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Is the option there to ever convert a regular older style Rem700 PSS to accept a detachable mag? In other words, make it a "DM" model, if it didn't start as one? Is there any advantage to the non-DM style? thanks, thad

I am having a HECK of a time finding a good FFL dealer here in SoCal. They all want to screw me hard when I try to order something. Some of them just refuse, and the "nicest" ones want to charge me %10 plus tax. By the time I get it I am paying almost %20 just to have a gun delivered (and I...

I found a used Rem700 PSS for a good price, but it has a longer barrel than I would like. Is it difficult or expensive, or bad idea to cut down the barrel, so now I have the lighter carbine that I want? thanks, thad

This is what it comes down to: My dad wants to buy a couple rifles to go hunting with, as well as "playing Hathcock" and target shooting at respectable ranges. I am doing the shopping for him. I have my eye on the Rem700 Light Tactical which is one nice rifle (a Rem700 PSS with a 20" barrel...

I am wondering how to contend with a close shot when I have a high powered rifle. Say, for one example of many, I wound an animal and now I have to go find it. I may very well encounter it at 30 yards. Do I take the scope off, and put on a rear iron sight? Like, have a quick release scope...

Pray tell, what is an "adjustable objective", and what does it do? I am eyeballing this scope, which is a bit more powerful than I want, but it is a decent price for all I can tell: New Leupold 4.5x14x42mm tactical, adj. obj., duplex for sale--$400.00 Definitions and opinions appreciated...

I can get a Mil-Dot from Leupold in 3-9*40 for $369. Or, I can get a Var-X 3 2.5-8*36 with the standard crosshairs from Leupold for $374. The Mil-Dot seems to be in a class of it's own, and is not listed as a "Vari-X", so I don't know how it compares to the others in quality. Are the optics in...

Please go be heard! http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1998/schools/poll/ thanks, thaddeus

I fretted all day about how the Oprah show was going to come out. Oprah is like a god to many people - whatever she says is the truth, the end. She went to Colorado live today to speak about the high school assault, and I thought for sure it was going to be the end if/when she bashed guns and...

Yet another (middle aged) woman on the news, this time someone off the street, said that "in her day, people settled things with fists, but today everyone uses guns and knives.". She further said that "guns and knives are just too easy for kids to get today, so that's why kids go to them"...

I must say that I am impressed that in the midst of all the chaos in the Littleton event, that the SRT/SWAT did a great job. Imagine going room to room for literally hours, not knowing who is the good or bad guy, having panicked kids jump out of crevaces, and not one slipped their finger onto...

I think that we should all think about this, so that we don't ever become accessory to a crime like this. I don't know anyone capable of a mass killing, but just in case, I try to keep my guns secure because I could never live with myself if I were part of such a thing inadvertantly. I have...

There was another school shooting just minutes ago in Littleton, Jefferson County, Colorado (a suburb of Denver). Two students (?) in black trenchcoats shot studetns as they were coming out of the school, and threw at least one grenade, which according to the Sherrif's dept., exploded. I...

I read an article in a mag ("uh-oh") that talked about the benefits of using a fixed power scope. I think it basically said that the fixed power is generally lighter wieght, and that for the same amount of money, you could get a very high quality fixed scope rather than a mediocre variable. I...

After reading the "Win70 vs. Rem700" thread, this got me thinking about dependability. The Savage Scout is made for close shooting and therefore, dependability of follow up shots are important concerning wounded game etc. Now that I understand more about the difference between the...

I am intrigued by the concept of a scout rifle, because realisitcally I will never shoot past 300 yards anyway, and the scout rules the 100-300 yard domain. So, I was thinking of getting the Rem700 Tactical with the 20" fluted barrel (weighs 7.5 pounds), DM, etc, and putting a forward mounted...

Lever action rifles have always had a place in my heart even though I have never owned one myself. There is something rugged and trusty _appearing_ about them. My local gun shop has a great selection of them at decent prices, and I am tempted to get one, except that I am saving up for a Rem700...

I have never seen how people time their shot sequences and don't know the first thing beyond a buddy with a stopwatch. What is an accurate way (more accurate than someone with a stopwatch and possibly slow reflexes) to time my groups? Where do I get a shot-timer (I think that is what I want)...

People keep mentioning that they get like 10,000 primers for $100. That is $.01 (1 cent) per primer. Here in Southern Californica I am paying 2 cents a primer! That's $20 for 1000 primers. It's killin me. Where can I get these good deal on primers. Give me a number, I have my credit card...

I am interested in this odd drill and where it came from (why does it have a Spanish name? Why is it named after a President?) Just to make sure I got it right, the "El" is three targets lined up in a row, you shoot them each one time...one, two three, then on the third you shoot it twice going...