Anyone here built a remington 700?

[StreetDoctor]

I'd really like to start hunting next year and my buddy is trying to talk me into building a 700 in .308. Only experience I have with putting together a rifle is my AR. Anyone have any insight?

[Wulf202]

they sell those off the shelf. unless you're a gunsmith its not really worth it.

[ChrisC]

If you decide to buy one and have a gunsmith work on it contact BP Tactical that is a industry partner here. He has worked over a .308, .300 Win Mag and .338 Lapua for me all on Remington 700 actions and they have turned out great.

[BPTactical]

Thanks for the kind words Chris, I enjoy getting them to their potential.
OP, a 700 is an entirely different critter than an AR. Lots of folks build AR's, some gorilla them together and others finesse them together.
End result-an AR that goes bang.
To build a precision rifle though takes a skillset that approaches the detail of a tool and die maker or a surgeon. You need to understand the firearm intimately and know what you are doing or catastrophic mishaps can occur.
Can you single point threads in a lathe to an accuracy of one half thousandth of an inch? Do you understand how to shoulder and setback a barrel? Can you ream a chamber to one half thousandth of an inch?
Let's also look at the tooling involved: you happen to have a lathe lying about that is accurate and the miscellaneous thousands of dollars of precision tooling and measuring instruments that are required for the job?
Doubtful.
I do and I tell you there are sometimes that I get a major pucker factor on certain operations.

Buy a bone stock 700, come see me and we will put it in a decent stock and bed it, hang a Timney or Jewell on it and shoot it.
You will be into it for less than a grand and it will outperform 95% of the trigger pullers out there.

[BigDee]

I was thinking about doing a 700 but wanted to go with a Sendero model in 300 Ultra Mag or 7mm. However... I was recently told that the 700 in 7mm or 300 Ultra Mag will damn near rip your shoulder out of its socket every time you make it go bang. Is there any truth to what I was told?

[BPTactical]

I was thinking about doing a 700 but wanted to go with a Sendero model in 300 Ultra Mag or 7mm. However... I was recently told that the 700 in 7mm or 300 Ultra Mag will damn near rip your shoulder out of its socket every time you make it go bang. Is there any truth to what I was told?

Yup, they are stout.
What kind of shooting are you planning? Hunting rifle, go for it-you won't be spending Sundays putting 75 rounds through it and one shot kill is critical.
Target rifle, no way-it will be unpleasant and brutal on you.

[Wakesurfer]

Here's the 700 Burt put together for me. I give him big props for this build. He took a stock 700 in .308 and overhauled the entire rifle. He switched the stock to a B&C, added a new Timney trigger, added CDI bottom metal, added seekins base and rings, added a new bolt handle, and added AAC muzzle brake for suppressor. He also bedded the new stock. It's a sweet shooter and you can't go wrong with Burt's work.

[Ashton]

From what I've heard 7wmz and it's straight trajectory is the way to go for long range steel shooting. If you want a hunting rifle get a 308.

[BigDee]

Yup, they are stout.
What kind of shooting are you planning? Hunting rifle, go for it-you won't be spending Sundays putting 75 rounds through it and one shot kill is critical.
Target rifle, no way-it will be unpleasant and brutal on you.

The rifle will be used for hunting only. I've got a couple evil black guns I like to use for target shooting.

Is the Sendero worth the extra dough? The components are supposed to be much higher quality in the Sendero but I'm wondering how much added value there is in the improved quality for a rifle that is going to come out of the safe twice a year, once to confirm zero is set and once again to bag a few months worth of meat.

[ray1970]

Buy a bone stock 700, come see me and we will put it in a decent stock and bed it, hang a Timney or Jewell on it and shoot it.
You will be into it for less than a grand and it will outperform 95% of the trigger pullers out there.

I need a decent stock for my new 700. Might be sending you an inquisitive message soon.