Thread: Advice for new 223

Originally Posted by 38 South

I've got a stainless steel Model 7 in .223 that I've had for about 20 years and it's an awesome little gun, it's had the trigger worked , 1/2 cock added to the action (not to hunt with the gun on half cock - but that's another story) action bedded and the forend relieved, barrel threaded for suppressor, it will shoot 0.5 moa or better any day you like. It also spent a week on the bettom of a river for a week until it could be recovered after an incident involving a kayak, a flooded river and a rock, luckily it was in a scabbard and is none the worse for wear, even the bullets in the magazine all went off fine after their immersion. I have a couple of X-bolts and have set up another two for mates and like all guns ever made they have some features that could be better, however you do get a stock that has good feel, tang safety (shotgun style), 60 degree bolt lift, well engineered short action, flush fitting rotary magazine that in my experience feeds faultlessly, 1:8 twist barrel to shoot heavy bullets, and with Talleys mounts a clean and practical setup. There are a couple of models available here, the stainless stalker and the fake carbon stock 16" barrel model which is threaded for a suppressor.

Ok that xbolt is interesting, comes in a fair bit cheaper than model 7 with after market stock. Still think i would chose Mr 7 need to get to a shop for comparison, DAm it thats ages away