.223 barrel length?

[chuck nelson]

I'm going to put together a Remington 700, with their varmint contoured barrel, .223 in an A5. What barrel length would you recommend for balance, velocity, and noise?

 

[lejarretnoir]

26" in that contour has always worked out for me.

 

[manitou210]

.223 barrel

28" 80gr sierra's 2900+fps

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[X-fan]

I went with a 26" heavy bench contour on my A-5 223 project....Looks about right to me!

 

[mpwolf]

The rifle in the pic has a 22" L-W. I get 2950 w/ a naked 75 amax and either Varget or R15. I don't think I'd go longer than 24" on a .223 unless it was never going to be carried further than from the truck to the bench.

 

[chuck nelson]

Thanks for the picture! That helps.

What type of rail is that?

 

[RickF]

Burning at a max 30 grains of powder, I can't see needing more than 22" of barrel. But something a wee bit longer may balance better.

My A5 shipped three days ago. When it gets here I'm going to dump a factory varmint weight 223 with 24" factory tube in it for a few days before I send it and the PacNor medium Palma 22 cal tube along to Leeper. My gut tells me the final product will have a 23" tube.

 

[chuck nelson]

23" is what I was leaning towards as well.

 

[martinbns]

I have a laminated Sako A1 with a 22 7/16 sporter weight barrel. The gun probably weighs about 7 lbs before scope, wicked accurate, easy to shoot and carry.

 

[mpwolf]

Thanks for the picture! That helps.

What type of rail is that?

That's a cheap rail but I can't remember where I got it. It's probably a B-square or something like it.

 

[C Broad Arrow]

The rifle in the pic has a 22" L-W. I get 2950 w/ a naked 75 amax and either Varget or R15. I don't think I'd go longer than 24" on a .223 unless it was never going to be carried further than from the truck to the bench.

Nice rig!