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Question: Who makes a decent .223 heavy barreled off the shelf rifle that's got a box magazine and NOT American.

To be used to 4-500 yards and just normal ammo - no loading etc etc.. 5 or10 round mag is fine

Wood or synthetic.

Anyone??

Thanks.

Chuck.

BMS ARMS...CAM (though not easy to source)

TIKKA....T3

Quite a few British made straight pull options too.
Browning BAR semi auto
FN make a few nice semi autos in .223

I bought a CZ527 with the heavy varminter barrel
5 shot magazine
Factory threaded for moderator!!


She is a brilliant to handle and extremely accurate

http://www.snipercentral.com/cz-527-varmint-kevlar/

You can get AR15s with heavy barrels.

+1 on the CZ

Howa varmint would do the job if you fancied a Japanese action instead.

Tikka T3 in various heavy-barrelled incarnations with both 1:12 and 1:8 twists.

• Varmint
• Super Varmint
• Sporter
• Tactical
• CTR

The Sporter has a laminated stock, the others synthetic, all are very accurate straight out of the box.

Sako Varmint laminated stainless. IMHO one of the most beautiful rifles currently in production.

+2 on CZ 527. I have a varmint in the HS-precision kevlar stock. 1:9 twist barrel, shoots 52gr to 69gr really well (<0.5moa if I do my part), have not experimented above 69gr. Has a set trigger too if that takes your fancy, 5 round detachable magazine.

The CZ heavy barrel seems interesting.

Sorry - I should have said bolt action, straight pull isn't one of the options.

I'll look at some of the others.

Thanks all.

Chuck