I stopped in to my favorite gun shop today and a sweet little slightly used model 700 in 222 remington followed me home, and can you believe it? My wife said I could keep it! Must be Christmas spirit or something.

Anyway, I was wondering how much trouble it would be to ream it out to a 223 AI? Should I, or shouldn't I? What do you guys think?

toomany--

There's plenty of duece M-700s around. It's a good cure for a worn throat, but I'd shoot it as a duece first and see how it does. You may want to abide by the old adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Damn, Jack; I like the way you think!

Merry Christmas!

If you don't need the extra power, the little 222 is about as sweet a cartridge as they come. I agree with the idea of playing with it like it is and see what you got.

Of all the centrefire .22s I've owned over the years...I prefer the .222. Load and shoot it for a while...you might like it. If I want speed, I grab my Swift. But the .222 is the one that gets used the most.

toomany--

Pick up a RCBS 222 Rem trim die to change 223 brass to 222. All you need is a couple of files.

I agree that the 222 is probably the very best 22 CF ever made. It has it all.

quite, accurate, ZERO recoil, and not hard on barrels.

WOOHOO you got a good one. My benchgun is a triple duece.

jeffe

Just a follow-up note. I took it to the range today and after just a few sighting-in shots this little beauty shot a .6" group--at 200 yards! It may have just been luck as the 100 yard groups were about the same size but many of the shots were touching eachother. Leads me to believe this rifle is a lot better than I am.

Now, I didn't try to repeat the 200 yard group since I was running out of ammo and time but man, what a sweet rifle.

Thanks for your advice; I think I'll just keep it as-is.