Good action

[muffo]

I had another thought in choosing a 22-250. what would be a good action to build a rifle on. my father works for a gun dealer so i thought I could buy a rifle with a worn out barrel for not much and have a gun smith put a heavy varmint barrel in. would say an old winchester 70 be a resonambul choice. also would it be a better option to pillerbed an original stock or to make a new one. my father is a grip maker for pistols so making a rifle stock shouldnt be to much of a push

 

[mlaustin]

They make (or made, not 100% sure) Remington 700's in .22-250. A 700 is one of the most accurate, dependable rifles ever made. They're also popular, which means that finding an old one or getting parts for it or work done on it should be reasonable.

If your father is up to it, buying a blank and making your own stock allows you to really customize your firearm...which for a varmint rifle requiring tack-driver accuracy, is certainly a good thing.

 

[KI.W.]

I have Mauser 98/custom heavy barrel with thight chamber. It is very accurate.

 

[USSR]

what would be a good action to build a rifle on. my father works for a gun dealer so i thought I could buy a rifle with a worn out barrel for not much and have a gun smith put a heavy varmint barrel in. would say an old winchester 70 be a resonambul choice.

I built 2 rifles using the Winchester M70 action. Good choice.

Don

 

[MountainBear]

Given the abundance of aftermarket parts for the Remington 700 and the ability to find cheap older models, I think it would fit your bill perfectly. I prefer to build on Mauser actions, but if I were going to build a 22-250 varmint gun, I would start with a Remington.

 

[Ol` Joe]

Get a Savage and you can install your own barrel with only a barrel wrench and headspace gage. A cartridge will work in place of the gage in a pinch..

The Savage is a very accurate rifle as is and after market barrels are becoming quite popular. Midway, Shilen, Douglas all offer them chambered and ready to install.

 

[Ol` Joe]

dbl post

 

[junkman_01]

An action by itself doesn't account for a hill of beans in the accuracy department. The barrel, cartridge, trigger and shooter is what 99% of accuracy is all about.

I would also suggest a Savage action so you can swap barrels yourself. Plenty of after market barrel makers produce 'pre-fit' match grade barrels for Savage actions. That cannot be said for the much praised Remington or Winchester actions.

 

[jpwilly]

Savage...Now say Savage like Homer after a few Duff's - SAAVAAGGE Mmmmmm!

 

[rem2429]

There are a lot of savage shooters here, but some other rifles will work just fine for you as well. As someone who has been down that road before, I'd say just get a good factory gun. A custom will eat up more money than you think, even doing it with a used rifle. By the time you clean up an action you will have spent nearly as much as a full custom action. A good model 700 Remington, Browning A bolt, Tikka, TC, Howa, or handfull of others will do what you want for a lot less. Spend what you save on a scope.
If you really want to do what you are asking, I'd look at remington 700s. Everybody makes parts and works on them, and they are easier to build on than most other secondhand actions. A winchester action is the often preferred action for a custom hunting type rifle, but for a heavy varmint precision rig, you can't beat the Remington.

 

[R.W.Dale]

but for a heavy varmint precision rig, you can't beat the Remington

Shure you can........ With a savage. Do you rem guys think we suggest savage just because we hate remington. NO we suggest savage because it's a better engineered platform to build a precision rifle off of.

 

[rangerruck]

any old remmy, 700, 788, 600, 660, 40x, then of course for new, you can't beat a cz. and then for much older go with a vz 24- czech made mauser. or at least one that is marked with that, on its' action; vz 24.