Thread: Opening a Tikka bolt face

Just send it my way mate. I'll sort it out.

Jaco did mine he does a great job mine was a 6.5x55 and now it's a 7prc.

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Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

Sell what you have and buy new in the caliber you want.
It's not just the bolt, it's the whole system.
I've been down that road it's headaches all the way.

That, every time.

Why would you bother?

"Remington introduced the 7mm Short Action Ultra Magnum (SAUM) cartridge in 2002 to compete with the 7mm Winchester Short Magnum cartridge. It was designed specifically for the Remington Model Seven Magnum rifle, and intended primarily for long-range hunting use. The difference in velocity between the 7mm SAUM cartridge and the 7mm Winchester Short Magnum (WSM) is less than 50 feet per second; they are almost ballistic twins. Both the 7mm SAUM and the 7mm WSM achieve optimal ballistic results when using bullet weights from 120 to 160 grains."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7mm_Re...n_Ultra_Magnum

Originally Posted by Jaco Goosen

Just send it my way mate. I'll sort it out.

Sorry Jaco, already bought a magnum, ands it's already with the gunsmith to get it rebarreled.
Sold the rifle I thought about opening up the bolt face for.
Will consider it if I do something like this in future, though.

Hey what do you charge for opening the bolt face Jaco, im wanting to convert a 308 to 6.5prc

Originally Posted by TimultuousD

Hey what do you charge for opening the bolt face Jaco, im wanting to convert a 308 to 6.5prc

I would just go .260 imp

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Yeah, just hard to get factory loads.

Originally Posted by TimultuousD

Yeah, just hard to get factory loads.

Yip no such thing as factory .260imp.
The 6.5prc factory ammo is so bloody slow it was slower than my 6.5 creedmoor

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