Remington 700 Custom
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 9:57 pm
Hello all.
New to the forum. Have been a Blackout enthusiast almost since it’s inception. I have had and ran several ARs. Usually with 7-8” barrels. Had lots of fun shooting suppressed and would routinely shoot out to 300 yards with only an Eotech.
Two years ago I got into shooting .22lr at longer ranges out to 400yds. I have found .22 to be fairly inconsistent at those ranges even with the best gear and ammo possible. I came up with idea to build a BO bolt action that I could shoot subsonic at longer ranges and have a little more consistency. Preliminary ballistics modeling seemed promising. So I started the build. It is as follows-
Virgin Remington 700 action sent to Douglas to get a barrel. The barrel is a 16” (didn’t want to SBR it) 1:7 twist straight contour.
It sets in a KRG Bravo chassis. Leupold 20 moa rail. The new Arken EP5. I have some KRG branded Accurate Mag AICS magazines. Currently having some feeding issues. Like always, I didn’t do my due diligence but found out later that the BO round has some difficulties with AICS mags. I hope to get that resolved soon though. I just wanted to introduce myself and post updates of my experience with this build along the way. My goal is 500yds accurately. 750ish if I keep my fingers crossed. I’ll post a pic as soon as I figure out how.
New to the forum. Have been a Blackout enthusiast almost since it’s inception. I have had and ran several ARs. Usually with 7-8” barrels. Had lots of fun shooting suppressed and would routinely shoot out to 300 yards with only an Eotech.
Two years ago I got into shooting .22lr at longer ranges out to 400yds. I have found .22 to be fairly inconsistent at those ranges even with the best gear and ammo possible. I came up with idea to build a BO bolt action that I could shoot subsonic at longer ranges and have a little more consistency. Preliminary ballistics modeling seemed promising. So I started the build. It is as follows-
Virgin Remington 700 action sent to Douglas to get a barrel. The barrel is a 16” (didn’t want to SBR it) 1:7 twist straight contour.
It sets in a KRG Bravo chassis. Leupold 20 moa rail. The new Arken EP5. I have some KRG branded Accurate Mag AICS magazines. Currently having some feeding issues. Like always, I didn’t do my due diligence but found out later that the BO round has some difficulties with AICS mags. I hope to get that resolved soon though. I just wanted to introduce myself and post updates of my experience with this build along the way. My goal is 500yds accurately. 750ish if I keep my fingers crossed. I’ll post a pic as soon as I figure out how.