Question

[ny hunter]

I have some scopes with no home so I was kicking around the idea of a 223 bolt action...Anyone have this rifle? Is it any fun or am I wasting my time....I well just use it at the range... Sorry if this sounds like a dumb question.

[mowin]

Fantastic coyote, Chuck gun.  Many a whitetail have been put in the freezer with one. Ammo plentiful and relatively cheap. 

Only you can determine if it gets used or not.  

[Robhuntandfish]

10 minutes ago, ny hunter said:

I have some scopes with no home so I was kicking around the idea of a 223 bolt action...Anyone have this rifle? Is it any fun or am I wasting my time....I well just use it at the range... Sorry if this sounds like a dumb question.

funny, i change out scopes and get caught in that same quandary! But buying another gun...... i bet we are all for it on this site!  A scopes gotta have a gun...... a reels gotta have a pole......

[ny hunter]

The safe could use 1 more...Lol thanks guys 

[Jdubs]

I fondly remember the days of spare parts turning into new rifles. *sigh*

[Hock3y24]

Fun as hell, cheap to shoot.

[chas0218]

39 minutes ago, ny hunter said:

I have some scopes with no home so I was kicking around the idea of a 223 bolt action...Anyone have this rifle? Is it any fun or am I wasting my time....I well just use it at the range... Sorry if this sounds like a dumb question.

Apples to apples you can get a better cartridge in a bolt action. Personally only reason I would get a .223 is in an AR platform. For the amount I would shoot the bolt I would get a 22-250, .220 Swift, .222, or .222 Mag something that would outperform the .223 and still not break the bank shooting it. Triple deuce has been a proven cartridge I love mine they are a little different than the .223 brass wise but in my experience will be twice as accurate with similar ballistics. 

[ny hunter]

Have most of those....That's why I thought 223...I don't take the AR out much...So I have lots of ammo in 223....

[chas0218]

3 minutes ago, ny hunter said:

Have most of those....That's why I thought 223...I don't take the AR out much...So I have lots of ammo in 223....

Then in your case why not? Never have enough guns! I don't have an AR-15 so I wouldn't buy a bolt in it, I guess I know what I need to build next...

[ny hunter]

I think I am gonna go this way.... Thanks for the in put...... 

[Steve D]

12 hours ago, ny hunter said:

was kicking around the idea of a 223 bolt action...Anyone have this rifle?

One of my favorites. I have a Browning A-bolt in .223. Deadly accurate right out of the box.