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Best Tikka rifle to rebarrel it to 6.5 PRC
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<blockquote data-quote="fiftybmg" data-source="post: 1863246" data-attributes="member: 96316"><p>What I understand is that you need a long action, a magnum bolt face, a mag box of the right length, and the rails opened up if it's not a short magnum caliber.</p><p></p><p>If it's not a long action with a magnum bolt face, you need to </p><p></p><p>1. lengthen the mag box</p><p>2. mill the bolt face and maybe fit a different extractor</p><p>3. open up the rails</p><p>4. get the feeding right</p><p></p><p>He recommends a model 70 long action with a magnum bolt, as it is the least work and therefore the least cost.</p><p></p><p>A Tikka in any Win Mag, or 375 H&H, will also do. A Sako 85 is the best, IMO.</p><p></p><p>If you take any Tikka short action, it's 1, 2, 3, 4 above.</p><p></p><p>If you take a Tikka long action in 30-06, for example, then you still have to do 2, 3 and 4 above.</p><p></p><p>He refers to the mag box, which is the box built into the stock that houses the follower, not external magazines.</p><p></p><p>If you want external magazines, you need a chassis, or at the very least an action for which there is bottom metal available that can take magnum length cartridges. </p><p></p><p>Randy is saying that it's an expensive, labor intensive exercise to take a short action, and have all that work done to it to make a 6.5 PRC. The reason why he is describing the process, is to tell how difficult it actually is, because the gun writers are of the opinion the 6.5 PRC is built on a short action. </p><p></p><p>He is saying it is not.</p><p></p><p>Consider it a bit like making a VZ24 into a 500 Jeffery. Just because Paul Mauser did it, and it worked, doesn't mean that any gunsmith can put one together and make it work properly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fiftybmg, post: 1863246, member: 96316"] What I understand is that you need a long action, a magnum bolt face, a mag box of the right length, and the rails opened up if it's not a short magnum caliber. If it's not a long action with a magnum bolt face, you need to 1. lengthen the mag box 2. mill the bolt face and maybe fit a different extractor 3. open up the rails 4. get the feeding right He recommends a model 70 long action with a magnum bolt, as it is the least work and therefore the least cost. A Tikka in any Win Mag, or 375 H&H, will also do. A Sako 85 is the best, IMO. If you take any Tikka short action, it's 1, 2, 3, 4 above. If you take a Tikka long action in 30-06, for example, then you still have to do 2, 3 and 4 above. He refers to the mag box, which is the box built into the stock that houses the follower, not external magazines. If you want external magazines, you need a chassis, or at the very least an action for which there is bottom metal available that can take magnum length cartridges. Randy is saying that it's an expensive, labor intensive exercise to take a short action, and have all that work done to it to make a 6.5 PRC. The reason why he is describing the process, is to tell how difficult it actually is, because the gun writers are of the opinion the 6.5 PRC is built on a short action. He is saying it is not. Consider it a bit like making a VZ24 into a 500 Jeffery. Just because Paul Mauser did it, and it worked, doesn't mean that any gunsmith can put one together and make it work properly. [/QUOTE]
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