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Building a Bolt Gun - Bully - 12-24-2022
Howdy all.
Ive bounced back and forth a couple of times on action choice but have finally settled on a 700.
I have a 700 action in 223 at my guy to have the bolt face opened up and a M16/Sako extractor installed. He is going to skim cut the face as well but thats as far as as this action will go as far as work done to it.
I found someone making RemAge barrels in a reasonable time frame. Going with a 16.25 varmint contour, 1:8 to run 129s comfortably. Will be run with a silencer.
I have a cheapy stock (for now) that I will run. I will do a hinged floor plate down the road, but this is a blind mag and thats just fine.
Timney trigger, Weaver USA pic-rail, blah-blah.
Thoughts on this set-up? Any thing on mag box I need to be aware of (its the 223 box)? Any other issues concerns Im not seeing?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Building a Bolt Gun - Remington Jim - 12-24-2022
Why not have the action tube squared to the bolt face - Very Important -
Building a Bolt Gun - kmon - 12-24-2022
Sounds good, Remington Jim has a good point, while at it why not.
Building a Bolt Gun - Bully - 12-25-2022
Remington Jim Wrote:Why not have the action tube squared to the bolt face - Very Important -
He is going to skim cut the action face.
My post is un-clear. Typing without enough caffeine.
Building a Bolt Gun - kmon - 12-25-2022
Sounds good. I thought about going that route then found a CZ 527 in 7.62X39 and went that route. That was before anyone was chambering a bolt action in 6.5 Grendel
Building a Bolt Gun - tdbru - 12-25-2022
Bully,
if you plan on single loading, then magazine box issues may be a "don't care" kind of a thing. If you plan to run it as a repeater, then you might also mention to your gunsmith that you intend to run it as a repeater and please check the magazine box geometry for reliable feeding with that differently proportioned cartridge than what the magazine box was originally setup for. And perhaps you might have to get a different magazine follower for the different sized cartridge. Have fun with the custom build!
-tdbru
Building a Bolt Gun - Bully - 12-26-2022
@tdbru
Solid plan except I didnt send the mag box. Im looking forward to puzzling through this at home. Hence buying a pre-fit as opposed to sending him a blank.
I also have a chunk of wood, mesquite actually, that a member on another forum sent me in trade. Im hoping to finish it out as a stock in the relatively near term. It has some cool imperfections and I plan to make it relatively fancy. Well see how it turns out.
Building a Bolt Gun - Kosh65 - 12-27-2022
You can PM me either your cell number or email address and I will send you some pics of my 700 build with BDL fore plate adjustments
Building a Bolt Gun - tdbru - 12-28-2022
Bully,
I hope you're not going for a lightweight or ultralight build. Mesquite is heavy. Gorgeous, but heavy. I hope you get years of enjoyment out of your custom build!
-tdbru
Building a Bolt Gun - Bully - 12-28-2022
Kosh65 Wrote:You can PM me either your cell number or email address and I will send you some pics of my 700 build with BDL fore plate adjustments
Doing so now.
Building a Bolt Gun - Bully - 12-28-2022
tdbru Wrote:Bully,
I hope you're not going for a lightweight or ultralight build. Mesquite is heavy. Gorgeous, but heavy. I hope you get years of enjoyment out of your custom build!
-tdbru
no sir. this is a GP/Do-It-All build. Ultralight wouldn't fit the brief.
Building a Bolt Gun - Bully - 01-27-2023
Got her done. Everything functions as it should. Chambered a round from the mag box with no issues. Just one. Have not had the time to fuss with it further.
Building a Bolt Gun - kmon - 01-27-2023
Congrats!
looking forward to the range report and pics
Building a Bolt Gun - Stinky Coyote - 01-27-2023
Bully Wrote:Howdy all.
Ive bounced back and forth a couple of times on action choice but have finally settled on a 700.
I have a 700 action in 223 at my guy to have the bolt face opened up and a M16/Sako extractor installed. He is going to skim cut the face as well but thats as far as as this action will go as far as work done to it.
I found someone making RemAge barrels in a reasonable time frame. Going with a 16.25 varmint contour, 1:8 to run 129s comfortably. Will be run with a silencer.
I have a cheapy stock (for now) that I will run. I will do a hinged floor plate down the road, but this is a blind mag and thats just fine.
Timney trigger, Weaver USA pic-rail, blah-blah.
Thoughts on this set-up? Any thing on mag box I need to be aware of (its the 223 box)? Any other issues concerns Im not seeing?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
If you live in the land of guns and the 2nd...I'd watch for a ruger 77 stainless 7.62x39 boat paddle and do a barrel swap to Grendel. That's on my list for one day to have a proper stainless quality bolt action as legacy doesn't seem to want to bring in howa's in stainless like they get in other markets. There is some sako super short action options out there that could work also for a proper quality bolt action build that base off the right case face and magazine length. Just some other ideas and thoughts.
Building a Bolt Gun - Bully - 01-28-2023
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Range report will be a while.. unfortunately.
Building a Bolt Gun - VASCAR2 - 01-29-2023
Wow, that looks really good! I bet it is a shooter!
Building a Bolt Gun - Bully - 01-29-2023
VASCAR2 Wrote:Wow, that looks really good! I bet it is a shooter!
I really hope so.
Building a Bolt Gun - tdbru - 01-30-2023
Bully,
just for my reference, what's the total weight of your rig as photographed? By the way, nice looking rig.
-tdbru
Building a Bolt Gun - Bully - 02-09-2023
@tdbru. Ill see if I can get it on a scale.
Sorry for the delayed response. Work has taken priority lately.