Long Distance

I have been wanting to try some long distance shooting. The ranges where I’ve been going to shoot my rifles are normally 100 yards and one has some targets about 200 yard but I’ve been wanting to try something in the 500+ yard range. One of the guys I work with has some property in Blount County that I should be able to get out to 1000 yds if I want. My first thoughts were to build a precision AR and the more I looked the higher the cost got. Then it was just building a AR upper to use with my existing lowers, something I’ll probably still do but for now too much money to get what I want and I didn’t want to try to do a build on the cheap. After several weeks of looking I decided to get a Remington 700. The 700 comes in a bunch of different models, from tactical to varmint and many versions in-between. Last weekend I was at Larry’s Pistol & Pawn, my normal local shop, and they had a 700 LTR sitting in the rack, the “LTR” is Light Tactical Rifle. Chambered in 308 Winchester, the 700 LTR has a fully floated 20″ fluted bull barrel, light weight composite stock and all black, just what I was looking for. After a bit of wheeling and dealing I brought it home.

Today I started getting in some parts. I got a 1 piece Weaver base along with a set of Leupold rings and to go in the rings I’ve got a Nikon Monarch 4-16x42sf BDC scope on the way. A few other little items I’ve ordered is an extended mag well that will increase the rounds from 4-7 and along with that is a Blackhawk cheek rest with 5 round holder. Things down the road with be a mag conversion that will convert the floor plate to accept 5 and 10 round magazines and then maybe further down the road will be precision stock, but that’s way down the road. Hopefully I’ll get the glass in and mounted and some rounds loaded and get this thing to the range in the next couple of weeks.