re - chambering a barrel

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Morning,
It's 4 am here and I'm sick as Hell with a chest cold , so I hope this comes out properly.
I have a rem mod 700 that is chambered in the wildcat .22 CHeetah.
I have had it for about fifteen years and have barely used it.
I would like to get the barrel re chambered to the .220 swift cartridge.
Can this be done easily and relatively inexpensive?
Tired of looking in the safe at it and the Nightforce scope on it(I was told when I bought it the scope was the first one to make it to Canada).I looks all sad. And with fur prices and coyote #'s climbing. I sure would like to utilize it.
Thanx in advance,
Ken
 
The .243/.308 parent case of the .22 Cheetah is larger in diameter than the Swift, so I'm afraid you're out of luck rechambering to the smaller cartridge. If you want to build a Swift, get another barrel for this rifle, another barrel and action to build a new rifle, or perhaps get this rifle converted to a switch barrel.
 
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Boomer said:
The .243/.308 parent case of the .22 Cheetah is larger in diameter than the Swift, so I'm afraid you're out of luck rechambering to the smaller cartridge. If you want to build a Swift, get another barrel for this rifle, another barrel and action to build a new rifle, or perhaps get this rifle converted to a switch barrel.
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If the Cheetah uses a .473" case head it could easily be rechambered to 22-250. Another possibility is .22BR if that interests OP.


Mark
 
I agree with the use it as it is votes, the CHeetah is a good caliber. If there is enough diameter to the barrel, you can cut off the chamber end, recut the chamber in whichever 22 cartridge you like that will fit your bolt face, and put it all back together. All depends on the diameter of the bbl, and really, a CHeetah is a super 22-250 anyway. - dan
 
It all depends on how much shank the original gunsmith left on the chamber end of the barrel. If you're looking to just ream out the chamber without setting back the barrel, it can't happen. If you have enough metal ahead of your existing chamber, the barrel can be set back, threads recut, a new shoulder turned and then a new chamber cut. You'r talking a pretty big set back though. I'm willing to bet this rifle has a larger diameter barrel and not a standard hunting contour #2. It shouldn't cost you anymore than the time to take off the barrel and do the setback/rechambering job. Those Cheetahs are very hard on leades and throats.
 
Good options

Thank's everyone for the input. I am going to take a run over to the outfit that built this gun, and see what they say as far as setting the barrel back. If that's not a good option, then I will try the 22-243 Middlestead route.
Ken
 
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