Thread: Rem 700 Varmint Build...

Having never actually shot FTR, I am not going to call myself too serious about it yet...

My primary interest is in shooting long range - ideally leaning more towards what I would consider the 'precision tactical' style of shooting - multiple positions, ranges, known and unknown, shooting around and through barriers and so on.

I don't really see anything like that in the North at the moment (someone please feel to point me in the right direction) - I guess like the rifle aspect of IPSC, but further out. The only way I can really see of stretching out the legs initially is the regular ranges days at the Deerstalkers, and then getting along to some FTR for the longer distances.

I would love to put the money straight into a burnard, or a surgeon in a 6.5 or 270, but feel that a 700 in 308 is a good, honest learning platform. The stabilising and bedding compound has just turned up, so will be doing that this week, then trigger, then optics - it's a long term project, for sure. Going to be asking a lot of questions.

sAsLEX - yeah, the chassis systems do appeal, I watch a lot of 8541 Tacticals youtube channel, so yeah - XLR, or an XLR or Whiskey chassis could be on the cards - but I will see what I can get out of a well bedded stock first.