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With your kind indulgence, here is a pic I dug out from 2014 showing a modest feral pig laid low with the diminutive .222 L-46.
Shows the rifle fairly well.



Funny story how I came by that Sako, might have to tell it here one day!

...and hope this photo doesn't bring on a fever, Louis!

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A stutzen Sako L46 .222 As well. Now that is different isn't it, most were normal stocked rifles weren't they?

Tony, you sh^t me off, you have all the most desired rifles! Every smart .222 owner wants a perfect Sako L46 .222!

Well done, please tell the story.

PS that rifle is wasted in the Top End, I could acquire it off you and use it every day in sad lands which have no buffalo or big boars, just rabbits, hares, foxes and hoppers ...

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Much interesting Ripp, thank you very much for sharing this link with us; I have often considered adding a .222 Remington or 5,6x50R rifle to the rack in order to complement the .22 Hornet that I use for varmint shooting but I have until now managed to keep my compulsive buying disorder under control ! That's however a difficult situation and the risk is high that I will succumb one day.
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I will try to be an enabler.

Ustarted off shooting with a .410 side by sude shhotgun with hammers. The a hammered 12 gauge side by side. Also a Lithgow single shot .22 RF with open sights. All my Dad's firearms.

MY first rifle was an Ugly but super accurate Remington 788 in .222. With a Tasco 3-9x scope. Easily shot one hole groups. I used it on rabbits, hare, many foxes, some hoppers, a great many feral goats, some pigs and even a donkey. Not a good donkey choice.

Then acquired one, now two Mauser M03's and a .222 Remington barrel. Maybe a .223 would be more sensible for the one day global apocalypse if it could use mil ammo. But I prefer the .222. I use the M03 .222 as a single shot as the mag spring is stuffed. Needs replacement. I use this rifle now a lot and the Rem 788 has gathered dust for years. It needs to be used again. Using a tripod I could shoot a running hare with it almost.

I have a Martini-Cadet in .222 Rimmed. It NEEDS mounts so can be scoped. Have a handfull of brass and loaded cartridges for it supplied by the seller.

Lastly I have my Tikka 512SD combination barrel set in 12 gauge and .223 Remington. That rifle is accurate, using a lower powered variable scope so can shoot the shotgun using a scope as well.

I always wanted a .17 Remington since the old days of fox fur shooting. They seem to have died out in the press. I probably would go for a .17 Hornet of some sort instead. As they have enough power for the .17 calibre and are better for fur.

I'd love a 5.6x50mm Rimmed double rifle. Like Ahmed's, except for the price tag!

I used a 5.6x50R and .22 Mag double rifle made by "Frankonia" brand, owned by a German guy. It was very nice, accurate in the 5.6mm. Scope was too large but overall would make a nice rifle for small game hunting. I have an article and/or photos somewhere.



Tikka 512 SD in 12 gauge and .223 Remington

http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=341307&an=&page=0&vc=1



The other three. The Martini-Cadet in .222 Rimmed. My first owned rifle a Remington 788 in .222 Rem, and one of my Mauser M03's with the .222 Rem barrel in place.

http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=342158&page=0&fpart=2&vc=1



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most were normal stocked rifles weren't they?

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OK...
One day in the 1990s at Micket Creek Range I was walking from the firing-line back to my truck when I passed Kurt M_ at the boot of his car.
He was surrounded by a group of hopefuls in one of those off-the-record show-and-tell moments, but no-one was buying.
Shouldering my way in and craning my neck for a look, I spied the classic Riihimaki-marked sporter in question, lying on a picnic rug.
"Veery nice" I thought to myself. "How much?"
"Six" replied Kurt.
Ah, must be more to these early Sakos than meets the eye!
Certainly six grand was out of my league so I put the lovely little L-46 out of my mind and moved on.

A couple of years later Kurt brought the rifle to one of our Collector Club meetings and tossed it on the table with a 'For Sale' tag dangling from the trigger guard.
It looked even nicer than I remembered, so I caught his attention and asked "How much is it again?"

"Still six hundred" says Kurt...

I couldn't get my wallet out quick enough!!

At the time, looking through the scope was like holding a glass of milk up to my eye, but a quick trip to Rod Fielder restored the brilliant German optics and both scope and rifle have proven faultless ever since.

Everyone should own at least one triple-two!

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"How much is it again?"

"Still six hundred" says Kurt...

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"How much is it again?"

"Still six hundred" says Kurt...

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Well John.. I may annoy you as well.. I too have a Sako in .222..while not a full stock, it is in near perfect condition..

Will have to take a few pics and post them...

Have to say that full length stock is a beautiful rifle... Congrats on that one..

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Marakai

Very elegant little Sako! I have two of the regular stock versions in .222, one a very early one with iron sights and the other scoped. I also have a Remington 760 pump in .222 Remington. The pump weighs about 1.5 lbs more than the Sako bolt rifles. The .222 Remington is a very sweet shooting cartridge.

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"How much is it again?"

"Still six hundred" says Kurt...

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OK...
One day in the 1990s at Micket Creek Range I was walking from the firing-line back to my truck when I passed Kurt M_ at the boot of his car.
He was surrounded by a group of hopefuls in one of those off-the-record show-and-tell moments, but no-one was buying.
Shouldering my way in and craning my neck for a look, I spied the classic Riihimaki-marked sporter in question, lying on a picnic rug.
"Veery nice" I thought to myself. "How much?"
"Six" replied Kurt.
Ah, must be more to these early Sakos than meets the eye!
Certainly six grand was out of my league so I put the lovely little L-46 out of my mind and moved on.

A couple of years later Kurt brought the rifle to one of our Collector Club meetings and tossed it on the table with a 'For Sale' tag dangling from the trigger guard.
It looked even nicer than I remembered, so I caught his attention and asked "How much is it again?"

"Still six hundred" says Kurt...

I couldn't get my wallet out quick enough!!

At the time, looking through the scope was like holding a glass of milk up to my eye, but a quick trip to Rod Fielder restored the brilliant German optics and both scope and rifle have proven faultless ever since.

Everyone should own at least one triple-two!

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in any case need something between a 223 rem and a 223 rem

think about for a long time, love the 222 but the 223 will be allways available.

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I have never heard of a .223 that can compete with run of the mill .222's. I do not know why,
except that perhaps most .223 shooters are not BR shooters, or - because the .223 is not being
used in BR contests, yet there are still some hold-outs shooting triple deuces.

Food for thought, though. I know there are guys with specially build AR's who are shooting sub 1/2"
at 100 yards with a variety of ctgs. from .223 to .17 Rem to .204 Rugers, but I have not heard of
.223's that can compete with varmint weight .222's that routinely shoot 1/4" and smaller at 100yards.
Mine still does.

Now, due to it's military use, it is possible the hunting and varmint type rifles chambered in .223 have
military-shaped chambers. What that means is likely attention to throats and lead angles that will increase
barrel life and possibly THOSE differences do not translate into tack-driving accuracy?
So, I don't know.

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I have never heard of a .223 that can compete with run of the mill .222's. I do not know why,
except that perhaps most .223 shooters are not BR shooters, or - because the .223 is not being
used in BR contests, yet there are still some hold-outs shooting triple deuces.

Food for thought, though. I know there are guys with specially build AR's who are shooting sub 1/2"
at 100 yards with a variety of ctgs. from .223 to .17 Rem to .204 Rugers, but I have not heard of
.223's that can compete with varmint weight .222's that routinely shoot 1/4" and smaller at 100yards.
Mine still does.

Now, due to it's military use, it is possible the hunting and varmint type rifles chambered in .223 have
military-shaped chambers. What that means is likely attention to throats and lead angles that will increase
barrel life and possibly THOSE differences do not translate into tack-driving accuracy?
So, I don't know.

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You may have hit the answer there, Daryl. It very well may be a matter of the chamber and not so much the round, just as chamber design is the driving force behind the much-vaunted long-range accuracy of a certain very popular round whose name shall not be mentioned....

If that's the case, I'd love to see someone "accurize" the chamber design of the .223 and a die design produced from that, sort of a ".223 BR". It's not so much that the world needs a new cartridge, so much as it's such a shame to let all those truckloads of .223 brass generated by the pew-pew boys go to waste.

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I have several in each caliber however most of the .223's I have are AR's..with the exception of one..its a shorter barreled .223 Remington bolt.. I reload for it as I use it for P-dogs .. it is very accurate.. a one-holer if a do my job.. have not done anything to it from the factory.. just a very accurate little gun.. Having said that, I have never seen a .222 that wasn't accurate.. Most of my AR's are accurate enough for their intended purpose. In fact I use one a lot for calling in coyotes ..make for quick work if 2 or 3 come in at a time..

Interesting info above.. thank you for that..

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