Thread: How do you build your own rifle?

.17 Predator Centerfire Wildcat Rifle Cartridge

there was a really good 17cal rifle builder i was reading about a few years back

the short fall is the rifle becomes overbore and dosnt have the 10,000+ life span of the 223

brass prep is a pain in the ass, if you can go standard cal and avoid it id reccomend that, or else get into it knowing that you will live to hate that job

might as well go 17-204 if the action is capable, but like you say a zastava mini action would be a much better start point, and they are cheep to buy.

the trick is stay with the same bolt face and bullet taper if possible then feeding problems dont rear their ugly head, and gunsmith costs are limited

possible options that would be easy would be the 17-223 17-222 17-204 or an akley version of any one of those
with the 17-204 at least you are only necking down from 20 cal to 17 instead of 22 cal.
but as allways 223 would be the cheapest source of cases

the best way to go about it is work backwards from the end product you want, that way atleast when you finish you end up with something you want to use.