Peter M. Eick
Member
The new issue of Rifle has a review of the CZ527 for 22 hornet and they mention ed that the 527 can be had in a 222 remington. I have been thinking about buying a Savage 12VBSS in 223 Remington and rebarrel it to either 17 Rem or 222 Rem.
Either gun will just be a range toy or rare varminting. Basically just a fun toy for plinking paper. I handload so commercial ammo is not an issue. The costs to shoot are a wash practically to me.
So I keep coming back to the age old question of 17 rem vs. 222 rem. In my mind the 17 is unique, light bullet, very fast little beast that is generally going to be more work to clean the barrel. Ballistically it will be similar to my 22-250 in general but with less recoil.
The 222 is known accuracy, long neck for reloading, easier to reload with bigger bullets and less "precision" required. Less report, more recoil (if that is even a remote issue on such a heavy gun and such a small round).
The 527 is a mini-mauser action. Small and svelte, if I were to take it from the bench it is smaller and lighter, but the stock is not really made for bench work. The VBSS is just like my 22-250 VBSS, so I know I can shoot it well, lots of fun and easy to clean and shoot well. It is a big heavy bench gun but it can be shoot in the field. Not a field gun in general but a shooting beast on the range.
So the smart money would be a 527 in 222 or the VBSS in 223 and have a local smith set the barrel back and rechamber to 222. (Lets avoid the 223 issue. I just don't have an interest in the round).
The fun money would be on the vbss in 223 and just rebarrel it to 17 rem and go to town.
So what is your opinion of the 17 rem vs. the 222 and the CZ527 vs. the Savage VBSS?
Either gun will just be a range toy or rare varminting. Basically just a fun toy for plinking paper. I handload so commercial ammo is not an issue. The costs to shoot are a wash practically to me.
So I keep coming back to the age old question of 17 rem vs. 222 rem. In my mind the 17 is unique, light bullet, very fast little beast that is generally going to be more work to clean the barrel. Ballistically it will be similar to my 22-250 in general but with less recoil.
The 222 is known accuracy, long neck for reloading, easier to reload with bigger bullets and less "precision" required. Less report, more recoil (if that is even a remote issue on such a heavy gun and such a small round).
The 527 is a mini-mauser action. Small and svelte, if I were to take it from the bench it is smaller and lighter, but the stock is not really made for bench work. The VBSS is just like my 22-250 VBSS, so I know I can shoot it well, lots of fun and easy to clean and shoot well. It is a big heavy bench gun but it can be shoot in the field. Not a field gun in general but a shooting beast on the range.
So the smart money would be a 527 in 222 or the VBSS in 223 and have a local smith set the barrel back and rechamber to 222. (Lets avoid the 223 issue. I just don't have an interest in the round).
The fun money would be on the vbss in 223 and just rebarrel it to 17 rem and go to town.
So what is your opinion of the 17 rem vs. the 222 and the CZ527 vs. the Savage VBSS?