Thread: Advice on a new pipe for my 222

I've got a an old brno fox I got off here a while back with a shagged barrel. Pitted and goes rusty at slightest inclination of moisture. Shoots okay but I want to throw a supressor on and make a soft shooter for the kids and me.

So is it worth looking for something second hand that will screw on without much trouble or just go new and do a decent job? I have no knowledge on the subject and don't know what sort of cost I'll be looking at.

you COULD try it suppressed before changing it....the recrown may bring back some accuracy and it would be a sub $200 experiment Vs $7-8-900 for new barrel.

but talk to @Wingman he will be able to sort you out.

Get a new bbl, that way you can get a faster twist so you can shoot heavier 22cal pills if you want. Talk to Truflite would be my suggestion.

May as well make it a 223 while you're at it

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

May as well make it a 223 while you're at it

wash thy mouth out.... but a fast twist if going to rebarrel isnt silly LOL.

MD-out of curiosity -what is the twist on that .223 rig of mine.any idea.

will be std 1;12 I beleive so SHOULD be fine up to 65ish depending on pill shape.... 55grn definately all good.
esy to find out with cleaning rod. draw line along top dead centre,insert into breech,draw line across rear,pushinto bore until your line comes back to top dead centre and then take rod out and measure distance between two lines...it normally isnt perfect measure but will be within cooeey definately easy to tell 10-12-14 apart.

Was thinking maybe I should keep the original barrel intact, although it has been cerakoted and that'd be like polishing a turd.

As for 223 well yeah could do that, got everything for it. But then it wouldn't be a 222....

Get @Wingman to make it into a 6x45 remington

Have a new CZ barrel chambered in .223 but unsure if the barrel threads are the same? Maybe you can check and PM if it's of interest.

Off to Trueflite then

I can do .222, 1:14" to 1-8" twist stainless or chromolly. I'm in Cambridge.

Old Brno fox 222magazine is shorter than the more modern 223 mags of the cz 527.
If you tried a 223 in your mag it would properly not fit, and that is the end of that avenue.
Again, you will be limited on how heavy are the pills you want to shoot, due to mag length , unless you tucked them deep.
Talk to wingman, he is the cz/Brno man.
And yes true flite not far behind.

Originally Posted by Tommy

Get @Wingman to make it into a 6x45 remington

Too exotic for me

If I had such a cool wee rifle, I'd definitely want to keep it 222. Id be thinking of maybe going to a slightly faster twist if you wanted to shoot 60's, and I'd be keeping the original profile. Wingman or Truflite will be the go to for quality work. And if it was a Trueflite barrel, I'd be ceracoating the barrel to match the action. Such an iconic rifle in our short history, well worth keeping original.