Remington VTR

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Kimberguy2004

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Has anyone shot one in .308. I'm looking for a 700 in .308, but I'm having a really hard time warming up to the triangular shaped brrel..
 
Just buy an SPS Varmint for $200 less. Put that $200 into a McMillan, H-S Precision, or Manners stock. You'll have a better rifle for it.
 
I have one and it shoots very well. 1" groups with all the factory ammo I tried. I handload 168 Bergers and it loves'em. Easy one hole with 5 shots in 100 yards.
 
I have a VTR also. It shoots very well. Mine likes Berger 168 grain and 42.5 grains of IMR 4064 in Lake City brass. Shoots a very tight group at 200 yards. I bought the VTR to be my white tail deer rifle. It only weighs 7 1/2 pounds.
I never could get the rifle to shoot Berger 130s with IMR 4064. A buddy was having good luck with AA2520 and 130s. I have not yet tried the AA2520. I have had a hard time finding powder in the stores. The Hornaday AMAX 168 also worked seated out at 2.875 with 4064. I just loaded some Speer 150s to try for hunting but can't shoot until Tuesday.
 
I had one in 308 that had a lot of barrel stress in it. It would shoot a left to right group/pattern in the 6in range. I woud go with the sps and restock it.
 
Thanks. I ended up getting a Rem 700 5R mil-spec. I'm loading rounds now to break it in and also fire form some brass. BTW, how often do you guys tumble your rifle brass, every loading or do you just brush the necks and clean primer pockets and tumble every so many ronds?
 
I stopped tumbling because I've never been happy with all that grit getting around the cases & maybe in my barrel - same reason I shower & not bath.

These days I chuck the cases up in my cordless with a K & M shellholder & give them a wipe with a crazy cloth followed by a bit of towelling to get the goop off. Then I run a brush into the neck while it's still on the chuck and finally clean the primer pockets.

Quite a few guys I know prep their cases by hand on the firing point after each detail to fill in the slack time. Here in Australia, we tend to use paid pullers, usually old shooters wanting to stick round.

John
 
I have one in .308. I have had some accuracy issues. I junked the old stock and put a bell & carson aluminum bedded stock. Trigger is set at 2.5lbs. I am using hand loads....168gr. Sierra Match & Hornady A-Max & 42.5gr of Varget & CCI BR-2 primers. I had a Millet scope on it. I just swapped to a Nikon Buckmaste 6 - 16 x 40 mildot. I am hoping that it was in the scope!!!! Any Ideas
 
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Kimberguy2004 said:
BTW, how often do you guys tumble your rifle brass, every loading or do you just brush the necks and clean primer pockets and tumble every so many ronds?
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I gave up tumbling after it was pointed out that the case neck gets a constant hammering that hardens the brass.
 
Vtr

Had one almost a year now, shoots under and inch with whatever I put into it. Great gun. First 3 shots out of the brand new gun shot .70ish.
Rory D.
 
Kimberguy,
you should understand that the VTR is just a standard Rem Varmint barrel with three flats cut on it instead of 6 or 8 grove fluting to reduce weight. Your mileage will vary depending on the individual gun and the ammo you are shooting in it. Most combo's will shoot quite well, some will not
 
my friend just bought one and put a Burris on it. It shot great with factory ammo at our 500 yard target. and looks cool too:cool:
 
XCR. looks cooler. course i havent shot mine yet. but ive thought about it real hard
 
I like the VTR for a hunting rifle in 308. Besides being light and accurate I can pump ten quick rounds through it and still get good accuracy. The triangle barrel takes the heat without the weight. I have never owned a hunting rifle I could due that with. I am talking about 7 1/2 pound rifles not varimit rifles. I also own a Remington 5R which I use for benchrest. The 5R shoots better but I like the VTR for hunting.
 
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