Remington XP-100

[Mike in Oregon]

Building a 17 is like hitting yourself in the head with a hammer, feels so good when you stop. Jeez a .224 cartridge like a 222 or 222 Mag or a 6mm is so much easier all the way around. Plus the XP is just a 600 action, so 600 and 700 parts fit for a rear grip or a rifle build. Same thread, same recoil lug setup, etc.
I would drop that 17 like a bad habit. Not one person that I know, does not have problems with the 17s they own.
The little .224 are near bullet proof but a 6mm gives extra scope of use.
These are only a few of my XP builds most have 4 oz Taylor triggers.

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Easy range w steel rails or 1/2 size 1-8
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Cast only 1-9 standing
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Long Distance 1-8, for 500 yard match

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Heavy set range or hunting 1-9

Opinions vary!

 

[NorCalMikie]

if you go with a shorter cartridge like the 17fb or vartarg you can have ejection issues.

If you pull or modify the ejector spring, the fired case will extract and stay on the bolt face till YOU take it off.

 

[L.Sherm]

Not one person that I know, does not have problems with the 17s they own.

Whats there problems? I've got 4 and about to build another, whats not to like?

 

[17VLD]

The longer I think about it the more I remember I have, so far I'm at twelve 17 calibers. Some of my best memories I have are shooting them and the friends Ive made because of them. One is a 40x clone and the XP100 in 17MACH1V. Back in the day there were a lot of naysayers toward the 17, bullets too small for big fingers,fouled too quickly, blown around in the wind to easily. My advice is to lay into a bunch of 20 and 25 grain vmaxs and you will be set for a lifetime of fun.
Matt