http://pacifictoolandgauge.com/remington-700-shrouds/240-remington-700-bolt-shroud-aluminum.html

Mine likes 140 fusions... I bought it for the GF. It never made it to her. One of my favorite rifles.

Take it to a good gunsmith (like gundoc) to get the trigger adjusted.

I'm foreseeing that being the case with this one.
Limbsaver, trigger, VX3i 2.5-8X36 and figure out its favorite flavor of ammo.

Not sure what I'm going to do about scope mounting. Stay with the pic rail or go another route.

If you change the trigger, I recommend either TriggerTech or Timney, in that order.

I put Timneys in all of my rifles and shotguns. I put Talley rings on my Model Sevens. My Model Seven in 7-08 shoots 120 grain NBT and 140 grain Accubonds and Partitions very accurately.

Any noticeable difference in the recoil between the 120s and 140s?
I had a Ruger M77 Ultralight in 308 and that thing plain stomped my ass with 150s because it was so feather light.

I ordered a 3.5-10x40 VX3i today for my model 7. $319 shipped from cameralandny.com. Cheapest I’d seen it anywhere. I put one on my 280. Lot of scope for that price.

A good gunsmith can make the Walker trigger very nice.

I used a lot of 140gr Nosler Ballistic tip back when Remington still loaded them. I switched to 139gr SST Light Magnums and killed a good many with them without fail.

Looks like the pic rail is going to be getting tossed. Looking at 1" pic ring options most of them are expensive tactical kinda rings. Not what I am needing for it.

To me not a difference. I can tell a difference between 140 in 708 vs 150 in 308 model model 7's

Personally, I would ditch the rail and go with Talley Lightweight rings. If a rail isn't +20 MOA, it only functions to elevate the scope and add a connection point

Agreed. It will also remove 2-4 screws(ring crossbolts) and a jagged point on the rifle.
Trying to trade it for a set of Talleys, nothing to lose.

Talley are 35$ at optic planet

Ya. Going to try trading first and then probably break down and buy a set.

I don’t notice any difference in recoil.

This will be my next deer rifle I buy. That is when my 308 LTR get the new barrel installed, it will become a target gun for the most part.

Thanks for all the feedback. Put some Shooters Choice grease on the bolt surfaces and that really slicked it up.
Really excited for this rifle. It will be heading to Gundoc next week I'm thinking.

I hear a lot complain about the x mark trigger but the one and only I got feels to good to replace..i was planning on it before I got the gun but I reckon unless I start competing im gonna keep it on there

His rifle doesn't have a POS x-Mark trigger. His has the old walker style trigger which can be adjusted down to a nice, crisp 2-1/2 lbs, or less if you desire.

Well that made a lot of sense to me I have an x mark and mine feels ok was my point lol