.222 Rem an old but good one...

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I have an old Sako .222 Rem. It was in a bunch of stuff I bought from a friend who is in bad health. The bolt face was quite cut up from blown primers... I think it was that way when he bought it... he is quite particular on loading and I doubt he blew any... anyway I set up and machined 7 thou off the bolt face and it cleaned up fine. I turned the barrel back 7 thou and the headspace is dead on.

With this rifle are about 200 loaded rounds... 40 grain V Max bullets...

I took a few to the range today to shoot with another friend I hunt with... he was shooting his 30-06. I fired two rounds on the first target...
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I adjusted the scope and asked Jeff if he would like to shoot this .222. He was eager to... he had not shot a .222 since he sold his over 30 years ago. He shot 3 shots and I stopped him from shooting any more... I didn't want him to spoil the best group he ever shot...
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Then I took the rifle and shot 3 shots...
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Rats! dropped the 3rd shot.

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I am not surprised by these results with the very fine 222 Remington.

Myself I once shot a coyote through the eyeball @200 yards once, with the same cartridge.
I actually was holding for the back of his head, when he made the fatal mistake of looking back at me over his shoulder, when the trigger-sear broke.
 
Hard to go wrong with the 222. My Rem. 700 BDL HB will out shoot me any day. A little heavy for the gopher patch, but maybe this year. PS very nice rifle! Don't sell, it's to hard to find a beautiful rifle that shoots that well!~
 
I just sold my old AI in .222 a few weeks ago (sporter-weight barrel) and was regretting it even before I packed it up.

I just managed to rationalize the sale, and then this thread came along...thanks a bunch...:(
 
you can tell by the last shot that the barrel is finsihed , group opened wayyyyy up. you should sell to protect yourself such misery in the future
 
I had a Sako 75 varmint Laminate in 222 that was super accurate. I sold it and picked up the same rifle in 22-250 which is also an extremely good shooter. I just like the results from the 22-250 a bit better in the gopher patch than that of the 222. I did miss not having a 222 around so I found a sweet little A1 with a sporter barrel and after developing a load for it with 40gr Bergers and XBR 8208 it will have a place in my safe until the day I give it to one of my grand kids when they are ready for it.
 
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