Rebarreling a CZ527 .17 hornet

Bad_alibi

Friend of mine was thinking of getting his CZ527 rebarreled and was wondering what are his options calibre wise, than require the least amount of work.

tac foley

Whatever calibre your friend was considering, rebarrelling any rifle is the same amount of work, depending on how the barrel is located in the action.

tac

Bad_alibi

Thanks for that tac
Can anyone give the approx price to rebarrel to a .223

tac foley

As we have seen here many times before, re-barrelling a small-action CZ - worth maybe eu500, to another calibre at a cost of maybe eu500 is not necessarily the best way of spending your Christmas money.

Others, I'm sure, will join in here with better advice, no doubt.

tac

gunny123

Not too familiar with that model rifle, but can the bolt face be opened out to take the .223 head diameter ? Also can the extractor be modified or changed from the rimmed type to the rimless type ?

As has been said, it might leave you with a bill substancially more than the rifle is worth.

tac foley

Hmmm -

.17 Hornet rim diameter = .350"
.17 Hornet case diameter = .299"

.223 Rem rim diameter = .378"
.223 Rem case diameter = .376"

New bolt, maybe?

My advice, your pal should trade it in for the gun he wants.

tac

Bad_alibi

tac foley wrote: »

Hmmm -

.17 Hornet rim diameter = .350"
.17 Hornet case diameter = .299"

.223 Rem rim diameter = .378"
.223 Rem case diameter = .376"

New bolt, maybe?

My advice, your pal should trade it in for the gun he wants.

tac

I'll pass on the info. At least I got an approx price for him. Anything I looked up never mentioned a price.

Bad_alibi

At €500 the idea is dead in the water. As for trading in the hornet I can't imagine there'd be any interest from a dealer.

tac foley

Bad_alibi wrote: »

I'll pass on the info. At least I got an approx price for him. Anything I looked up never mentioned a price.

A look at these pages in the last week will reveal a thread with plenty of comments about the real costs of re-barrelling a rifle. The figure of eu500 is the starting price at the low end of the line.

I bleeve that Cass posted a bunch of figures, at least one of which would have bought two new CZ rifles.

tac

gunny123

Why does he want to rebarrel it anyway ? Is it shot out ?

Bad_alibi

gunny123 wrote: »

Why does he want to rebarrel it anyway ? Is it shot out ?

Ammo availability & cost he wanted to change to maybe a .223

tac foley

Gunny, I'm hazarding a guess here, but it's likely that he's found out the hard way how difficult it is to find .17 Hornet ammunition in the Republic. I've never seen it over here in Eastern UK, either, as we have hundreds of vermin shooters/pest control shooters - at least two hundred in our club alone.

And not a one of them shoots a .17 Hornet.

See, our club officials are required to keep records of who has what calibre firearms so that the police can check on continued usage - that can be a RPITA keeping up with using the couple of dozen or more rifles or more that many club members have.

By comparison, most everywhere sells one or other type of .223 Remington.

tac

gunny123

Agreed, the .223 is the only game in town for people who shoot foxes.