For what it's worth!

[Kurt]

Rick when the 700 came out with their VS I got two, one in .22-250 and the other the .308. The .22-250 had a head space problem so it got traded off for a heavy barreled 700 ADL in the .222 caliber that rifle has been a tack driver since day 1.
The .308 when I got it and I put a 3rd generation Springfield Armory range finding 30mm scope on it calibrated for the 168 Sierra match king bullet and that rifle would not hold 3" at 100 yards. I called Remington and told them what was going on and they said send it in and we will check it out. Two weeks later I got it back with a note in the box saying this rifle meets the Rem specifications. My first thought was @#$%^ Then I ran a patch down the bore and cleaned out the fouling they left in it and whipping it down the dent in one of the flutes where the M-! tipped over and put it in was gone. Big smile on my face....they rebreed it I took it to the range and set up a target with a heavy + on it so I could align the cross hairs on it and shot three rounds looking through the scope after the second shot fired I just saw one hole low and left, where is the second hole???? I shot again and still one hole. Things started to go through my mind so I walked down to look where the other holes are and when I looked close I just saw a oval hole. I took that target down and measured it. That 3 shot group was .357" outside to out side of the group.
That rifle is still a shooter but the 168 gr match peters out past 700 yards. That scope has elevations from 100 to 1000 and I can hold it on a known distance and it will hit center. One fine Coyote rifle.
When I got the bore scope I looked at the throat because it has washed out where I can seat the bullet out to the point where the case mouth is just above the BT and it has spider web cracks starting ahead of the throat but it still is a fine shooter.