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No, the original stock doesn't appear to have been a problem as it shoots just fine now with the new barrel and bolt not contacting the breech.

I just grabbed the synthetic for mine because I didn't have a wood stock with enough material for the 1" barrel. It's a heavy beast, weighs 11+ lbs.

Most likely prairie dogs as it only has a 14" twist. I kinda like 55 grain bullets for Coyotes. But, I suspect that a 50 will do.

Lot of Swift brass on GunBroker. 27.00 for 50 plus shipping.

I get it if you need a 22 you need a 22, but if I was staring at a 20" full length stock carbine, I'd have to make it into a 250-3000, twisted right! If you want to shoot coyotes 75 grain hollow points, or 80 Barnes ttsx for everything. You could even make it an improved 250. Perfect to my eyes in a carbine like you want.

With an anything x 57 action, I'd be looking hard at .257 Roberts. I had a Ruger 77 RL .257 which had a 20" barrel ... worked fine. 75 grain Sierras for splattering fuzzy things, 120 grain partitions for gathering stuff t' eat.

Tom

I'll vote for a .224 Weatherby...

I wouldn't go with a Swift or TTH in a 20" barrel, it will only handicap it.

I've posted my 220 Beggs "Russian" pics before, but here is a couple more.

Appreciate the post, Butch--is that a mini action? I had to look that one up--an improved Russian case?

That is a knock-out rifle--fiddleback does it for me. Who did the metalwork and the stock?

One of my favorite Mausers was a 6mm Rem I built on a VZ24 action; that cartridge really fits the gun well. I went with the AI version; the 6mm Rem is one that actually shows some decent gains from Improving if you're into that sort of thing. It's been quite a while but I don't recall doing any work related to making it feed well, I think it was GTG with no action modifications.

The 70gr TNT, while not a sexy high b.c. bullet, was accurate, cheap, and an absolute hammer on coyotes. It was a pretty good match for the application.

Yeah, that would be the smart move for that large ring action.

A mini-mauser in a scaled full-length stock would make a beauty carry piece

I currently have three Mausers in 6mm Rem. Just unscrewed one of the barrels so I could convert it to .220 Swift. This one will be a lighter rifle, one that lends itself to carrying. If I really wanted a hot 22 caliber "repeater" on a Mauser, I'd build a .224 TTH.

I like the 6mm Rem just fine, its just that when someone asks me what steak I like best, I don't usually reply, pork chops.

It is actually a factory 220 Russian with a slight radius at the shoulder-neck juncture. The 22o Russian is an excellent accuracy cartridge, but has a habit of the case growing in length. Gene Beggs found that a reamer with a radius at the neck shoulder juncture eliminated the stretch.
It is a mini mauser, barreled action in 7.62X39 that I bought in the middle 90s. I chambered it first in a 270X39AI as a young person's deer rifle. It was very accurate with very little to no recoil. Decided to redo it and James Anderson made 4 or 5 custom bottom metal, Ed LaPour did the 3 POS safety and has a Timney Trigger. I chambered the Shilen barrel. Kerry Stottlemyer did the custom scope bases. The wood came from Roger Vardy and Dean Zollinger did the carving. TurnBull did the rust blue. Oh, by the way, I had the LH side of the receiver cut like a Mauser98 and also the thumb cut.

Z: we had a fab shop cutting steaks for restaurants when I was a considerably younger...I never said pork chops...:) My dad always said, the rib makes for a good roast...

Am curious what you would consider a NY Strip

Butch, I wondered. The thumb slot is a nice touch and the woodwork around it. Didn't catch the receiver contour, though. Do prefer a thumb slot--they are handy once you use them a bit.

Appreciate the info and custom rifle pics, gents

Why, Chicken breast of course!

Nice rifle Butch. Yeah, James did a nice job on that Mini Mauser action. I did that for a gent that had an FN commercial once. He really liked the Thumbcut, so I gave him one.

.220 Howell

.22/6mm on a Interarms Mark X action,Montana Rifle Co. barrel 26" and a 1-12" twist,Bell & Carlson stock.

Would be my choice... with the exception of the twist..

I'd go with a one in 7, allowing you to shoot any of the newer 80 to 90 grain
bullets also...

Thumb slot was for looks only.

That looks like the rig for that country, Elk.

Agree Seafire, on the rate of twist. Those are interesting to me.

Butch, that was meant in the sense of thumbing down cartridges, not in using a stripper clip

Appreciate the replies, Gents.

check out a 221 fireball, anybody i know who took one out into the field after using mine had one the next year, super accurate, and deadly beyond its size,20 inch barrel would be perfect fit for a fireball,Lil-gun powder or the new CFE-Blk makes the fireball shine, my standard load of 15.4 grs.Lil-gun pushes a 40 gr. v-max to 3400 fps barrel life is forever!