9mm Bolt Action Rifle - Looking for people with experience with the manufacturer (Curtis Tactical)

You're probably going to have to handload to get any kind of accuracy. I had a 9mm barrel made for my T/C thinking I could shoot 147 Federal through it with a suppressor. Slingshot accuracy at best. The only ammo that shot worth a darn was 127gr. +P+ Winchester. Not sure why, but it shoots good enough to at least use the barrel once in a while.
 
This isnt a probably thing.

All the loaded ammo is made to a spec. Go find out what the allowable spec is and report back.

It's been quite a while, but IIRC it's on the order of 3" @25 yds.

Our pressure test barrel would easily do under 1" with most loads.

That doesn't mean SA pistols will do the same, but a decent rifle should hold 1" @25yds with handloading.

Of course, I'd be much happier with <1" @ 50yds
 
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1. 221 Fireball magazine. Might as well get all the case length I need so it feeds properly without modification.

2. I already have dies.

3. No special reamer needed. Most gunsmiths probably have a 38/357 in a drawer somewhere.
 
They didn't run right, and I think he went back to making cans. I don't think you can really control round feed with a 9mm, or at least this action doesn't, over the distance it is trying to cover. They used Rem 700 geometry, so the bolt is trying to move a 9mm projectile 2-3 inches, but not push feed, like the 700 was designed for, but with a janky "control feed" that really doesn't have enough bite on the cartridge rim. What I think needed to happen was that the chamber needed to be brought back about 2 inches, and the action needed to be set up for rear locking lugs. And I say that as someone who has never designed a firearm and knows way less than Curtis. But not only would mine not feed, the ejector usually punched a hole in the cartridge rim, jamming the action up, because the CRF claw was so small it didn't keep the cartridge properly tensioned or extracted as you ran the bolt back, even if you ran it back quickly. Anyway, it was a total bummer to have spent this amount of money on something that was supposed to be in an operational state, and just wasn't. I don't know if the .45 versions performed better, they may have.
 
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I ended up with a two stamp 45 ACP bolt action from Cotton Branch.

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I'm finishing one up now. CZ527, Some $65 blem 9mm AR barrel spun down at the breech and threaded to fit. So far so good. Now working on a thingy that will stabilize a Walther 9mm mag (fits the 527 mag well width) in the correct position, right height and close to the breech so the round stays aligned. My reason was that I had a bunch of mid '70's IMI +P+ sub gun ammo and needed something to shoot it in. With estimating the pressures for the ammo and looking at Gordons for the 16" barrel I'm guessing 1450 to 1550 fps. I just know it makes a showing when it hits.

Thank you,
MrSmith
 
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The Curtis one failed, well maybe not failed but made it trickier, because they wanted to have a 700 footprint. In theory this was a good idea to be able to drop it in any chassis on the market, in reality it’s just not conducive.

The cz 527 is fantastic for this project, modify the bottom of the action to accept whatever feeding device you’re using and your pretty much there.

As this and a couple other threads have proven there is a fair amount of interest in it, Im surprised no company has made a legit factory produced one
 
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The Curtis one failed, well maybe not failed but made it trickier, because they wanted to have a 700 footprint. In theory this was a good idea to be able to drop it in any chassis on the market, in reality it’s just not conducive.

The cz 527 is fantastic for this project, modify the bottom of the action to accept whatever feeding device you’re using and your pretty much there.

As this and a couple other threads have proven there is a fair amount of interest in it, Im surprised no company has made a legit factory produced one
Would actually prefer a small bolt action in 5.7x28, but it doesn't look like anyone else is thinking about it. 9mm might be a decent second place item.
 
I'm really surprised none of the OEM's has done a 9mm bolt gun at this point. Maybe at some point we'll see some more of the TCM guns or they'll really surprise us and make some in 9mm. It's just too small of a market unfortunately.