Is the Remington 700 5r best 308 bolt action rifle?

Nope, your rifle as described above would be FAR superior to a new Remington 5R Milspec. The Remington 5R is just a factory produced hammer forged barrel, while Mike Rock's barrels are cut rifled and carefully chambered.

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I was actually hoping that someone would confirm what seems obvious - that a custom barrel & chambering job by a reputable (or, in this case, top-notch) barrel maker is better than something from a large, automated factory.

I will likely get this done in the next couple of months. I want my rifle back before 1/20/09 if a certain person is going to move into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Well, it's obvious, just a buttload more money. Unless you get a Savage, and DIY.

Somebody once asked me the difference between a 3/4 MOA rifle and a 1/2 MOA rifle. I told him about 2500 bucks .

My bone stock (except for 2.5 pound trigger) Remington 700 VS .308 will shoot 1/2 inch three shot groups at 100 yards and 3/4 inch five shot groups at 100 yards. Is the 5R Remington 700 the best .308 bolt action? For the money maybe it is, but the ones with the standard rifling shoot pretty good too, and better with a little bit of tuning.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

"unless you get a Savage and DIY."

Do WHAT myself - I'm no gunsmith. Am I supposed to rebarrel and rechamber a rifle, let alone do it well, without the equipment or the experience?

FYI, it isn't SUCH a buttload of money - I just found out that getting a Rock barrel and having it installed costs about $600 plus shipping. Not cheap, but that's no $2500 rifle either, even with my original cost for the rifle included (roughly $525).

Do WHAT myself - I'm no gunsmith. Am I supposed to rebarrel and rechamber a rifle, let alone do it well, without the equipment or the experience?

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If you can change the oil in your car, you can buy a pre-fit barrel in install it on your Savage in 30 minutes. Guys do it all the time, no big deal; Savage is a modular rifle, more or less. Shot this target with my Shilen 6.5X47L, need to finish load development and get it better. And bed it, got a little vertical stringing going on.



I've got $600 total in this rifle, but still missed the dime.

I can't speak for the best .308 bolt action as Im pretty new to shooting, but my cousin bought one a year ago and it shot so good it convinced me not to spend $4K+ on a new rifle. I bought one too! I spent twice as much on optics and mounts as I did on the rifle and added a timney trigger thats it. After shooting our enlarged single holes for the day we see who can shoot the others paper of the board. Last time out it took 5 rounds for one and 6 rounds for the other to remove all the tacks! It seems the 5Rs and 168/175 SMKs are just a perfect match. I see a ton of PSS at the range and unless modified or some special handloads they dont do what the 5Rs will do. Ill keep my $3k+ and save it for more ammo and practice! Maybe a new stock and a real 5R cut rifled barrel when this one shot out?

You should be so lucky as to shoot out a 308 barrel. It's shocking how many rounds that takes. Guy on anothe thread has pics of his new AICS - I'd call that the best 308.

No. But it is one of the better factory produced rifles that can par with other rifles way above its price range. Then again, it depends on who is pulling the trigger and allocating the right bullet. No regrets on mine.