Opinion on Remington SPS or VLS

[centershot]

Anyone own one of these? I want to purchase one in .223 and some say the new ones are quite inferior.Wil use it for a Prairie Dog gun with 55 grain bullets.

 

[LarryDScott]

There is quiet a difference in appearance and cost of the
2 selected models, but at the heart of the gun, the barrels/actions
are all the same. There should be no quality difference regardless
of yr of mfg. LDS

 

[johnmventers398]

i have an sps in 243 and it shoots well. around 1MOA right from the factory with hornady ammo. and after i bedded it cause the stock was pants it shot around 3/4 to 1MOA most of the time. now ive ditched the factory stock and replaced it with a full ally beddingblock one still shoots about 3/4. however i have now burnt out the barrel and wating on a new one. ither models should be equily good whare the barreld action is concerned, however i would spend the extra and get the better stocked version right off the bat.

john

 

[Jaybo]

I have a 308 sps shoots submoa out to 500 using handloads haven't push it passed that . But it a great gun to be a stock factory rifle.

 

[Bangs OH]

Get the stainless 27133 model; a better package for just a little more $. Lighter barrel but - like the stock - you can replace with something better and more to your liking later. I have the discontinued Stainless SPS Varmint model in .22-250, and it's always been a shooter, even before I swapped out the trigger and Tupperware stock for a Timney and B&C A2, respectively. The current VSF - a VSSF wannabe, save for the cheap stock - is another option. More money, but probably less than the VLS you asked about.
The VLS is yet another version of the iconic heavy-barreled 700; never owned that particular model but they should be fairly accurate, and the 24" barrel should be a little more maneuverable than the 26-inchers above, yet still keep the fps up. Check that: have since remembered most of the barrels on the varmint-caliber VLS's are 26 inches long.

 

[6fatrat]

2 years I bought the SPS in .223 for the action, wife had shoulder surgery just before our deer season and couldn't shoot her 7 mag. I bought the nosler 60 gr. partitions it consistently shot .5's+ at 100yds., couldn't believe it. When I took the rifle apart I kept the barrel for?
Steve Bair

 

[stacy]

I TOO HAVE A REM SPS 223 THAT SHOOTS LIGHTS OUT WITH 52GR SIERRAS BTHP LOWS .1'S AND .2'S COYOTE NIGHTMARE!!!!

 

['Freak]

The VLS (.204 Ruger) and the SPS Varmint (.243 Win.) have the exact same specifications about the barreled actions, only difference is they’re installed in different stocks, one a nice enough laminate and the other an ugly ‘tupperware’ predisposed to end up tossed in favor of something nicer and/or better suited to tweakin’.

I had less than $550 in the SPSV, including shipping and FFL guy, and a bit less in the VLS, before the B&C A2 likeness, a Timney Calvin Elite, a Jewell HVRTSBR, mounts & optics, more reloading stuff, etc., etc., and etc.

Watch the classifieds here and/or search often at GunBroker or similar and eventually whatever you’ve been waiting for will show up and it can be “won” at a decent price. Do pay close attention to the rules, all fine print in the listings, and to the buyer/seller history section.