The birth of the <span style="color: #CC0000"><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">Critter-Nator</span></span></span>!!!!!!
Well fellas, finally got a recent project finished for myself. With spring coming on the local groundhog and coyote population should be VERY leary.
The project started off with a Speedy Gonzalez built Remington 700 chambered in .223 Remington with a .250 neck that'll cycle unturned brass flawlessly. I procured the action off of a fellow Hide member here a few months ago.
The specs on the action are as follows:
*Remington 700 SS tuned action gone thru by Speedy
*Speedy tuned factory 700 trigger with Wolff springs @ 1.5-2#
*Blackstar cryo'd and lapped Krieger 1-12" fluted tube
*Chambered by Speedy in .223 w/a .250 NK.
*Standard BDL bottom metal, box and follower
*Barrel is 16 5/8" from rear of lug to muzzle
*Tapers from 1.250" at lug to 1.075" at the muzzle
*Complete action weight, just over 6.5#
Here's the skinny on my own handy work.....
I had an older HS Precision 700P stock lying around and flew in with the mods. to it, mods. as follows:
*BBL channel opened up from factory 700P contour
*Fore-end clipped/shortened 2" approximately
*Relocated front swivel studs, both drilled and tapped
*Skim bedded action w/Marine-Tex from tang to 1/4" ahead of lug
*Minimal fill work and my own version of a Desert GAP motiff
After I intially opened up the barrel channel (do all my own stock work to include mods, bedding and paint), I took her to the range with some "home grown" loads and she showed a lotta promise. After the initial range outing, I didn't care for the length of the fore-end as it only had 3 1/2" or so of barrel hung out front. That led to me clipping the snout off the HS appoximately 2" and giving her a "nose job" if you will. I think this is gonna make a helluva little varmint rig and at only 36 7/8" OAL, she's a handy little bugger! Have a boat-load of 52gr SMK's and 52gr Berger FBHP-V's loaded up to try out in the VERY near future!!
If I can keep my rifle ADD from kicking in & hang on to her, a CDI or similiar bottom metal may be in her future. I really like the thought of an AICS 10 round .223 mag hanging outta the bottom. May even send her out to have the snout threaded, time will tell.....
Here was a before pic of the rifle before all the afformentioned stock work was completed......
Enough jaw jackin", on to the pics.......
As pictured with a Burris XTR 3-12, Illum. Ballistic Mil-Dot in TPS lows on an EGW 20 MOA steel rail & a Harris 6-9 BRM-S w/a Pod-Loc.........
Well fellas, finally got a recent project finished for myself. With spring coming on the local groundhog and coyote population should be VERY leary.
The project started off with a Speedy Gonzalez built Remington 700 chambered in .223 Remington with a .250 neck that'll cycle unturned brass flawlessly. I procured the action off of a fellow Hide member here a few months ago.
The specs on the action are as follows:
*Remington 700 SS tuned action gone thru by Speedy
*Speedy tuned factory 700 trigger with Wolff springs @ 1.5-2#
*Blackstar cryo'd and lapped Krieger 1-12" fluted tube
*Chambered by Speedy in .223 w/a .250 NK.
*Standard BDL bottom metal, box and follower
*Barrel is 16 5/8" from rear of lug to muzzle
*Tapers from 1.250" at lug to 1.075" at the muzzle
*Complete action weight, just over 6.5#
Here's the skinny on my own handy work.....
I had an older HS Precision 700P stock lying around and flew in with the mods. to it, mods. as follows:
*BBL channel opened up from factory 700P contour
*Fore-end clipped/shortened 2" approximately
*Relocated front swivel studs, both drilled and tapped
*Skim bedded action w/Marine-Tex from tang to 1/4" ahead of lug
*Minimal fill work and my own version of a Desert GAP motiff
After I intially opened up the barrel channel (do all my own stock work to include mods, bedding and paint), I took her to the range with some "home grown" loads and she showed a lotta promise. After the initial range outing, I didn't care for the length of the fore-end as it only had 3 1/2" or so of barrel hung out front. That led to me clipping the snout off the HS appoximately 2" and giving her a "nose job" if you will. I think this is gonna make a helluva little varmint rig and at only 36 7/8" OAL, she's a handy little bugger! Have a boat-load of 52gr SMK's and 52gr Berger FBHP-V's loaded up to try out in the VERY near future!!
If I can keep my rifle ADD from kicking in & hang on to her, a CDI or similiar bottom metal may be in her future. I really like the thought of an AICS 10 round .223 mag hanging outta the bottom. May even send her out to have the snout threaded, time will tell.....
Here was a before pic of the rifle before all the afformentioned stock work was completed......
Enough jaw jackin", on to the pics.......
As pictured with a Burris XTR 3-12, Illum. Ballistic Mil-Dot in TPS lows on an EGW 20 MOA steel rail & a Harris 6-9 BRM-S w/a Pod-Loc.........
