son seems to take this one all the time > and leave me with the 30-06. The 7mm-08 is better !!! > —– Original Message —– > Newsgroups: rec.hunting > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 11:40 PM > I have a rem. 280 Mountain rifle and have found that (my particular gun) > patterns a rem. 140 gr. round with complete accuracy. Anything heavier > patterns terribly. I would not part with this little gun, it is light and > small and I have killed a lot of deer with it. > Ed > > I am interested in buying a remington mountain rifle in 7mm-08. Does > anybody > > have any experience with the mountain rifle?? How accurate is it??? > > T > > Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ > Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ > Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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I have a rem. 280 Mountain rifle and have found that (my particular gun) patterns a rem. 140 gr. round with complete accuracy. Anything heavier patterns terribly. I would not part with this little gun, it is light and small and I have killed a lot of deer with it. Ed
> I am interested in buying a remington mountain rifle in 7mm-08. Does anybody > have any experience with the mountain rifle?? How accurate is it??? > T > Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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My 7mm-08 Rem Mtn Rifle shoots perfect from day one, and it is now 6 years old. It is a great rifle that drops deer fast. My only gripe is I should have bought 2 of them right away since my son seems to take this one all the time and leave me with the 30-06. The 7mm-08 is better !!! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text —— Original Message —– Newsgroups: rec.hunting Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 11:40 PM > I have a rem. 280 Mountain rifle and have found that (my particular gun) > patterns a rem. 140 gr. round with complete accuracy. Anything heavier > patterns terribly. I would not part with this little gun, it is light and > small and I have killed a lot of deer with it. > Ed > I am interested in buying a remington mountain rifle in 7mm-08. Does > anybody > have any experience with the mountain rifle?? How accurate is it??? > T > Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ > Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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I am interested in buying a remington mountain rifle in 7mm-08. Does anybody have any experience with the mountain rifle?? How accurate is it??? T Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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> I am interested in buying a remington mountain rifle in 7mm-08. Does anybody > have any experience with the mountain rifle?? How accurate is it??? > T
A little; I’ve fooled with my sister’s .280 Rem 700 mountain rifle time to time. I also have a 7mm-08 Model Seven stainless. The light barrelled rifles are more touchy than heavier barrelled rifles, but they’ll still shoot real well if you can find the load combination they like. My secret to my 7mm-08 is an RP case, Fed 215 primer, and a max load of W760 for whatever bullet I choose. My sister’s .280 is more touchy. The only thing it ever shot truly well is the now-discontinued Nosler solid base 162 grain. My M7 7mm-08 puts 3 140 grain partitions into around an inch at 200 yards. The only thing hard about that is the low power scope I use makes aiming that well fairly difficult. I think that rifle you’re asking about is a winner, or at least will be unless you get a factory lemon, which can happen. Are you looking at the laminated stocked variant? Tom Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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> I am interested in buying a remington mountain rifle in 7mm-08. Does anybody > have any experience with the mountain rifle?? How accurate is it???
My .280 wasn’t accurate until I bedded the action and floated the barrel. Now its fine. G Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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>I am interested in buying a remington mountain rifle in 7mm-08. Does anybody >have any experience with the mountain rifle?? How accurate is it???
I have a MR in 30-06 and I love it. Mine is SS/laminate. If I am careful to just measure "hunting" accuracy; that is, letting the barrel cool at LEAST 5 minutes between shots or 2-shot groups, it’ll shoot around 1.25 – 1.5 MOA with me shooting it. If you heat that thin barrel up on the range, it’ll drive you nuts chasing the zero around. But if you zero it as above, it’s a very accurate rifle, considering the thin barrel especially. At least mine is. I had to lighten the trigger on mine. I’ve had to fight my Model 7 in 7mm-08, though. I love the caliber but the rifle had not been shooting well for me. However, I seem to have sorted it out, and it was a much me as the rifle, and now I’m at 1.5 MOA or so with that one too… I think <G>… The MR in 7-08 is going to be a great gun! You’ll love it. -jeff Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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I have the Mountain rifle in 7mm08 and out of the box it was terrible. I floated the barell and now it is very accurate. Glen Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ——Original Message—– Newsgroups: rec.hunting >I have the Mountain rifle in 7mm08 and out of the box it was terrible. I >floated the barell and now it is very accurate. >Glen Hi Glen, I ended up floating every full length stocked rifle that I ever owned. I believe it is possible to get a little bit better accuracy sometimes with the right amount of up-pressure on the fore-end but for hunting accuracy, I don’t believe it is enough to consider. I have seen lots of new Remingtons being shot at the rifle range that are giving trouble. Most of the time the barrel is touching, or nearly touching, the wood on the side of the barrel channel. Most think that if you can slide a dollar bill between the barrel and channel, things are loose enough. With a wispy barrel it can still vibrate over and hit the tight spot. That will throw the bullet in the opposite direction. I tell the boys to use a ten dollar bill 
That little lump of wood in the channel at the tip of the fore-arm is a joke. In my opinion, they mill that into the stock, slap the barreled action in , screw it together and ship it. No adjustments or fitting whatever. Other folks can do as they please of course but the first thing I would do to a new gun would be to chisel that lump out and and scrape out the channel. I would be sure to float it enough so that when the humidity changed and the stock warped, the barrel would still be free floating. I have heard it said and it works for me; If a hunting rifle wont shoot free floating, it wont shoot. Bob . Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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>That little lump of wood in the channel at the tip of the fore-arm is a >joke. In my opinion, they mill that into the stock, slap the barreled action >in , screw it together and ship it. No adjustments or fitting whatever. >Other folks can do as they please of course but the first thing I would do >to a new gun would be to chisel that lump out and and scrape out the >channel.
Another true believer in the Cult of the Floating Barrel. Let us keep the Faith, Brother. I also believe ! 8>) In the rack behind me are three Remingtons and a Winchester. All have from .008" to .010" clearance between barrel and forearm. No contact anywhere past the recoil lug. All four will shoot into a 1" circle at 100 yds. with the right ammo. The only one that came floated was a 25-06 Sendero. I think the greatest problem with a factory pressure point is that they don’t necessarily exert a uniform "straight up" pressure on the barrel. Bill Van Houten (USA Ret) "No matter how hard you try, you can’t throw a potato chip very far." "Linus" Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
