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Posted: 11/25/2001 7:53:26 AM EDT
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I was at my local gun shop the other day and saw this rifle. It was marked as a Remington 700PSS police in 300 Rem. Ultra Mag and was running $885. Now I know these rifles have a great following and all but I know little about them. I have been thinking about getting a nice long range bolt gun for awhile now. So how can I bee sure it truely is the "police" model? And what about the round? Is the round good for accuracy? What about recoil? Anything else you can tell me about these rifles or cartridges? Thanks Sgtar15 |
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Guy that I see at the local shop has one in a 300Ultra, brought in some really nice targets he shot with it. A few differences from that to a regular VS remington are other than finish being a very dark matte finish, The HS Precision stock will have a palm swell, stock is longer and heavier in the fore end, has 2 swivel mounts in the front. and will not come with a locking bolt like the other new Remingtons that you need the green key to unlock. |
From Remington's website;
Has anyone done this with their PSS? What does it do to the matte black finish on the barrel? I guess you would want to pat it down with a lint free towel instead of wipe it dow, right? |
Definately a 5R barrel but it is something that Accusport ( distributer ) had ordered that way. Not an actual PSS though... I was dissapointed too... |
world.guns.ru/sniper/sn11-e.htm |
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I have a PSS in 300 ultra. I love shooting it. It doesn't kick nearly as much as I thought it would (heavy rifle). That being said, I still end up with some nice bruises after a box of ammo. Ammo is expensive and not a lot of factory loaded alternatives out there. Get a reloader if you don't have one. Just make sure the bullet can handle the velocity. Mine shoots approximately 1 MOA with the factory ammo (Remingtons premier 180grn Swift Scirroco). It might shoot better, I assume I am the weak point as far as accuracey. I haven't had the opportunity to shoot it past 300 yards yet. The Remington trigger that comes with it is very adjustable (set heavy out of the box), but I am much happier with the Jewell. Could write more about it but I gotta run for now. Oh yea, before you buy one pick one up and handle it. The palm swell on the stock isn't for everyone. |
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At the Dallas gunshow this weekend there was a PSS for sale that was supposedly a Custom Shop job. Never saw a Custom Shop PSS before. The box had a yellow sticker over part of the regular green tag that had details of the order. I couldn't tell by looking at the s/n if it was really Custom Shop or not. The dealer had another one like it too. Supplosedly had some kind of a special barrel. Couldn't tell as it was Parkerized and looked just like a standard PSS. They were asking $1150 for it. **Edited to add it was a .300 Ultra Mag. |
IIRC the first runs of PSS were from the Custom Shop and had the 5R barrels. Ever since the tactical craze hit the PSS being made on the regular production line and the 5R barrels, now being too expensive to produce, were replaced by standard button rifled barrels. Basically the difference is that instead of 6 there are 5 grooves and the areas where the lands and grooves meet are radiused. |
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