Right Gents,
I intend getting my remmy 700 chopped and re-threaded its 1-10 twist so I am thinking maybe 22" but what are your thoughts and experiences, I use mainly 90 grain rounds.
Thanks
Leon
Wrong thread!
Just out of interest, how long is it now and what profile? Also where are you intending to send it to be done?
Is that your best answer... well it aint rifles or equipment as such or the others, this is about the closest...
25" & .910 profile, thinking of our local smiths in Ruthin.
Valley Arms in Ruthin is pretty good with rifles in my admittedly fairly limited experience.
I would cut it to 20", 21" at the very most.
So its the std 26'' heavy barrel which has been threaded? I wanted to go down to 18'' with mine (R700 PSS) but due to the length of the HS Precision stock, you cant really do it if you want to put a P8 back on it. I had mine lopped down to 22'' and it was done by Steve Kershaw. I cant recommend him highly enough, fantastic engineer, extremely helpful, makes good tea, turns jobs around quickly and is competitively priced. He wont get it wrong!
I would still like to try my barrel at 18''. It performs exactly the same at 22'' as it did at 26''. Im sure muzzle velocity has dropped but not significantly..
Standards .820 isnt it on the 700 police? the one that came off was anyway. Its running a Shilen now and shoots a treat but its 25" and a tad to long 22" would make it the same overall length with my wildcat on and I think more balanced.
Leon