6ppc questions from a new guy

[rednek]

I am planning on doing a 6ppc on a 700 action and had a few questions. Rem doesn't offer a PPc bolt face so i picked up a .222 faced short action. Should I just open the bolt face or replace the bolt head? If I open the face to what O/D?

 

[Cheechako]

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You can go either way with the bolt. Either replace it or open it up. ,You cant just replace the bolt "head" BTW, unless you convert it to a Savage type).

But you need to be careful in how much you want to invest in a 700 action. In the end you may pay as much as you would have for a custom action. And in a 700, those are $$$ that you will probably never get back if you decide to sell.

Ray

 

[rednek]

thanks for the help. any idea what to open it up to?

And I'm not to worried about hwta I put into this gun, i'm a gunsmithing student, and its all for college credit.

 

[Cheechako]

Bolt faces for the PPC will run .445" to .450".

Don't forget, you may not care how the project will turn out but somewhere down the road, a shooter will be putting that rifle up to his cheek. Make it safe.

Ray

 

[Eddie Harren]

Not to "Butt in" but I used a 308 Boltface Rem action on my 6 PPC VH rifle for 2 years, as did my wife Sara, and neither one of us ever had a failure to extract. Hers had a Sako type and mine was a stock Rem.

 

[rednek]

I definetally understand the safety of any of my projects. My worst case scenario if I really f-up, is get a new bolt body.