I want to get a bolt action .223. My LGS has a Tikka for sale at a reasonable price - but I've never shot any .223 bolts - any recs? I've got a Noveske N4, but I just might sell it to get a bolt action....As weird as it sounds I think that at my age, I would enjoy the bolt action every bit as much as my AR. I certainly find that to be the case with my .260. Open to advice from the pros here. Gun would be for target shooting and hunting yotes, etc.
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Get it, bolts are more economical than the black guns, if you don't get too crazy like most of us do and mod the hell out of it. Keep the AR though, ya never know if the stuff will hit the proverbial fan and it would be good to have the AR if it does.
I have a Remington 223 pss and love it.
Another vote for keeping the AR too, at least for now. The prices are just now getting back DOWN to normal, not the right time to sell IMHO. Besides, it'd be nice to have a couple firearms in the same caliber. Couple different options depending on what mood strikes.
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If you want a bolt gun - why would you want 223? If you going to plink - might as well do with AR. If you are going to reload - there are so many much more capable and worthy varmint cartridges to reload for (22-250, or any of the 6s).
P.S. I do shoot FTR with 223 sometimes - but I am glutton for punishment.
P.S. I do shoot FTR with 223 sometimes - but I am glutton for punishment.
Sir, We got my wife a tikka .223 varmint and we have the cdi bottom metal in it to take the Ai 223 mags works great!
1- don't have to chase brass all over the range
2- no recoil and easy to shoot accurate
3- cheap to reload
4- stupid long barrel life
5- he has a 260 and enjoys a bolt gun (probably because of #1)
6- IT'S HIS MONEY
what twist is it? personally if it wasn't 1/8 i think i would pass, you will want to shoot the heaves for long range,mine shoots 80 sierra's
great and 55 nosler bt just as good.as jcvibby said cdi bottom metal and ai mags your gtg,stock trigger is excellent.
Prairiefire,
Lot's of good rifles out there. The Rem PSS series shoots well. The Tikka has a good rep, as well.
I shoot a Winchester Model 70 "Stealth" that stacks 69 grain SMK's at 100 yards and holds the X/10 ring at 600 when I do my part...which is the real issue. If you can find a nice used Stealth I'd go for it. It comes with a Winchester "Marksman" stock that works well for our type of shooting. I'm running a 3.5 X 10 Luppie M1 LR on mine and it could use some more magnification.
Good luck in your search.
Wes
Lot's of good rifles out there. The Rem PSS series shoots well. The Tikka has a good rep, as well.
I shoot a Winchester Model 70 "Stealth" that stacks 69 grain SMK's at 100 yards and holds the X/10 ring at 600 when I do my part...which is the real issue. If you can find a nice used Stealth I'd go for it. It comes with a Winchester "Marksman" stock that works well for our type of shooting. I'm running a 3.5 X 10 Luppie M1 LR on mine and it could use some more magnification.
Good luck in your search.
Wes
I'm not a fan of the SHTF BS but having said that, I add another vote to keep the AR in addition to getting the bolt gun. Bolt 223s are a heck of a lot of fun.
I carried one as a LE sniper, an old mid 70 version Remington 700 BDL, it still shoots to this day. My other bolt gun is a Mann device built on a Remington BDL action.
Still, I'm not about to give up my two AR's
I carried one as a LE sniper, an old mid 70 version Remington 700 BDL, it still shoots to this day. My other bolt gun is a Mann device built on a Remington BDL action.
Still, I'm not about to give up my two AR's
What rifles and motorcicles have in common, to Me.
Everyone I ever sold, I have kicked Myself in the azz for doing it.
I sell nothing now, so, personally to Me, I would not sell the AR, I would buy the Tikka, keep the AR, load precision rounds for the Tikka and keep them seperate from the ARs rounds.
Everyone I ever sold, I have kicked Myself in the azz for doing it.
I sell nothing now, so, personally to Me, I would not sell the AR, I would buy the Tikka, keep the AR, load precision rounds for the Tikka and keep them seperate from the ARs rounds.
Worth reading:
"The training rifle is designed around the shooter who wants to learn the art of long range shooting and reading the wind, yet still have a rifle they can go and compete with whether your sport is F/T-R or Tactical Competitions. Chambered in .223 match for the longer 75 and 80 grain bullets and combined with the new A.I. mag over all length (which is 2.50 inches) it enables you to get the bullet out of the case further and stop crushing powder and hogging the powder room the .223 has to offer. This enables you to run efficiently the High BC .223 bullets that match and sometimes even beat the .308 to a 1000 yards in both elevation and wind while doing so with half the powder, half the recoil and more importantly half the cost enabling you to spend more time behind the trigger where it matters. This rifle will make you a better shooter and wind caller - it is my personal favorite. And did I mention barrel life? "
--Jamie Dodson
Custom Rifles - Wolf Precision
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