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Offline joshco84

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switching barrels
« on: September 24, 2006, 12:59:36 PM »
as far as i know a .17 reminton is a .222 just necked down right?  now i was just wondering, could you switch a .223 barrel to a .17 remington and that be all. would the bolt face and magazine be right? i read in some previous posts about how similar the .17rem and .223 dimensions were and was wondering if they were close enough to simply switch the barrel and that be all.
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Re: switching barrels
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2006, 04:44:13 PM »
I have a 17 Remington in a Savage 10 action.  I used all .223 stuff, bolt head, magazine and follower.  The sholder is set back a little further on a 17 Remington so the case has a longer neck, sizing a .223 brass to 17 Remington results in a case with a very short neck for the 17.  A 204 sized down is much closer.  Mine feeds well from the magazine, I did have to bend the ears of the mag a little, and put a little piece of sheet metal in the front of the magazine to lift the bullet tip, but if you are not using a Savage and the barrel you use has a recessed type breach then it will probably work without any mods at all.  Now some info for you.  I used a Green Mountian barrel with a 1 in 9 twist, it shoots the 30gr Berger BTHP's very well, however when I get the 20 and 22 gr bullets up to 4,400fps they just turn to dust about 30 yards out, so figure out what weight bullets you want to shoot and then get a barrel for that weight, I would go with a 1 in 12 twist if I were doing it again.  Good luck, the 17 Rem is a really fun rifle, you can watch the hits without any trouble at all.  Larry
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Re: switching barrels
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2006, 01:16:50 PM »
actually it will be in a savage 10 (stevens 200) and have just always wanted a .17 rem after reading about them a year or so ago. watching the hit in the scope sounds awesome.  also is 204 brass expensive?
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Re: switching barrels
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2006, 02:12:28 PM »
204 brass is not real cheap either, I just watch Ebay and buy some once fired brass and I am all set.  The slight feed problem in a Savage is that the longer neck on the 17 Rem doesn't allow the sholder of the cartridge to run up the feed ramp in the receiver, so the end of the bullet hits slightly below the chamber.  Picture below is my fix, there are probably others.  Larry

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Re: switching barrels
« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2006, 08:59:42 AM »
i also wondered if i used a 204 gun in the beginning would the mag be different and not have to mod it?? also 100 204 brass is 16.99 and 100 .17 rem brass is 28.99, but is it worth the price difference to not buy remington .17 brass????
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Re: switching barrels
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2006, 02:26:14 PM »
After a few reloads the difference is just a few pennies, jsut get the proper stuff.  If you can get a stevens in .204 do it, the barrel will sell for a lot more than a .223 barrel will.  Larry
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Re: switching barrels
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2006, 06:52:49 AM »
The .17 Rem. is almost identical to the old .17-223 wildcat. Almost, but neather will chamber the others round. As far as rebarelling if your gun is now .223 it has a .378" bolt face and you can rebarrel it to any other round with a .378" head without bolt work. It should also feed the .17 Rem. round without additional work, if needed it will be slight. If your not into alot of case work, triming, trunning ect., check around and get some .17 Rem. brass. I didn`t pay near $ 20 for the last I bought, but haven`t bought any in 6 or 7 years.
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