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Offline jiminpa

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action for .17 remington
« on: December 21, 2009, 06:30:49 AM »
thinking on building a .17 remington.what size bolt fact should i look for? isn't the parent cartrige a .223 or .222?
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Re: action for .17 remington
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2009, 06:51:46 AM »
Same as a .223, length is about the same.  I built mine on a Savage short action, used a .223 magazine and it works out really well.  Larry
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Re: action for .17 remington
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2009, 07:42:26 AM »
Any action that will feed the 223 case will work for the 17Rem.   I used a Rem 40x action and good luck on your project.
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