Mr1 .300aac

[Honeydealer]

Is Benelli's MR1 simply a custom barrel swap away from becoming a .300?

 

[TV-PressPass]

From what I know about .300, most .223 rifles are!

 

[8 ball]

Yup! Pretty much that simple.

 

[Honeydealer]

Now, who makes custom Benelli barrels?

 

[be2man]

I think that'd be a tough one with the barrel and reciever being one piece and the incorporation of the gas system, ports, and piston. Would have to be some significant demand to justify production.

 

[na1lb0hm]

I'm not to sure about the construction of the gas system, but if what be2man has posted is true, and it isn't just a barrel swap, that other parts need to move to, it could be a problem.
also do the benelli's have an adjustable gas block? cycling could be an issue if not.

as for bolt face, etc, everything would be good.

I know there was some talk about a 300 AAC barrel swap for the XCR, but I was never able to dredge anything up.
I know rob arms is now making 300 conversions for the short xcrs. maybe they could do a run of long for us...
mind you,IIRC if you are running subsonics, isn't all the powder burned in 9 inches or less?