Tubb2000 bolt mod

[Bob3700]

Does anyone know a gunsmith who can take a bolt from a Tubb 2000 with a 308 bolt face n convert it to 223?
I have two T2K bolt in 308 and want them converted to take 223 cases.

 

[Prose]

Have you asked David Tubb?

 

[Bob3700]

Tubb is a dead end.
Was hoping someone had experience installing a bushing in these bolts to have them accept the smaller case. PT&G has been talking about making 223 bolts for years n no dice.

 

[Walt Krafft]

Bushing the bolt face is the easy part. Getting an extractor to work is going to be the problem. If that works, then to find magazines.

 

[urbanrifleman]

Bushing the bolt face is the easy part. Getting an extractor to work is going to be the problem. If that works, then to find magazines.

That does sound incredibly tricky.

 

[Bob3700]

Bushing the bolt face is the easy part. Getting an extractor to work is going to be the problem. If that works, then to find magazines.

Walt,
I believe you are correct on the extractor part. Just looking at a SLED for prone shooting. Don't know if there are any other extractor options.

 

[Walt Krafft]

It already has a Sako setup for 308. I don't think it has the reach to get to the 223 rim. The bolt may be too small in diameter for a mini M16. I know someone who has one, let me reach out to him.

 

[DumpHollow]

It might be more cost effective and certainly possible to sell the T2K and get an Eliseo tube gun for a REM 700 pattern where you could switch bolts and barrels back and forth. I dumped a T2K for an Eliseo R1 and don’t regret it.

 

[Bob3700]

It already has a Sako setup for 308. I don't think it has the reach to get to the 223 rim. The bolt may be too small in diameter for a mini M16. I know someone who has one, let me reach out to him.

Walt,
Appreciate you contacting your friend on this issue. Just trying to see how feasable it is to set up a T2K in 223 for Palma class.

 

[Bob3700]

It might be more cost effective and certainly possible to sell the T2K and get an Eliseo tube gun for a REM 700 pattern where you could switch bolts and barrels back and forth. I dumped a T2K for an Eliseo R1 and don’t regret it.

Appreciate the thought but we have quite the collection of T2K rifles and just want to explore the 223 possibilities.

 

[SKWERLZ]

Doesn’t tubb sell a 223 bolt head for those?

 

[Bob3700]

Doesn’t tubb sell a 223 bolt head for those?

T2Ks don’t have separate bolt heads.

 

[SKWERLZ]

T2Ks don’t have separate bolt heads.

Is the t2k the same as the tubb gun?

.223 bolt face extractor for TUBBGUN™

www.davidtubb.com

 

[Walt Krafft]

Completely different bolt. T2K is a 2 lug with a Sako extractor. Tubbgun is a 3 lug with a sliding plate extractor.

 

[SKWERLZ]

Completely different bolt. T2K is a 2 lug with a Sako extractor. Tubbgun is a 3 lug with a sliding plate extractor.

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