Just Picked up my First Varminter.

Coyote_Buster700 · January 12, 2012, 08:00 PM

Hi all, names Erik. I just picked up my first Varmint rifle the other day. It's a Remington 700 VLS chambered in .22-250. I've yet to actually shoot it, but hopefully tomorrow I can send some down range. I own another 700, a BDL in 7mm Mag and love it. So i imagine I'll really enjoy the new one.

Just wanted to see if anybody else had one of these, or had any problems out of them. Also what rounds they preferred to shoot (factory, I don't have reloading equipment).

Thanks.

CPTMurdoc30 · January 12, 2012, 08:20 PM

I have one in 223 and love it.

Great guns and it should be a shooter. Mine prints .411" at 100 yards for 5 shots.

For factory loads I would look at Hornady.

Coyote_Buster700 · January 12, 2012, 08:50 PM

I've heard good things about the V-Max.

uncyboo · January 12, 2012, 09:07 PM

I just picked up a 700 VLS in 6mm Rem. Will start loading for it this weekend. I also have had a 700 VL SS thumbhole in 204 Ruger for not quite 2 years now. Love it so much that when I saw this 6mm I scarfed it right up. I'm a 6mm fan anyway. Anxious to see what a 55 grainer at 4000+ fps will do to a gopher.

MOshooter65202 · January 12, 2012, 10:17 PM

I have a rem 700 VSSF in 22-250 and have been very happy with the rifle and caliper,I also shoot a rem 700 bdl in 7mm rem mag excellent round!
Good luck with your new rifle!

uncyboo that VLS in the 6mm rem is quite the find!...I have a rem 700 bdl in the 6mm rem,I really like that cartridge specially with a noslers 55 gr. ballistic tip or a 95 gr. nosler partition.

uncyboo · January 12, 2012, 10:40 PM

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uncyboo that VLS in the 6mm rem is quite the find!...

Was on the used rack at the Billings Cabela's. Barrel code I think is 1998. Looks like it just came out of the box. Not a ding in the stock, no blueing worn, not even at the muzzle. Trigger is heavy and creepy so it appears no one has ever adjusted it. It sure doesn't look like it's been fired much. And price was right at $565.....

homesick · January 12, 2012, 11:01 PM

I have a VLS in 223 and it is a tack driver 50 to 55 gr bullets, The triggers are very heavy ( I call them lawyer triggers) but the rifle is great.
Enjoy

Scorch · January 13, 2012, 01:24 AM

Congratulations on the 22-250, you will love it. Only problem with a 22-250 is that now you have to listen to 220 Swift owners telling you how much better theirs is . . .

Coyote_Buster700 · January 13, 2012, 11:43 AM

Coyote_Buster700 · January 25, 2012, 05:22 PM

grumble..grumble..grumble...

Coyote_Buster700 · January 25, 2012, 05:43 PM

This is what it printed at 120 yards Monday afternoon, I think I could've done better. I was shooting prone with a bi-pod. I still need to work on my breathing and trigger pull. My fourth shot tracked right because I jerked. It's definitely more accurate than I am. I was shooting Winchester White box 45 gr. hp. (it loves those)

5 shot group

mrawesome22 · January 25, 2012, 05:45 PM

Bought that same rifle 5 years ago.

Bought a box of Win supreme 50gr noslers and the first 3 shots all touched at 100yds.

Killed many ground hogs and coyotes since then with 50gr vmax handloads.

I bought the vlss a couple years later also in the Varminter round. It's another tack driver.

The vls will be my sons when he is big enough. He is only 6 so he still has a while.

Coyote_Buster700 · January 25, 2012, 08:21 PM

Yea I was really happy with it. Cant wait to get it on a bench and get it really dialed in.

bigautomatic · January 25, 2012, 08:23 PM

I have an older VLS in .223, and it really shoots. One of my favorite rifles, and normally the rifle that I use to introduce new shooters to our world. The factory stock is about as good as it gets for a "one size fits most" comfort level and the trigger breaks like a glass rod at 2 lbs. This one stays pretty close to the front of the safe. Wish I had more than one.

Coyote_Buster700 · January 25, 2012, 08:34 PM

yea my trigger has no creep at all... and I'm not sure what the weight is, but it's definitely lighter than my other 700. I guess I'll have to find out.

mrawesome22 · January 25, 2012, 09:08 PM

My vls trigger was a little heavy. Adjusted it to perfection.

The vlss is slighty heavy but not so heavy that I ever bothered adjusting it.

January 12, 2012, 08:00 PM	#1
Coyote_Buster700 Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2012 Location: Kentucky Posts: 261	Just Picked up my First Varminter. Hi all, names Erik. I just picked up my first Varmint rifle the other day. It's a Remington 700 VLS chambered in .22-250. I've yet to actually shoot it, but hopefully tomorrow I can send some down range. I own another 700, a BDL in 7mm Mag and love it. So i imagine I'll really enjoy the new one. Just wanted to see if anybody else had one of these, or had any problems out of them. Also what rounds they preferred to shoot (factory, I don't have reloading equipment). Thanks.

January 12, 2012, 08:20 PM	#2
CPTMurdoc30 Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2008 Location: Stafford VA Posts: 969	I have one in 223 and love it. Great guns and it should be a shooter. Mine prints .411" at 100 yards for 5 shots. For factory loads I would look at Hornady. __________________ Solving Virginia's Ground Hog problems 50gr at a time.....

January 13, 2012, 01:24 AM	#8
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	Congratulations on the 22-250, you will love it. Only problem with a 22-250 is that now you have to listen to 220 Swift owners telling you how much better theirs is . . . __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

January 25, 2012, 05:22 PM	#10
Coyote_Buster700 Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2012 Location: Kentucky Posts: 261	grumble..grumble..grumble... Last edited by Coyote_Buster700; January 25, 2012 at 05:45 PM.

January 12, 2012, 08:50 PM	#3
Coyote_Buster700 Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2012 Location: Kentucky Posts: 261	I've heard good things about the V-Max.

January 12, 2012, 09:07 PM	#4
uncyboo Senior Member Join Date: November 7, 2008 Location: Shelby, MT Posts: 1,013	I just picked up a 700 VLS in 6mm Rem. Will start loading for it this weekend. I also have had a 700 VL SS thumbhole in 204 Ruger for not quite 2 years now. Love it so much that when I saw this 6mm I scarfed it right up. I'm a 6mm fan anyway. Anxious to see what a 55 grainer at 4000+ fps will do to a gopher.

January 12, 2012, 10:17 PM	#5
MOshooter65202 Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2011 Posts: 471	I have a rem 700 VSSF in 22-250 and have been very happy with the rifle and caliper,I also shoot a rem 700 bdl in 7mm rem mag excellent round! Good luck with your new rifle! uncyboo that VLS in the 6mm rem is quite the find!...I have a rem 700 bdl in the 6mm rem,I really like that cartridge specially with a noslers 55 gr. ballistic tip or a 95 gr. nosler partition.

January 12, 2012, 11:01 PM	#7
homesick Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2011 Location: Central Florida Posts: 378	I have a VLS in 223 and it is a tack driver 50 to 55 gr bullets, The triggers are very heavy ( I call them lawyer triggers) but the rifle is great. Enjoy

January 13, 2012, 11:43 AM	#9
Coyote_Buster700 Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2012 Location: Kentucky Posts: 261

January 25, 2012, 05:45 PM	#12
mrawesome22 Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2005 Location: Ohio, Appalachia's foothills. Posts: 3,779	Bought that same rifle 5 years ago. Bought a box of Win supreme 50gr noslers and the first 3 shots all touched at 100yds. Killed many ground hogs and coyotes since then with 50gr vmax handloads. I bought the vlss a couple years later also in the Varminter round. It's another tack driver. The vls will be my sons when he is big enough. He is only 6 so he still has a while.

January 25, 2012, 08:21 PM	#13
Coyote_Buster700 Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2012 Location: Kentucky Posts: 261	Yea I was really happy with it. Cant wait to get it on a bench and get it really dialed in.

January 25, 2012, 08:23 PM	#14
bigautomatic Senior Member Join Date: December 18, 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 610	I have an older VLS in .223, and it really shoots. One of my favorite rifles, and normally the rifle that I use to introduce new shooters to our world. The factory stock is about as good as it gets for a "one size fits most" comfort level and the trigger breaks like a glass rod at 2 lbs. This one stays pretty close to the front of the safe. Wish I had more than one.

January 25, 2012, 08:34 PM	#15
Coyote_Buster700 Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2012 Location: Kentucky Posts: 261	yea my trigger has no creep at all... and I'm not sure what the weight is, but it's definitely lighter than my other 700. I guess I'll have to find out.

January 25, 2012, 09:08 PM	#16
mrawesome22 Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2005 Location: Ohio, Appalachia's foothills. Posts: 3,779	My vls trigger was a little heavy. Adjusted it to perfection. The vlss is slighty heavy but not so heavy that I ever bothered adjusting it.