John,

Pretty slick operation by your gunsmith.

Sounds like, in a round about way, you've made a 20-223 or 20 Practical. Nice round.

Sorta fits like my 17-223's.

Kevin

Yeah Kevin pretty much the 20 Practical but we don't have PT&G just down the road so this way you don't even need a reamer. That is why I call it the 204 Ruger - Short.

We often don't have all the "good bits" here so we make do with some pretty ingenious stuff!

regards
John

Sounds like a great use of a Vixen.

Any pictures of the rifle?

ddj