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What action for a 223 build?

deersniper

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    What’s a good action to start a 223 build. Looking to put a 16” Bartlien carbon fiber barrel and krg stock. Thanks

    Oh and if anyone has one for sale let me know.

    The only 700 223s I can find are complete actions for $600+
     
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    What’s a good action to start a 223 build. Looking to put a 16” Bartlien carbon fiber barrel and krg stock. Thanks
    I shoot a R700 w a stainless Krieger barrel. It’s in a H-S Precision stock with a Timney and was spun up by some unknown gunsmith somewhere in AZ. Purchased second hand.

    Suffice to say I think a R700 is “a good action to start a build” but if you want to save a little
    Coin buy second hand.

    Yeah a Surgeon w a CF barrel and AI chassis sounds fun and prob shoots one tiny little hole iF yOu Do YoUr PaRt.

    Good luck whatever you decide.

    77gn is factory ammo Norma Match

    55gn is factory ammo White Box Remington

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    Depends on if you're going all out or not. I'm old school (and old) so I still like the 700 actions. Not that costly, plenty of parts available, I'm not good enough to try to hit at 1,000 with a .223 yet, so I'm not even gonna have my SPS trued. (for now) Just gonna find a decent chassis, and scope, and see where it goes from there. It does have a nice single stage trigger tech trigger. I don't even hand load, and unfortunately this isn't the time to be starting, with components so hard to find...
     
    I pondered the same thing back in 2019. Considered a R700 action with a Remage barrel, was looking into using an Origin action, but stumbled across a Tikka T3x Varmint in 223 (previous owner had the barrel threaded), and bought it. Put it in an MDT chassis and couldn't be happier.
     
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    Depends on if you're going all out or not. I'm old school (and old) so I still like the 700 actions. Not that costly, plenty of parts available, I'm not good enough to try to hit at 1,000 with a .223 yet, so I'm not even gonna have my SPS trued. (for now) Just gonna find a decent chassis, and scope, and see where it goes from there. It does have a nice single stage trigger tech trigger. I don't even hand load, and unfortunately this isn't the time to be starting, with components so hard to find...

    @deersniper is not a peasant......

    Remington 700 lol
     
    A trued and blueprinted Remington action with a quality barrel will shoot just as good as anything else but I think it's a waste of money when you can buy a custom action that is ready to go.

    Defiance Deviant would be my first choice but all of them would be better than a factory Remington.
     
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    Defiance anTI or anTI-X of course
    Have one for my 300BLK/204 Ruger and if I didn’t already have a 223 DTA conv id probably would have gone with a Bartlein or Proof 223 prefit.

    Anyhow, they’re nice and light, can use prefit barrels, no issues feeding on a MPA Ultralite with MDT AICS, Accurate 5 rounder (had to modify those for full COAL) and also no issues feeding from a HS DBM on a manners Ultra classic and you can always get a 308 bolt and just switch barrel. Also have the recoil lug machined all you need to swap barrel is the wrench and the barrel vise.
     
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    While I like a good joke as much as anyone else... Don't underestimate us "peasants". (as King George did way back when)

    We've learned a lot here lately from OPFOR peasants like Charlie, and Haji...

    My 28 year career was ended in '05 by an IED costing less than that tripod...

    Lol don’t be butt hurt.

    I started out with a 10/22. Then I had a skinny barrel SPS. Really moved up in the world when I had a used LTR barrel installed and picked up a ex police 1” Leupold 3.5-10x40

    I work 70-100+ hours every week.

    But it’s a joke. And yes I know in cw2 IUDs will be the most common casualty inflicting device. This country’s fate depends on the sandbox vets
     
    Lol don’t be butt hurt.

    I started out with a 10/22. Then I had a skinny barrel SPS. Really moved up in the world when I had a used LTR barrel installed and picked up a ex police 1” Leupold 3.5-10x40

    I work 70-100+ hours every week.

    But it’s a joke. And yes I know in cw2 IUDs will be the most common casualty inflicting device. This country’s fate depends on the sandbox vets
    Yeah, if you get in deep enough, the little IUD tentacles can grab on your dick and hold on for dear life.
     
    While I like a good joke as much as anyone else... Don't underestimate us "peasants". (as King George did way back when)

    We've learned a lot here lately from OPFOR peasants like Charlie, and Haji...

    My 28 year career was ended in '05 by an IED costing less than that tripod...

    Well if you boys would have solved that problem in 1991 me, you, a few other retards who couldn’t afford college wouldn’t need to be in the endless war.

    Post up a pic of you using your robot leg as an improvised bipod and call someone a name or move it along.

    And no, im not an asshole. I’m a man who’s treating you like an equal. Im told by my good friend “Shoeless Joe” all the time “bitch don’t feel sorry for me, im missing a leg, you are still ugly” 😂🤣😂

    Joe lost his leg up near the hip to an IED. Funnest guy I know. Won’t shut up about how many pull ups he can do now.
     
    While I like a good joke as much as anyone else... Don't underestimate us "peasants". (as King George did way back when)

    We've learned a lot here lately from OPFOR peasants like Charlie, and Haji...

    My 28 year career was ended in '05 by an IED costing less than that tripod...

    Common man really......

    @NoLegs24 can we get a another flex please.....
     
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    Well if you boys would have solved that problem in 1991 me, you, a few other retards who couldn’t afford college wouldn’t need to be in the endless war.

    Post up a pic of you using your robot leg as an improvised bipod and call someone a name or move it along.

    And no, im not an asshole. I’m a man who’s treating you like an equal. Im told by my good friend “Shoeless Joe” all the time “bitch don’t feel sorry for me, im missing a leg, you are still ugly” 😂🤣😂

    Joe lost his leg up near the hip to an IED. Funnest guy I know. Won’t shut up about how many pull ups he can do now.

    Ask your buddy Joe if he feels like he "failed" anyone...


    or if he feels like the politicians failed us...


    Bush failed in '91 by not allowing the guys to finish the job first go round. I wasn't there for that one though. I was under the hat pushing troops at Benning at the time.

    As far as why retards like us didn't finish college... well, that one's on me. I fell in love with a fat girl, and started popping out kids... She did take care of me when I came back from Iraq all banged up though. Not your ordinary dependa... This peasant girl is 10x better than any high maintenance Jody bait.
     
    As far as why retards like us didn't finish college... well, that one's on me. I fell in love with a fat girl, and started popping out kids... She did take care of me when I came back from Iraq all banged up though. Not your ordinary dependa... This peasant girl is 10x better than any high maintenance Jody bait.

    You got a good one there.

    I married a skinny ugly girl who sport fucked all my buddies while I was gone. When I came home she was gone, along w all my Pokémon cards.

    Later I found a nice fat girl and we played hide the sausage for a little bit but sadly, it didn’t work out. Best BJ’s a fellow ever had. An Eskimo brother later confirmed.

    Better to have had the best BJ and lost than to spend a lifetime of toothy BJ’s I supposed.

    Joe doesn’t talk much about his “reborn day” but he did tell me a story of a wild night where he and another 1 legged man double teamed a gal and his only regret to date was the other amputee got to “bang her with his stump” she was a VA nurse. Not all hero’s wear capes.

    I eventually went to college. Finished. Still don’t know shit about fuck and find my most prized friendships are with guys that don’t take it too serious. If you are ever in AZ I’ll buy the first round but you get the second. I’ll listen to all your war stores or we can just try to hit on the 2 fattest girls in the room, just for fun.

    But yeah. Start w a used action.

    Hijack over.