Custom actions for a hunting rifle build

Buckmastr said:
Who builds a custom action around a 223 sized case?
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One action that comes to mind is the Nesika Bay action, one of which is designed for .223-size cases. It's a beautiful little action built from the ground up for precision. Below is a piece written by Lilja about this action. As for galling, Nesika handles this by making the receiver out of stainless and the bolt from chrome-moly 4340, and the result is a gall-free super-smooth action.

https://riflebarrels.com/the-nesika-bay-action/

Here it is (very slightly modified by Dakota) on my .222 Rem. Dakota Varminter:

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Iv grown up hunting with old rifles then a few tikka’s. Few years ago I had 2 full aftermarket’s built on defiance actions, slick and nice yeah, but neither one will shoot or perform any better then my tikka. If a guy has cash burning in his pocket or wants a very specific need or want, they’re sweet as hell, but for an average shooter as myself, I don’t gain a thing from the actions. Stock platform is a different story ime.

Something I do like on the deviant action, is the anti gall rail, zero bolt gall when torqued sideways while cycling the bolt.
 
Thanks for the replies. Galling is something that sounds terrible but has never affected a rifle I have used. Or at least has never been noticed by me. I usually keep STOS on the lugs and light Rem oil on the receiver raceways. Can I be so severe that it affects the service life of an action?
 
track said:
LOL!!! A hunter will not gain a microscopic advantage with a custom action, for various reasons. In total, I had 7 or 8 full custom rifles built, mostly on the Remington 700 action and only one on the Winchester 70 action. Trued action, bedded, free-floated, new trigger, Sako extractor etc. On very good days they shot 1/4" groups, most of the time under 1/2", actions fed well, never jammed and very smooth. Here is the kicker: my life-time average distance to shoot an animal is 125 yards. Did I need a custom rifle, absolutely not, a factory rifle over the counter, in a standard cartridge would of been suffice.
It isn't a need, but a want. The same applies to high-end rifles such as Blaser, Merkel, Heym, H&H, Rigby.
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I totally agree on that! My longest shot on a meat critter was right around 125 yds with a Savage 99 in 375 Win and that one shot dumped the deer flat.
For varmints though, I've bonked them out to 300+ yds on occasion depending on wind conditions. I've not needed a custom action on any rifle I've owned and
used for both hunting and target work.
 
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