I do some reloading on the 700. I use the regulated load for the rifle which is 160 grains of RL 15 and it gets 1996 ft/sec with a 1000 grain bullet. At the moment over the past couple of months, I have not done any shooting, because my arthuritus in both my hands is flaring up. It comes and goes. When things settle down, maybe we can get together and swap lies and shoot a few guns. I always like looking at guns, they do not have to be huge for me to like them.