CZ 527 223 Rem Left Hand as base for 6.8 SPC?

Check out the story of my 6.8 Lefty CZ 527 build here:

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If they made this tifle in 7.62x39, my smith said it would be a lot of work to reduce and make the bolt face work. Much easier to open the .223 bolt face.

My experience with the rifle has been great. I love a light handy mild recoiling caliber for hunting. Especially one with the down range performance of the 6.8.

Wish mine had wood that looked like the one pictured in the post at the top of this topic. The wood I have is practical, nice straight grained and functional. With the bedding and the way it shoots, I'll leave it alone.

That being said, I will not use the TSX bullets again. If I wanted FMJ performance, I'd shoot the FMJ offerings out there. For my thin skinned game hunting with the 6.8 it will be the Sierra Pro Hunters all the way now that I've worked up a load that seems to work well in my rifle.

I like this little CZ so much I have another (.204) that I'm makeing into a 20 Vartarg for a walk around varminter. It'll use the standard 204 bottom metal and the .221 Fireball mags. I'm having a 22" #3 contour barrel on it, bedding the action, etc. Shold be a great rifle for walking the high prairie in Montana.

I had a 527 varmint laminate made into a 6.8 by Weaver Rifles (just do a web search and he'll pop up). I had to buy the bottom metal and magazine, and I also bought a walnut standard stock from someone on the small caliber forums (saubier.com) Those guys are really into 527's. I had to have the bolt opened and the bottom of the receiver opened, as the magazine would not fit through the opening. I don't know if this is just a varmint rifle thing or not. Perhaps Chopper Guy can say if he had to do the same thing or not. I used a Bartlein cut rifled barrel (4 groove 12 twist) with a straight taper from 1 inch to .7 at the muzzle for a 20 inch length. Kevin at Weaver Rifles ordered one of Constructor's DMR reamers from Pacific (if I remember right) and used that for me. He then glass bedded it and put the whole thing together. Weight is right around 7.5 pounds with scope and all. The barrel is probably a little heavier than needed, but I err on the heavy side. Shoots like a house on fire! I havn't had much go bigger than 1 hole. James Calhoun (do a google search, maybe add .19 caliber) will modify your bolt handle for a lower mount for something like 40 bucks. He also has lower mount rings I think he calls them hunker rings. Hope this helps, you will not regret it, awesome hunting riflle.