New Rifle Need advice

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bjanecke13

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Just bought a new 1000 yard outfit. Its a remington 700 action chambered in 260 rem, lilja LV barrel, with a trigger job and everything trued up. I also ordered a leupold Mark IV 8.5-25 x 50mm leupold dot reticle for a scope. I am leaning toward a shehane tracker stock but was wondering what the pros and cons would be or if there are better stocks for 1000 yard shooting. I have all the custom reloading dies and such but i am just looking for advice on anything else i should have done to this gun to make it a shooter at 1000. any and all advice is welcomed. I am new to the forum. Thanks. Brad
 
It would be benchrest not the F-class. As you can tell i am new to all of this.
 
bjanecke13 said:
It would be benchrest not the F-class. As you can tell i am new to all of this.
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In which case you may want to ask in the F-Class forum.

However, are you saying this thing has NO stock right now? If it does have, why not shoot it and see how it works first?
 
MBR Stock

Just get you either the Shehane MBR Tracker or the McMillan Tooley MBR and you'll be fine. Hard to go wrong with either of the two.
Baron
 
Don Nielson has set a lot of records lately and I'm pretty sure he's been using the Kelbly 1M stock. It's economical, easy to bed yourself and very stiff.

Hovis
 
All of the recommendations so far would be fine for Benchrest -- I think 4Mesh misunderstood; you're interested in benchrest.

As you probably know, the 260 Remington is not much used for 1K benchrest. But there is a move afoot towards smaller chamberings; people are moving to the .300 WSM in .30 (use to be the .300 Ackley & variants), the 6/6.5x47 or 6mm Dasher in 6mm (use to be the 6mm/06 or 6/284). So while the 6.5/06 AI and 6.5x284 are the normal 1K benchrest 6.5 chamberings, maybe you'll be part of something new.

That said, I wouldn't get too worried about what the best stock is. The pluses and minuses of a Tracker or MBR tend to be more personal than performance related. If you stay with the sport, I all but guarantee that you will be building a new rifle within 5 years. Get a stock, shoot some, and then decide what you want.

Good luck

Charles
 
stocks

I would go with the shahane mbr tracker.it is a better design than the other mbr it tracks better and its stiffer.I had both designs.now I have all mbr trackers.wood is not a bad idea ether they are streighter than most glass ones.as for cals 260 will work for first gun when you burn up the barrell you could go to a 6.5/284. 6mm's do not agg well in the wind.I can already hear it know they hold the record they shoot 5".5" with a 30 score dosn't do it for me .7"s and 30's agg good and are more forgiving for a new shooter also 6.5/284's are good.good luck 1k shooting is a blast:D
 
thanks for all the help guys, as you can tell i am new to this. I am very aware that everyone has moved to the 6mm dasher and etc. This is kinda just gonna be my first gun that gets me started and then once i know a little more about one im doing I will build a new one. I appreciate everyones help for a newbie.
 
I wouldn't say that everyone has moved to a small 6mm. If you look at match reports, you'll see that East of the Mississippi anyway, the .30's still rule at 1,000 yards, day in and day out. And in short range BR, the small .30s are gaining some popularity even among group shooters.

The IBS 1K Nationals are going on this weekend, and if I had to bet, I'd put my money on a .30.

But what is changing, as it did in short range BR after the first 10 or so years, is that the chamberings are getting smaller. A number of Pennsylvania shooters are using the WSM, which is what, about 80 grains water full to overflowing? A number of us are using a slightly bigger case, equivalent to the .308 Norma Magnum (88 grains water, full). All of these are significantly smaller than the .300 Weathrby Improved (what, around 98 grains water full?).

So maybe your smaller 6.5 will show you a way to some wins -- certainly when the wind isn't acting up. Further, it should make a fine 600 yard chambering, & I believe there are some of those in the Dakotas.


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Just a caution: As with so many things on BR Central, as Mickey Coleman says, "you have to learn to separate the fly specks from the pepper." If a product, chambering, whatever, is successfully used by a number of people, anyone saying that it is no good, or that one particular thing is better, should probably be taken as giving an advocate's opinion, not a fact. Nothing wrong with advocacy, as long as it's identified as such.

Good luck
 
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