Remington 700 Precision Rifle Build Part 3

Adam Link
Dec 7, 2014
3 min read

I have spent a couple months looking at different chassis systems available for the Remington 700 SA platform. There are so many options to choose from which is both good and bad. The good thing is you aren't limited, but you are splitting hairs finding the differences between them.

This is what I was looking for in a chassis system:

1. Folding stock for ease of transportation and storage.

2. Handguard that accepts attachments for rails.

3. External magazine capable.

4. Weight

5. Adjustment options for the buttstock.

6. Quality

JP AMCS CHASSIS- What I really liked about what JP Enterprises designed is the AR style platform chassis. It is very comfortable, and the weight is very well balanced. It is also AR mount friendly which is another point I liked. Most chassis systems require low mount ring systems. Instead of purchasing multiple optics for each rifle, I wanted to use a AR QD mount to quickly switch between rifles without losing zero on the bolt gun.

The way this rifle shoots is amazing! The rifle sounds mean but recoils softly. I can look through the optic, take the shot, and not lose sight of the target with instant impact recognition. A good portion of that is attributed to the Surefire Compensator. Although the chassis really dialed out even more felt recoil.

Installing the chassis was pretty simple. If you can read directions and have basic handtools then you can do this installation with one exception. In order to tighten the rear receiver bolt you will need a long 3/16" allen socket or the way I did it will also work. The hole isn't big enough to allow the shoulder of a allen socket to fit keeping you from fully tightening the bolt.

I took a 3/16" regular allen key and cut the 90* bend off it making it completely straight. Then put it into a 3/16" socket and tightened/ torqued the bolt down no problem.

TIMNEY 510 TRIGGER- It was great getting rid of that Remington X-Mark trigger! I prefer 2 stage triggers and the Timney 510 is a single stage. However the adjustment range from 1.5 to 4 pounds trigger pull for $125.00 sold me on it. The Timney triggers aren't the pinnacle of precision rifle triggers but you get a lot of performance for the price.

If you are reading this then chances are you know about the "slam fire" issues with the Timney's. Generally this only occurs on the lighter pull weight settings. Now I don't have a tester to see what the weight is but I would make an educated guess on around 2lbs.

The "slam fire" is when you run the bolt hard to chamber a round and it lets the firing pin release resulting in a negligent discharge. Now as bad as that sounds I don't feel that is an issue. The reason being is because the effort it took to slam the bolt closed I would never actually do even under stress. You literally have to intentionally make it slam fire. If this bothers you, I would advise to just bump up the trigger pull weight and do the slam fire test until it no longer does it.

There are more parts to the build coming along. It isn't over yet unfortunately for my bank account!

Published by:

Adam Link

Instructor at AIM Precision, LLC