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Building a Volquartsen .17HMR opinions please.
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<blockquote data-quote="Flybuster" data-source="post: 168283" data-attributes="member: 8250"><p>Howdy, I have delt with Volquartsen on one of my rimfires. I believe they have a great product, alittle pricey but you can definetly see the quality. </p><p></p><p> I built a 17 Mach 2 about 3 years ago. It just had a standard stainless match grade bull barrel, nothing fancy. I put the barrel on a ruger 10/22 aluminum action. Had the trigger worked down to a crisp 1.5 pound. </p><p></p><p></p><p> Dropped it in a Hogue overmolded stock. Volquartsen recommended the CnC machined bolt to accomidate the 17 mach 2 cartridge, when converting a rifle from 22lr. Due to the increased recoil thrust on the bolt and spring. Its a real slick setup, never fails in feeding or extraction. </p><p></p><p> For cleaning, Volquartsen dosn't recommend the use of a cleaning rod. So I do it the hard way, I use a fishing line with a patch& butches bore shine. The cleaner that you keep these barrels the better they shoot. </p><p></p><p> Its not hard at all to shoot 1" groups at 100 yards. With Hornady V-max bullets. My dads marlin 17hmr, shoots this ammo well, better than speer tnt. Or Hornady 20 grain hollow point. </p><p></p><p> If I had to do it over again... I would just buy a Volquartsen rifle. They have so many options and models. It really is a custom deal. It would have costed alittle more, but your getting a custom action that the barrel is threaded, rather than drop in like the ruger conversions. They are guarenteed to shoot good. And I would get 17 Hmr, because it looks like this one will be around for a while. Don't know about the 17 mach 2, alot of manufactures have already dropped this cartridge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Flybuster, post: 168283, member: 8250"] Howdy, I have delt with Volquartsen on one of my rimfires. I believe they have a great product, alittle pricey but you can definetly see the quality. I built a 17 Mach 2 about 3 years ago. It just had a standard stainless match grade bull barrel, nothing fancy. I put the barrel on a ruger 10/22 aluminum action. Had the trigger worked down to a crisp 1.5 pound. Dropped it in a Hogue overmolded stock. Volquartsen recommended the CnC machined bolt to accomidate the 17 mach 2 cartridge, when converting a rifle from 22lr. Due to the increased recoil thrust on the bolt and spring. Its a real slick setup, never fails in feeding or extraction. For cleaning, Volquartsen dosn't recommend the use of a cleaning rod. So I do it the hard way, I use a fishing line with a patch& butches bore shine. The cleaner that you keep these barrels the better they shoot. Its not hard at all to shoot 1" groups at 100 yards. With Hornady V-max bullets. My dads marlin 17hmr, shoots this ammo well, better than speer tnt. Or Hornady 20 grain hollow point. If I had to do it over again... I would just buy a Volquartsen rifle. They have so many options and models. It really is a custom deal. It would have costed alittle more, but your getting a custom action that the barrel is threaded, rather than drop in like the ruger conversions. They are guarenteed to shoot good. And I would get 17 Hmr, because it looks like this one will be around for a while. Don't know about the 17 mach 2, alot of manufactures have already dropped this cartridge. [/QUOTE]
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