Recomendations on having a Rem 700 barrel cut down?

[Shawn W]

Last year I picked up one of the Dick's Sporting Goods Remington 700 SPS Varminters with the intention of slowly dressing it up some. It shoots great out of the box, and I'm a little hesitant to mess with it because it does work well even with it's non-free floating stock. It is a 26" barreled rifle though, and that is a little much for a walking around rifle. I am looking at having the barrel cut down to 21". Both to make it more handy and to lighten it up a little. Looking for a good smith some where in SC or NC that can cut, do a nice recrown, and put something on the end of the barrel so it won't rust. Looking for a really nice job on this, cause as I said, it is a nice shooter now. Don't want to take anything away from that at all.

By the way, I am in the Upstate SC area, but willing to travel some, or will ship.

Thanks,
Shawn

 

[Tigerstripe]

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[Silent Bob]

Shawn, give me a call at 864-908-0223. Thanks.

 

[Tigerstripe]

just go ahead and have Bob thread it for a suppressor.

he sells them too.

 

[D & R Gunsmithing]

if you were closer we could have helped you out.

 

[Shawn W]

Thanks guys for the quick response. Bob, I will be giving you a call sometime today or this evening. Also lower parts of the state are not necessarily out of the question. My fiance's folks live in Charleston, so I am down there every few months. What would be the turn around time on something like this also?

And thanks guys, but not looking to really to do a suppressor, This will mostly just be a target gun with a little blind hunting on the side. Don't think I am gonna loose that much velocity with cutting the barrel since it is so long to begin with. Can't make up my mind on 21" or 22" ha ha.

Thanks,
Shawn

 

[jjwestbrook]

just for your info the rem 700 tactical models are 20" i have an LTR 20" and with my handloads have put 3 shots in an inch at 200 yds . it carries a whole lot better than the 26" version.

 

[Shawn W]

Yeah, I looked at the tactical models before I ended up getting the varminter. That's how I know how much more handy the shorter barrels are, I just couldn't pass up the deal on this one, and in the end I could have a nicer rifle for the same money. However, I want this to still be a long range capable rifle. I already have lighter mid range guns, but a 26" barrel on a .308 is a bit much I think.

 

[D & R Gunsmithing]

With our work load, your looking at 7 days.

 

[Shawn W]

Sent you a PM Bob.

Thanks,
Shawn

 

[Shawn W]

Just wanted to give a shout out to Bob at Upstate Armory Group. I did end up getting in contact with him a couple weeks ago, and drove down to his shop to drop off my 700. He was nice enough to bring it up to the Greenville gun show today so I could pick it up from. Very impressed with how it turned out. I had 5 inches cut off the barrel and while he had it, went ahead and had him do a little trigger work on it to lighten it up some. Like I said, it turned out great. The barrel and crown look better than it did out of the factory. The trigger, has a very nice light break to it, with absolutely no creep at all. Will definitely be using Bob for all my future gunsmithing needs. Now for some gun porn: