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Post by oregon45 on Aug 26, 2018 19:54:45 GMT -5
For several years I had a 300 WSM Winchester Model 70 in a blue and white McMillan stock; it was my "go to" rifle and always drew comments---some of them even favorable!--when I had it out on the range or in the field. I no longer have that stock, or that rifle, having switched over to handgun shooting almost exclusively. But I missed that blue stock. So I acquired a Remington XP100 in 7mm Bench Rest and ordered a McMillan swirly stock for it, with the same color specifications: 60% light blue / 40 % white, and, in the fullness of time, the stock arrived. It is a solid fill with a single front sling swivel for use with a bipod. I put a Farrel mount and a Bushnell Elite 3200 2-6x scope on it. With 120gr Nosler BT's it should be just the ticket for deer season this year.
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Post by kings6 on Aug 26, 2018 21:12:15 GMT -5
I saw an XP100 for sale last night that started live as a 7BR but it had been punched out to 7mm-08 and it still wore the factory stock. Not sure how fun that gun would be to squeeze the trigger on but it ought to do the job just like ours.
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Post by oregon45 on Aug 26, 2018 21:52:35 GMT -5
7/08 with the factory stock and no muzzle brake will kick quite a bit--unpleasantly so, most likely.
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Post by squigz on Aug 27, 2018 7:53:51 GMT -5
That is a nice gun! I've been looking locally for a xp-100, haven't found one yet but hoping to come across either a 7mmBR like you have,
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Post by squawberryman on Aug 27, 2018 10:13:06 GMT -5
Does the XP100 (in terms of trigger) fall under the bullpup category? How is the trigger "break" accomplished?
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Post by oregon45 on Aug 27, 2018 10:17:33 GMT -5
Like a bullpup, the XP has a trigger bar that runs under the action from the trigger to the sear. Unlike most bullpup rifles, however, the XP trigger can be tuned quite light. I have this one set up for a two stage pull with the second stage breaking at 2 pounds. My IHMSA XP's are set up to break at in the second stage at 12oz. There are aftermarket XP triggers that will go even lighter.
For this gun, and for hunting, I left the safety intact and the trigger a bit heavy.
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Post by squawberryman on Aug 27, 2018 19:24:00 GMT -5
That is an awesome looking setup.
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Post by lobo on Aug 30, 2018 22:20:11 GMT -5
I saw an XP100 for sale last night that started live as a 7BR but it had been punched out to 7mm-08 and it still wore the factory stock. Not sure how fun that gun would be to squeeze the trigger on but it ought to do the job just like ours. I had a Savage striker(?) (I think was the name) in 7mm08. It was not fun. YMMV.
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Post by boxhead on Sept 1, 2018 21:41:42 GMT -5
That gun has killed two whitetails. Accurate as can be.
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Post by oregon45 on Sept 1, 2018 22:03:14 GMT -5
Good to hear Ed; how's that 624 I traded you working out?
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Post by clintsfolly on Sept 2, 2018 13:57:13 GMT -5
Had a XP100 in 7 BR when I shot IHMSA. Was accurate and way better then the nut on the grip. Mine was in a HS Precision stock painted bright Red, bedded,and trigger work by Goarge Sinclair. The long lost friend named it the Red Dragon for the 3’ flame it would spit! Thanks for making me think and remember a old friend and good gun.
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Post by zeus on Sept 4, 2018 7:22:46 GMT -5
My son is planning to use an XP next month on antelope. His is in 6.5 Creedmoor and shoots amazingly well. Good luck this season with yours!
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Post by mhblaw on Oct 29, 2018 13:52:58 GMT -5
I too had an XP chambered in 7mm IHMSA (300 Savage case necked down), also with an HS stock I painted bright orange. Shot 140 gr. bullets for silhouette and kicked like hell. Had to put a pad on the second knuckle on my thumb. Down the road long ago.
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Post by Ken O'Neill on Oct 30, 2018 7:11:30 GMT -5
I have an XP-100 built by David Armstrong for me in late 1978, chambered in 7mm / 308 (before the 7mm-08 was commercialized 2 months later) that I used in the IHMSA Unlimited category. I ran a 154 Hornady spire pt. at about 2250 fps. and shot numerous 40's and 60's with it. Its now retied, but I guess I'll keep it 'til the grave. Over the years, I also owned XP's in 7mm BR, and Remington Custom Shop versions in .223, 250 Savage, 7mm-08, .308, and 35 Rem. Yes, recoil could be brisk to varying degrees in all of them,but the accuracy and power were superb. I've sold all of them, but the 7mm / 308, over the years as I rearranged my estate (yeah, I'm old), but I fondly remember hunting and silhouetting with all of them. Oregon45, all of mine wore 15" barrels for the velocity, and to keep the muzzle blast a bit further away from my face. Looks like yours is about 10". Nice looking gun! I'm sure you will enjoy it.
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Post by 45MAN on Nov 1, 2018 6:27:36 GMT -5
KEN: I USED TO ALSO USE THE HORNADY 154 SP BUT IN A 7MM IHMSA (OR INTERNATIONAL???) IN A XP, ITS GONE NOW. HAVE 1 XP LEFT AN ORIGINAL 10 INCH 221 FIREBALL THAT I HAD FITTED WITH A 17 INCH 17 REMINGTON BARREL, BUT ITS BEEN YEARS SINCE ITS BEEN SHOT. XP'S ARE SHOOTING MACHINES BUT POST MY IHMSA DAYS I HAVE MOVED ON TO OTHER TYPES OF HANDGUNS.
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