5.7 Bolt Action ?

[HotGuns]

I'm considering building a 5.7 bolt action rifle, probably on a Remington 700 frame.

I think it'd be a great cartridge for shooting suppressed.

Can anyone think of a reason not to?

[Nobade]

I can. That cartridge is so small it is going to have a tough time making it into the chamber every time and can drop down into the area behind the barrel where the locking lugs engage, jamming up the works. A 223 will do anything the 5.7 will but give you way more flexibility in loading and work better through a Rem action. If you had to do a 5.7 bolt gun, I'd start with a CZ 527 in 22 Hornet. But without modifying it, you'd still have a more useful rifle. Just my 2 cents...

-Nobade

[MarkP]

Pacific Tool & gauge has Rem 700 bolts and M Seven bolts with the 5.7 x 28 bolt face.

Some similar discussions here:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?301001-5-7x28-HEAVY-Cast-Boolits-for-Subsonic

[Whiterabbit]

I like nobade's point. No mag cap advantage, meanwhile 223 is cheap on brass, easy to load, can download as low as you want, uses the same bullets and primers.

[Mauser48]

I agree with the 223 option. Its also a lot safer to load.

[leftiye]

You could do it in a Spanish Destroyer action.

[KA0811]

Ever think about 22TCM?

[HotGuns]

Ever think about 22TCM?

I have actually but ammo around here is virtually non existent.

[exile]

What about a T/C Contender rifle in 5.7?

exile

[NavyVet1959]

I have actually but ammo around here is virtually non existent.

Then make your own brass from .223 brass.

Personally, I would just go with a .223 in a rifle since the brass is so easy to find and you can put pretty much as light of a load in it as you want.

Personally, I like the .22TCM over the 5.7 in a handgun -- especially since the .22TCM is in a 1911.

[Hickory]

What about a T/C Contender rifle in 5.7?

exile
This choice would offer fewer problems, and would be cheaper.

[nvreloader]

This case does NOT take kindly to hi pressure etc.

I have 3 different wildcats 17/20/22 calibers on this case,
along with a custom reamer, being used in TC's and rifles.

Tia,
Don

[SSGOldfart]

Ever think about 22TCM?
Yes Sir have a look at the 22TCM,now available in a 1911 9mm package,with several grades,which have both caliber set ups, Rock Inland also has it in a model 77 bolt action rifle.

I just picked up a 22Hornet barrel for my contender myself,but I plan to get the 22TCM in the near future.

[SSGOldfart]

Armscor has ammo available on line for the 22TCM :sad:

[PerpetualStudent]

Hotguns if you're looking for a re-loadable .22lr alternative you might find this interesting: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?12805-Bullshop-22-CCM

I know lots of people who really like the idea of the .22TCM. And really, who doesn't love the idea of a reloadable .22 especially this long into the shortage? But the TCM bottleneck seems an inelegant solution to me. I much prefer the idea of the .22 CCM for a dedicated .22lr or wmr substitute.

[Blackwater]

Been reading this with interest. I have an old M-580 Rem. single shot that I've long wanted to customize and haven't settled on anything yet. I want a small ctg. and have thought about the .22 Squirrel, a shortened .22 Hornet. An .820" dia. bbl. from Green Mtn. should do anything I'd want to do with this rifle. I want a centerfire that'll approximate .22 LR and .22 WMR and maybe a mid load like the .22 WRF. I already have Lyman #225438 and 415 molds, which should do everything I have aspirations of doing. I doubt it'd ever see a j-bullet. Does anyone know the pressure level of 5.7's? I remember it's up there pretty good, but nothing I don't believe the M-580, properly fitted out, couldn't handle with its multiple lugs. I doubt I'd ever shoot it much over 20K psi. Just not much need for it here. I'd mostly just be looking for bughole type accuracy.

Anyone ever known a 5.7 to be built on a Rem. M-580 series action?