Remington 700 Varmint 7mm-08 questions

[rockrat]

Just picked up one of these guns last night at a local show. Did they make many of these? First one I have seen. Any loading help for this caliber for those of you that might shoot this caliber? Anything appreciated. Thanks

 

[FryeGuy]

they made them in the original 700BDL varmint gun, with the walnut stock. they also built them for a couple of years in the 700VLS set up,varmint, laminated stock, blued). it was a good find, they 7-08 in a varmint gun usually doesn't stick around long. I have the light varmint, stainless fluted, synthetic model. they seem to be scarce as well. it is a very good round. i can pm the load info i have. i don't think i have shot it across a chronograph yet, but if i have i will give you that as well. which model is yours?

 

[rain164845]

I have a 7-08 customized Savage 1-10 twist. It shoots the 168 SMKs great with H4350 at around 2700 fps.
Joe

 

[rockrat]

It is blued, non-fluted barrel 24' long, but the stock was replaced with a custom thumbhole stock, so unsure of what the origional configuration was. Any load data would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[therifler]

what are you looking to accomplish with this rifle varmint hunting,long range deer,bench shooting ? do you have a bullet weight in mind ?

 

[tenring]

The 700 Varmint in that caliber has been a favorite in high power silhouette shooting for many years. Since yours has the thumbhole stock, I would bet that most certainly is what it was used for. There are many good .284 bullets - most will knock down a ram at 500 yds. - and you can find loads in most manuals. Why not get started and try your skill at HP silhouette? Its mucho fun. Do a google search for silhouette competition.

 

[rockrat]

Will be mainly used for long range target shooting/plinking. Bullet weights will range from 130gr to 168gr. Have a number of 130gr, 139gr fp, 140's and a few 168 left over from my IHMSA days. Have a few moulds too.

Unfortunately, no HP silhouette around here.

 

[brad6ppc]

I have a Remigton 700 7mm08 in varmit configuration.It has the heavy barrel and came in a Remington,HS Precision)composite stock.It shoots 145gr Speer Sub MOA out to 500yds.

 

[Babin708]

I had one for several years, broke my teeth in on long range
shooting using one, It was blued VLS with a 26inch barrel.
I used it with a Boyd Thumbhole stock and installed a Rifle
Basix trigger. I used Sierra 150 Matchkings and played with
120 v-max. Vmax were good for 3050fps and Sub Moa.

 

[Marksman]

They also made a special run of SPS Varmint blued models. I've thought about picking one up myself, but I just acquired a 270 Sendero instead.