A 222 Remington

Big raven this morning.

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hoytcanon said:
Not to belabour the point, but since you chose to run a WTS ad in the discussion forum... an original stock is a road map to the "life & times" of a rifle, I can believe it has been fired little, but it has certainly been around the block, and "may" (rightfully, in the mind of a buyer) have seen rough use and possibly little care. That has to be taken into consideration when valuing a piece, but even more so, having it listed for more than 12 MONTHS, should be a pretty good indicator for you of your valuation, at least it would seem to be a pretty strong reality check. It will probably be a good rifle for someone, but you are going to have to make some concession as to the price... if you really are "anxious" to sell it.
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I picked up a BSA CF2 in near new condition from Tradex for $500 lol.
$1500 for a big heavy BSA Hunter in 222 is uhhh very optimistic, twice the rate of handy Sako Vixen in 222 that was built for these cartridges.
 
Well, I'm pretty late to this party and can't share any game field pictures, but I've had a couple of triple deuces. My first was a Sako Vixen L461 I bought in Colorado when I was in university there in the late-60s. It was a fun little rifle and got target-range and field use. Sold it a few years later. My latest deuce is this Dakota Varminter which has a Nesika Bay action used by Dakota with their varmint rifles. I had them install a Jewell trigger. Dakota used a Douglas Premium air gauged barrel with a 1:10" twist--a faster twist than usually seen on triple deuces, and so I'm expecting it to give the best accuracy with heavier bullets (55-gr. and 60-gr.). However, the 100-yard test group sent by Dakota with the rifle was with the Hornady 40-gr. V-Max bullet and measures about .375".

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Have a March scope waiting to be installed. I'm hoping for tiny groups and some varmint action with it.
 
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That’s a beautiful piece. Thanks for sharing.
I don’t see the purpose of a 10t 222 but if it shoots who cares what the twist rate is.
 
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Buckmastr said:
I don’t see the purpose of a 10t 222....
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I expect the logic was to make it suitable for the newer heavier, longer .224 bullets. A number of newer 55-grain varmint bullets in .224 won't stabilize in a 12" twist barrel, let alone a 14", and no 60-gr. .224 bullet will stabilize in anything slower than 10" twist. It seems we're seeing a trend these days to faster-twist barrels generally.
 
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