The 20 Practical is here ...

[Bachekermooni]

Finally. CZ 527 - 223 donated the action. Lilja made the 1-11", 3-groove barrel. Stock is B&C. The scope I took off the original went on. No time to get/fit anything else.
My GS, Mike Young, did the awesome work he does for me in record time. He also took the hump off the bolt.
She arrived the afternoon before I left for WY. So I quickly made 50 rounds with a mild load, 32 Vmax with 26 gn of TAC behind it.
Will report back when back home.
Cheers.

 

[Cemetery21]

Hope you meant 26 gr. of Tac!

 

[moorepower]

If it shoots as good as it looks, your golden.

 

[hogpatrol]

NICE! Yeah, 26 grains, not 46.

 

[Bachekermooni]

Hope you meant 26 gr. of Tac!

Oops. Early morning brain fog.

 

[Skunce]

Very nice! My 11 twist shoots great with the 40gr Vmax and 8208.

 

[Bachekermooni]

This Lilja barrel is copper fouling really bad. On the fourth shot (I know shoot-clean three times, then ...) I got a hard bolt lift, on the fifth stuck case - Ouch. Twenty patches and four brushings first series with BT Eliminator and then with Cu 2+ and blue was still coming out.

I never had a chance to shoot it before coming to WY. The PD were barking. anyway, after cleaning I shot three more rounds, no issues. Decided to stop and go home to see where the fouling is occurring.

Amazingly, the scope was right on (min of PD) out to 300 yards even though it was on the 223 barrel of the same action.

Will report back in a few days.

Cheers.

 

[TheCZKid]

Looks like a nice rig! I have an AR upper 20P, I've thought eventually I'd love to do what you just did, a nicely configured bolt rifle. I'll be looking forward to what you figure out with the barrel and fouling.

 

[snert]

46 grains, if you grind it up and push it in with a dowel rod....

 

[mattri]

Great looking rifle and great round. I built on a few years ago and really enjoyed it. 39gr BlitzKings were it's favorite pill.

 

[redrockranger]

This Lilja barrel is copper fouling really bad. On the fourth shot (I know shoot-clean three times, then ...) I got a hard bolt lift, on the fifth stuck case - Ouch. Twenty patches and four brushings first series with BT Eliminator and then with Cu 2+ and blue was still coming out.

I never had a chance to shoot it before coming to WY. The PD were barking. anyway, after cleaning I shot three more rounds, no issues. Decided to stop and go home to see where the fouling is occurring.

Amazingly, the scope was right on (min of PD) out to 300 yards even though it was on the 223 barrel of the same action.

Will report back in a few days.

Cheers.

What does the fired primers look like ?

 

[Bachekermooni]

What does the fired primers look like ?

 

[redrockranger]

I think they are heavily cratered . Might cut that powder charge

 

[Bachekermooni]

I think they are heavily cratered . Might cut that powder charge

I went 26 gn,1 gn below max for 20 tac. Lower i shall go. Thanks.

 

[Rick300]

Looks to me like the firing pin needs to be bushed

 

[Bachekermooni]

Looks to me like the firing pin needs to be bushed

"Bushed"?

 

[Ironman308]

That was my thought. It looks like there is still a pretty good radius on the primer.

 

[Ironman308]

On some rifles there is a gap between the firing pin and the hole in the bolt face. If it is larger enough the primer can to flow into it. A gunsmith can drill out the bolt face and put in a bushing to get things tighter.

 

[Bachekermooni]

On some rifles there is a gap between the firing pin and the hole in the bolt face. If it is larger enough the primer can to flow into it. A gunsmith can drill out the bolt face and put in a bushing to get things tighter.

Thanks. I seem to recall LRI doing this. Is it dangerous to have this gap or simply ugly.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

What primer did you load with?