.223 face Millennium bolt

[johnk]

I'm now in the position where I need to shoot a .223 if I'm to stay with open range shooting (until my shoulder heals up - if) & I'm researching all the possibilites to set myself up.

During the F class team events at Canberra, somebody showed me a bolt they had made here in Australia for a Millennium - one with a .223 bolt face & a red bolt knob. Damned if I can remember who it was.

Does anybody know who has that bolt & who made it?

Thanks, John

[Matt P]

John
I know Bill Hallam had a 223 bolt, ( I think it was a one off) I don't have his contact details but I'm sure someone on here will.
PS :You should have bought a Barnard, you only need to change the extractor then.
Matt P

[Woody_rod]

Or an action that comes with a proper 223 bolt face....

[Matt P]

At least the lugs are in the right place ....

[KHGS]

John, a good 'smith can convert your Millenium or RPA to .223 bolt face, a fiddly job & not easily returned to .308 face, but none the less doable.
Just to clarify, Barnards do come in many & varied bolt face sizes & as Matt indicated, the .308 bolt face bolt will work fine in .223 just by installing a .223 extractor.
Keith H.

[johnk]

Keith,

That cuts out the possibility that I go back to .308 when/if all this settles.

My preferred option would be a new action but the sums just got tougher yesterday when I found that I will be down a grand or thereabouts for the fare across to Tassie I paid for - there's a nil refund & no transfer permitted clauses.

John

[actionclear]

How long will your shoulder be out of action John?

[johnk]

Linda,

Really good question.

After three weekly visits to my Osteopath, I can sleep on my left side again without much pain, but I still get pins & needles throught my right hand & palm, which means that the nerve that was crimped when I misaligned everything is still not entirely cleared. The little rib & shoulderblade area is still tender, but the socket is all good now.

Looking at my possibilities, I reckon I can cobble up a w-i-d-e buttplate for my match rifle, fit it with a sorbothane sheet, add a kilo extra weight or so to it & I might get by soon. I pretty much free recoil the FS gun & it tends to be assertive by the end of a Queens - and I only have a couple of hundred grams spare so I can't beef it up unless I shoot open.

It doesn't matter all that much though, as we're heading OS just before Easter, so I don't have any possibilities now except club shoots until towards the end of May.

John

[ratshot]

Shoot left handed John boy.

[johnk]

Did that in the school cadets when I had 7 lefties in my platoon, but all the bolt handles are on the wrong side for that.

Besides the shoulder is punishment enough without compounding the sin!

[Woody_rod]

At least the lugs are in the right place ....

Yeah, at the back. Is that what you meant?

[Razer]

There are some excellent recoil absorbing additions that can be slipped over existing butt. One that I saw awhile back halved the recoil of a 300WSM. Unfortunately I cannot recall where I saw it but other forum members may recall seeing it.

[Paul Janzso]

Recoil absorbing system for 300WSM, it's called a 10kg rifle and 1 inch, Pacmyer decelerator pad.

Paul

PS Barnard action and Weaver T 36 scope

[johnk]

OK folks, I found the owner & it looks like it's not a viable option.