well i found out last week that remington has scraped the 700 sps long range line due to poor quality stocks. why would a company say they are going to produce a product and get people worked up and then back out?
Seems to me like you answered your own question. Would you rather get "worked up" over Remington doing this, or would you prefer to get "worked up" over Remington putting out a bunch of product in spite of it not being up to snuff in their view?
i don't know but right now i'm not the biggest remington fan out there. i guess i'll go back to looking for a used sendero in 2506 again. anyone know where one is available that i won't have to sell a body organ in order to buy it?
I'm not the biggest Remington fan out there, either. But they make plenty of upper-end product that I still think is worth the street price one would pay to acquire it.
It's your money, pjefferys, but if I had my heart set on a Sendero in .25-'06, I'd do what seems to be a novel thing in this day and age and save for the cost of the rifle, quality scope mounting hardware, and since it's me I'm talking about, I'd also save for the Leupold to top it all off. I might even sacrafice a few things I spend money on that I can live without in order to speed that process along. What I would not do is settle for a lesser grade and lower cost alternative. I wouldn't settle because the ammo is going to cost the same no matter if I shoot a cheap .25-'06, a mid-priced one, or the most expensive one my heart can stand. I only have to buy the Sendero once, and they aren't ever going to be cheaper new than they are right now. And it is generally cheaper to get all of the features desired from the factory if one can than it is to try to get them via the custom "make my own out of a 700 SPS" route.
When it comes to gun purchases, I'm not in a high enough tax bracket to know what "instant gratification" is like when buying guns that I really want to own. I can have the "instant" part, but that involves "setteling" for something I don't really want. Or I can have the "gratification" part, which sometimes has meant saving for YEARS to get it. I have a pocket full of regret over "instant" on those occasions when I've fallen for its siren song, but I can't think of a single instance where I have EVER regretted setting a goal and holding out for what I really want, whether that "something" be a rifle, a guitar, or an automobile.
My unsolicited advice, in a nutshell, is to set a goal and get what you really want. The price of a rifle only hurts once when you pay it. But when you get what you really want, use it with a modicum of care and take care of it, the enjoyment, pride of ownership, and satisfaction can (and with an upmarket 700 likely will) last your whole lifetime.
JP
