Remington, Sako ???

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Rich V

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I have a Remington 700, 22-250 that I can't seat the bullet out far enough any more. I would like to have it rechambered to a .204 Ruger and have been told that the bolt head will have to be changed over to a Sako. For some reason I got it in my mind that doing so will block the gas port on the receiver. What will be the advantages or disadvantages of having this done.

Thanks guys
 
Rich V said:
I have a Remington 700, 22-250 that I can't seat the bullet out far enough any more. I would like to have it rechambered to a .204 Ruger and have been told that the bolt head will have to be changed over to a Sako. For some reason I got it in my mind that doing so will block the gas port on the receiver. What will be the advantages or disadvantages of having this done.

Thanks guys
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The action will not work as a repeater for the smaller case... It is not a matter of rechambering, it will require a new barrel as well... the Sako extractor conversion is a terrible thing to do to a 700 action.... in my opinion. Pick up a .223 size 700 and rebarrel it...

The only reason it was done to start with was many years ago with the PPC case, it was a requirement to do it ....but it weakens the design and strength of the 700 greatly...
 
I second the idea of keeping the Remington extractor. In many thousands of rounds through many Remington actions I have never had a failure to extract. It's just not needed for the majority of uses.

If it were me, I'd rebarrel the .22-250 as is and look for a .204 Ruger in some other rifle - like a Savage etc. It will be cheaper in the long run.
 
I don't think its a good idea to take a .473" bolt down to a .223 sized. You can probably have your .22-250 barrel set back and she'll shoot much better and you'll only lose an inch or so. Find a good used .223 Remington and rebarrel to .204 Ruger. Donor rifles can be had for about $300 pretty easily and you can sell the sporter wood and old barrel for whatever you can get for 'em. You can find stocks for around $150 or so, Shilen barrels for $230.
 
Thanks for the replys. You guys are a big help. I gonna have it rebarreled as is (22-250 ) and look for a .223 action.
 
OR you can have your 700 action rebarrelled to .22 BR. I've had two .22-250's and while they're okay the .22 BR will do anything the .22-250 can with bullets up to 52/53 gr barrels will last longer, and you use less powder doing it. The .22 BR has the same case head diameter as the .22-250, so the only thing that's needed is a new barrel and a single shot adapter.

If you don't reload of course you're limited to the .22-250 or maybe the .220 Swift.
 
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