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André-

I own a m700P DM LTR .308 (mod5713)
I'd gotten this rifle years ago with the interest in running it in competition.

At this point it's a strong, stable, accurate rifle.
When it was delivered, it was not.

As-delivered, the chamber was cut eccentric to the bore (obviously visible looking through the breech of the rifle)
the barrel was touching the forend along nearly the full length of one side of the stock, and even with Gold Medal Match ammunition the best groups at 100 yards were over 2" C.T.C.

My first move was to send it back to Remington, who sent it back (dirty) with a letter noting that they did not offer an accuracy guarantee, and that they were comfortable with the rifle's performance (even in light of the eccentric chamber/bore relationship and wonky stock fit).

I called and contested, pleaded my case that this was an expensive rifle and that it should at least have a proper chamber job, but they refused to further service the rifle.

I then washed my hands to Remington and delivered the rifle to Jerry Rice at NorCal Precision for a new barrel and a full action/stock/barrel treatment and some additional enhancements to the action.

It now prints ragged-hole groups and has an amazingly stable cold-barrel zero.

I don't have any other personal experience owning/using the M700P series rifles.
Shortly previous to the initial build/purchase of my rifle, Remington quit exclusively building the line in the Custom Shop. My rifle (and all contemporary to current M700P models) was built on the production line, and doesn't enjoy the hand-made status and quality known to be associated with the old Remington Custom Shop rifle builders.

Shop wisely.
Don't buy a new one - make sure that what you're getting *shoots*, and from there good success to you.

Word has it that modern Savage rifles shoot the nuts off modern Remingtons.
If I were shopping with my money, I'd look at the S-Brand before considering the R-Brand.

--Tinker

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