Opinion on long range rifle

[MEsquivel]

I'll try to keep it short...

I have a remington 700 SS in 7 RUM.

Im thinking of doing two things:

Either sell it and buy a sender, 5r or remington long range in 7mm or 300 wm.

or

Take the action, buy a barrel and a stock and do a semi-custom?

What do you think would be best?

[WamBow]

just buy the rifle you want. I've found most spend more $s building to get what they could've had to begin with and lots of time doing it. None of that matters if you are a gun tinkerer and building your gun is half the fun. That said, when i researched for a long range rifle I landed with the 7-mag. extremely flat trajectory. i zero at 200-yds and i can aim at anything out to 300-yards without adjustment and be in the kill zone.

[bboswell]

Re-barrel no question

[JeffK]

Search Cajun Blake's post on similar threads.

[SabreKiller]

I thought the 7RUM was a long range gun.

[DarrellS]

Buy a 5R Gen 2 and be done with it. I have owned 4 and they were all fantastic shooters

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[175gr7.62]

Is there something wrong the the rifle you have now that prevents it from shooting "long range"? Do you want to shoot long range or just want a rifle that looks like a long range rig?

[kcmarullo]

I would re barrel.

[twosixteens]

How does your rifle shoot?

[Cajun Blake]

OP - what is your definition of LR , how far do you realistically plan to shoot ?

[MEsquivel]

OP - what is your definition of LR , how far do you realistically plan to shoot ?

Nothing wrong with the gun.
It has a ss 26" factory barrel.
But its becoming more difficult to find ammo for the RUM.
I would like a 7mm or 300wm.

[MEsquivel]

500 yards would be more than enough for me.

[175gr7.62]

The availability of the ammo is something to be concerned about. If you are just looking for a 500yd hunting rifle I would just go with a rebarrel and action trueing in 7mm Remington. Good ammo availability and will kill anything your likely hunt at 500yds. 500yds isn't really considered long range.

[MEsquivel]

The availability of the ammo is something to be concerned about. If you are just looking for a 500yd hunting rifle I would just go with a rebarrel and action trueing in 7mm Remington. Good ammo availability and will kill anything your likely hunt at 500yds. 500yds isn't really considered long range.

Im used to hunting with a recurve, so 500 is waaaaay out there for me.

[metalmangeorge]

Nothing wrong with the gun.
It has a ss 26" factory barrel.
But its becoming more difficult to find ammo for the RUM.
I would like a 7mm or 300wm.

Spend a few hundred bucks on equipment and start reloading your own. ?