Help design the NZHS Forum Wildcat - Part 1 - Action length

[7mmsaum]

Can we work outside the square with the rifle design itself??

Perhaps A light alloy receiver, with a Titanium sleeve, and light Ti or ss bolt,
(Or a standard Tikka T3 stock and action as the donor rifle) modded with a floating Savage type bolt head for different case head dia, ensuring only a bolt head and barrel change when changing calibers, with a carbon fibre stock, and/or a XLR type chassis as an option. A barrel spanner can be supplied with the Barrel.

The design should suit the variety of all our applications, and light weight. And some of the chamberings we dream up can utilise the std T3 barrel with just a ream out.

Then all the forum guys that get one made can enjoy their rifle in whatever chambering/caliber thay want, whatever barrel profile and fluting type, if they dont like the power level then a "swap" can be made with another forum member, only the bolt head, barrel and brass need be sent in the post, easy and quite cost effective.

The price conscious would start with a std Tikka, pay for the bolt mod (and if the right cartridge) just a ream out for the new case design and barrel removable feature.

The non price conscious could have a multitude of bolt faces and barrels in their safe(s).

Not too hard to have a 223, 308, and a saum bolt face, and any others we dream up, over a period of time im sure barrels and bolt heads would do some courier miles as we all check out the merits of one caliber/ chambering over another.

Easy to send a T3 off to the designated gunsmith, have him mod the bolt to a floating replaceable bolt head, fit a barrel to be owner removable , standardise each calibre bolt head to headspace on its respective barrel.

I could get bored with a 204 then pick up a 6BR, or a 223AI, get sick of that and try a 223wssm, get tired of that, try a 25wssm, go 243 wssm, or make a 308 wssm, then plug away with a "anything I want"

Its only a thought.........


I know I would order at least one rifle set up this way.