The action is a typical Remington 700 SPS action with the fairly rough matte finish over the entire barreled action.
The 700 SPS-V is an excellent foundation to start with.I really enjoyed your article. The ADL was the low end of the 700 lineup and the SPS now fills that role. Beyond a new stock, the rest of the SPS is very ADL like. The average group size for the recorded GMM groups was .725″, with a best group of .660″ center to center. The trigger was fine and I quickly adapted to it and the rifle functioned flawlessly, as a Remington 700 should. In all honesty though, the shape isn’t too bad. The forend also only has a single stud without a specific 2nd stud dedicated for a bipod, making another minor inconvenience.The Barrel is free floating (until you use a bipod or a sandbag way up front on the forend) and is 20″ in length. As a note, the bottom left group is a 4 round group, I had one bullet left in the box and figured I’d just put it in the same group.I suppose the review was not really about the performance or operation of the rifle as we knew what to expect there, but the review was probably more about the SPS-V stock.
Why yes there was, and by golly, it was an improvement. I would not remove the scope or mounts, and I would not clean the barrel. The 700 SPS Tactical is setup to be a compact tactical rifle that is easy to transport and usable in any weather condition. In fact, while using a bipod, the forend flexes enough to touch the barrel slightly.
Out of the box, this Remington is a sub .75 MOA rifle, and if you remove shooter error, I’m sure the rifle is probably a bit better than that.Now, as I mentioned before, I thought that some more accuracy may be achieved if we were to try a better stock with a free floating barrel and some sort of bedding, either an aluminum block or glass. As you can see in the picture below, the groups tightened up nicely with the HS stock. More will be discussed about that later.The other major change in this SPS-V is the introduction and the use of the new Remington X-Mark Pro™ trigger. It should also be mentioned that nothing has changed on the action or mounting of the trigger, so all of the typical after market triggers can still easily replace the X-Mark Pro trigger if you really do not like it.Beyond that, the SPS-V is a fairly typical Remington varmint rifle that could be used for tactical work. That is actually not too bad for a factory trigger, and all accuracy tests were done at the factory trigger setting. Dressed in Mossy Oak® Break-Up™ Infinity™ pattern, its ultra-rugged, ergonomically designed synthetic stock delivers superior weather resistance and handling. Ruger American AI-Style Magazine Kit. They both have good after market support, but the Remington has a marked advantage there. Can this budget Remington tactical perform as needed in a tactical role?The 700 SPS Tactical is setup to be a compact tactical rifle that is easy to transport and usable in any weather condition. Another interesting point about it is that it is very quite if you bang it against something.
The manufacturing tolerances and warping of the plastic are also additional problems when trying to free float the barrel. Thanks and keep sending it.The stock we used came right off of a Remington 700P (about a 2010 vintage).
The design is fairly typical for a rifle stock with a flatter type forend that remains fairly wide to provide a stable shooting platform off of sandbags or other shooting rests.
We used a Swift 6-18x scope for this evaluation and the groups were fired at 100 yards on about 16x. I just do not like the trigger shoe itself, the color, or the adjustment of it… perhaps I’m just a traditionalist. So, this particular rifle, even with the front of the rubber stock touching the barrel slightly, is clearly sub .5 MOA rifle out of the box. It would be a hard decision, and both rifles are very good for the money.On a whole, the rifle isn’t bad at all, though I would consider the stock a temporary one while you save for exactly what you or the department wants. The barrel channel gap on this example was nice and even the whole length, again, unless using it off a bipod causing it to touch at the very end.