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Out of curiosity I went to the Remington.com website. The number of 700 variations is mind-boggling! Evidently, my .17 Fireball is the varmint SPS with a heavy contour barrel. I'd go open the safe and look if I wasn't so lazy.
A friend of mine bought a 7mm rum in bdl and I bought one in the sps. Same barrel 26 inch, differences are trigger, stock obviously, and finish all the sps's I have seen are matte black. The stock on the sps sucks it sits tight against the barrel if you tried to float the barrel the stock would just crack, it can't hold without the support on the for end from the barrel. I figured with the money I saved on the sps vs Bdl I could buy a good stock and trigger and have a more personalized M700 for about the same price. By the way my friend and I use the same load/bullet combo and both guns perform very close in group size. Even with the crap stock on the sps.
Strange that you say that the trigger is not adjustable. Both of my 700's, the SPS and VTR have the adjustable triggers. You do, however, have to remove the action from the stock and pry out the waxy plug on the allen head set screw to change the adjustment. The early "new" triggers had the adjustment hole for the allen key in the trigger, but I think they changed it to make it harder to get it set too "hairy".As for the ugly synthetic stock, it doesn't hurt as much to scratch a plastic stock. Like I tell the youngsters: The only thing that gets easier as you get older is falling down.
Gutpile. I bought a 22-250 November of 2009. I was going to buy a bull barrrel SPS and decided to go with a Howa 1500. I am a remington guy, so that was a hard decision to make, but I really do like the HOWA 1500 with the Hogue stock. I save about $125 and it shoots really nice. Downside is that it is a little on the heavy side as the HOWA carries a little more weight in the action. But still not as heavy as the remington in a bull barrel. The HOWA includes the drop down magazine and an adjustable trigger. I am relatively impressed with the HOWA for $400.
I just bought a 22-250 SPS w/xtrigger set at 3.5 lbs. Going to Grand Coulee next week to try it out along with my new Rock River 223.I'm so lathered up I can't stand it. I love killin' coyotes.......
Quote from: CAMPMEAT on December 23, 2010, 04:14:10 PMI just bought a 22-250 SPS w/xtrigger set at 3.5 lbs. Going to Grand Coulee next week to try it out along with my new Rock River 223.I'm so lathered up I can't stand it. I love killin' coyotes....... [
Quote from: Gutpile on December 23, 2010, 04:16:49 PMQuote from: CAMPMEAT on December 23, 2010, 04:14:10 PMI just bought a 22-250 SPS w/xtrigger set at 3.5 lbs. Going to Grand Coulee next week to try it out along with my new Rock River 223.I'm so lathered up I can't stand it. I love killin' coyotes....... [ For your sake CAMPMEAT I hope not. You think like me ....................
Quote from: CAMPMEAT on December 23, 2010, 04:31:00 PMQuote from: Gutpile on December 23, 2010, 04:16:49 PMQuote from: CAMPMEAT on December 23, 2010, 04:14:10 PMI just bought a 22-250 SPS w/xtrigger set at 3.5 lbs. Going to Grand Coulee next week to try it out along with my new Rock River 223.I'm so lathered up I can't stand it. I love killin' coyotes....... [ For your sake CAMPMEAT I hope not. You think like me ....................