Just off the phone with
@Michael458 , he was telling me he Just finished a .223 bolt with an 18 inch barrel. Maybe he'll chime in and help out.
Mine is a Winchester Model 70 with a 16 1/2 inch barrel and an AI Snow camo stock.....come shoot it if you can.
Yeah, I don't know about being any help with this conversation, my bolt guns are all Winchesters, and all basic 223.........I shoot one bullet, mostly for terminal effects and that is the 50 Raptors...... if they shoot other bullets well, then its just bonus, but 50 Raptors are mandatory.
From time to time I would pick up those older Winchesters in 223, and unfortunately all of them are just push feed guns, but work good enough. They make good conversion guns for 300 BLK, and 7.62X40. I have one 16 inch 300 BLK that I use for pressure work, and two 7.62X40s one mine, also used for pressure work, and the other I built for my Daughter to hunt local game with, excellent little round. The rest I would keep in 223, but all the barrels have to be changed out, they are all old 1:14 twist rates, way way too slow......... I have 1:8 twist match barrels put on them.
This is the latest gun I just got in last week....... I bought this gun from a late friend, it was a big long heavy barrel varmint gun, 26 inches, had a big stupid varmint stock..... basically all that I used was the action, since the barrel was not any good to start with. New match 1;8 twist 18 inch barrel and Ultimate stock........ Gun is a little heavy with the 1X10 Nikon at 8.5 lbs........but handles and feels pretty good regardless........... Just put the scope on it Saturday, have not had time to sight in or shoot yet.........
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