Remington 700 Barrel grades

[bryank30]

Would a current remington 700 Varmint SPS barrel 26'' in length be the same in quality as the barrel that comes on the current remington 700Police model? I know that there profile is the same, as well as the length and twist-rate. Just curious. I am thinking they are.

I know that the stock on the 700P is a H&S precision and that the stock that comes with the SPS is remington and semi-cheesy, I have since replaced that one with a H&S precision sporter model.

 

[bryank30]

In .308 chambering of course..

 

[unwise11]

Depends on the date of manufacture, no two barrels are identical.

 

[bryank30]

Possibly. I wonder if the police barrels even though they are same twist, 1/12 same length-26 have better rifling.

 

[Horsemany]

They are the same barrel with a different exterior finish.

 

[GooseGestapo]

Supposedly, the 700P barrel is of 1/11" twist and has the 5R rifling. The varmint/SPS supposedly has 1/10" twist and standard 6 groove broach cut rifling.

However, with all the cost cutting going on at big-Green, who knows....?

 

[TonyAngel]

I believe that they are all of the same quality, with the exception of the finishes and twist rates.

Most of the Remingtons have 1:12 twist barrels unless you get some sort of special edition or model of something that might come with an 11.25:1 or 10:1 twist.

 

[Geno]

When I spoke with "Remington" about the M700 Police, the representative advised me that the sole difference between the M700 SPS varmint barreled action and the M700 Police barreled action is finish. Some models, as noted already do have differing twist-rates. All of the police model Remingtons are 100% parkerized, inside and outside. Yes, you read that correctly, even the barrel's chamber and bore get parkerized. According to Remington's Tech Depart, this facilitates the break-in process, and protects against corrosion. There is a post around here regarding that. The representative stressed that in terms of tolerances, the barreled actions are identical.

Geno

 

[Rob96]

What Geno said. Only the models that say 5R rifling have it.

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

I just gots to know. What is 5r?

 

[bryank30]

It was a limited run that remington did around 2001 that featured the same twist and special reverse cut rifling that there M700 military issue had. 5 grooves instead of 6. Supposed to be more accurate.

 

[jmr40]

It is my understanding that Remington makes a few of their 5R rifles each year. They don't catalog them and you may have a hard time finding one.

 

[chaser_2332]

Love my 5r, shoots right up there with custom bolt guns

 

[TonyAngel]

Yes, many 5r rifles do shoot well, buy they are really nothing special in the accuracy department. There are lots of rifles/barrels that shoot well. I wouldn't go killing myself to find a 5r. I really believe that your shooting skill will have more of an impact on the results than the type of rifling that you have.

Unless I'm mistaken, my Kriegers are four groove.

 

[dnthmn]

My understanding is that the big thing about the 5R is the sloping transition from the lands to grooves, not so much the number of grooves.