Swiss K31 vs. Remington M700

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z06man

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The K31 is an absolute beast of a surplus rifle, especially when shot with GP-11 (which it was designed for). I was blown away to see just how accurate the elevation adjustment was on the rifle.

Back to your somewhat original question, 7.55x55 swiss is VERY similar to .308.

TBH, though, an out of the box Remington 700sps tactical in .308 would probably beat it. Those are killer out-of-the-box shooters too, and they aren't overly exotic (widely available, not ridiculously priced, chambered in .308 and .223).

One thing no one has mentioned and contributes to their accuracy is the trigger. All of my K31's have amazing triggers, ESPECIALLY if you consider they are battle rifles. There's been a couple of times I've lit one off before I was ready because the trigger break is so smooth and crisp. They are infinitely better than any other milsurp I've handled and considerably better than factory triggers on most modern rifles.
 

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Ok, I'll kick it off - I realized I didn't have any GP11, but I did shoot my reloads.
Untouched K31, steel side mount with Elite 3200 10x
Norma brass, 155 AMax, 51.0 IMR4350
5 shots from cold bore with no fouler, 20-30 seconds between @ 100 yards
(it does do better as it warms up, but I didn't want to waste a bunch of ammo for a "wonder" group)
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Well, since apparently nobody on this gun site actually shoots any guns, I had to do some shooting, recruiting and measuring.
1) Marlin xs7, Elite 3200 - the only mod is the front pressure point is sanded down.
7mm-08 - 140gn Prvi SN, 42.0 IMR4064, win brass
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2) Savage heavy barrel SS, Elite 4200 - pillar bedded
243 - 105 A-Max, 40.0 IMR4350, norma brass
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3) There were two other shooters at the range, both shooting Remington 700sps in 308, Nikon glass, both were shooting 150gn UMC Remington ammo - they were kind enough to share their 5 shot groups at 100 yards:
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