[jerrschmitt]

There was a Gun show in Duluth, MN this weekend and I had a table where I was trying to sell off some of my older stuff. The main gun I wanted to sell was a 700 VLS in 22-250. I bought it in 2006 and have never really liked it. Well, tow days of sitting and no takers so during a lull in the non action I walked around looking at other peoples stuff. I found a 700 Remington .243 with a trued action, Shillen 28inch barrel, muzzle break, 2oz trigger and Bench rest stock. The guy wanted 850.00 for it and we ended up making a trade. I threw in some ammo and a Tasco scope and he was happy. I was thrilled. My buddy was pissed that he didn't find it first.

I have a 6.5-20X Leupold in long range (20MOA) mounts to go on top. This should be just the thing for those 1000 yard Prairie Dogs.

 

[El Chorizo]

Wow nice find! I bet you were glad to make the trade to get something you really wanted!

 

[remington70023]

Nice find! I've wondered about the Shillen barrels I saw some good deals online and I've been thinking of upgrading sometime in the future, let us know how it shoots.

 

[jerrschmitt]

Spent the day restocking and installing a scope. Had the 6.5-20 Leupold off my 22-250 to install and a old Remington 40X stock. I had to make a single shot follower for it since it had none. Going to be 40 below windchill tomorrow so I'll probably not shoot it for a while

 

[Quick]

Nice looking rifle mate. Range report???

 

[jerrschmitt]

Nice looking rifle mate. Range report???

Won't be any Range Reports for a few weeks. Global Warming has reard it's ugly head and dumped a bit of snow on the range. With that, the temps have crawled into the minus zero range and the wind chill this morning is around 40 below.

Winter:

Summer:

 

[remington70023]

Is that a Caldwell Lead Sled? I just got one and I absolutely love it!

 

[jerrschmitt]

Is that a Caldwell Lead Sled? I just got one and I absolutely love it!

No, it's the Caldwell Rock BR.
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=348661

 

[Doug308]

Green or white, that's a nice place. I'll take dirt and weeds over concrete any day.