nakneker
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One of my favorite Sako rifles is their limited offerings in 6PPC and 22PPC, the single shot bull barrels are neat but I really enjoy the sporter barreled repeaters. I bought a 6PPC and a 22PPC a few years ago, my brother kept lusting after them and I gave him one I found on gunbroker as a gift a couple years ago after seeing how much he liked them. The rifle looked pristine but as soon as I ran a cleaning rod 6 inches down the barrel I knew we had problem. When the patch exited the muzzle it was brown, rust brown. A few more patches and strokes and it was apparent it was badly rusted. I reached back out to the seller who was disappointed he didn’t catch it and I offered to keep it if he would give me a 300.00 credit for a new barrel. He was happy with that and even though it doesn’t cover the cost of a new barrel much less the labor, I was happy enough too. I then started working the rust out of the barrel the best I could, worked a week on it between soakings and cleanings. Finally took it out to 100 yards and shot the same load I shoot out of my other 6PPC Sako and got groups that were .75 MOA, not terrible but certainly not good for that rifle. Played around with loads but couldn’t do much better than .75 - My brother has kept it the past couple of years with the idea the company (he works with me) would send it off and get a new barrel, same profile installed but I could tell he was bummed about the whole thing so I’ve been waiting to find another one. Found one yesterday on gunbroker with 24 hours left to bid, ended up buying it this morning, price was right, it is suppose to be unfired or 99.9% at the very least. I called my brother and told him I had another rifle inbound and I would trade him back for the rusty barreled rifle. He was gracious, didn’t really want to accept but he did and I could tell he was happy.
So now I have this extra Sako 6PPC sprorter barreled repeater, I already have a 6PPC and a 22PPC in identical rifles so I’m either going to sell this one at a discount or rebarrel it. I’m thinking about just keeping it and installing a 20PPC barrel, same profile. It will kill all collector value to rebarrel it but that’s shot anyways with the history of the rifle. The action and exposed metal are pristine. I’d love to know the history on how it got like it did, I’m guessing someone used something they shouldn’t have to clean, put it back in the safe and years later it was done.
What would you do? If you suggest a new barrel, what cartridge would you do, keep in mind it’s a PPC so your somewhat limited.
Edit; the other idea that I think would be fun for this rifle is something with the small PPC case and heavier bullets, bigger caliber, surpressed.
So now I have this extra Sako 6PPC sprorter barreled repeater, I already have a 6PPC and a 22PPC in identical rifles so I’m either going to sell this one at a discount or rebarrel it. I’m thinking about just keeping it and installing a 20PPC barrel, same profile. It will kill all collector value to rebarrel it but that’s shot anyways with the history of the rifle. The action and exposed metal are pristine. I’d love to know the history on how it got like it did, I’m guessing someone used something they shouldn’t have to clean, put it back in the safe and years later it was done.
What would you do? If you suggest a new barrel, what cartridge would you do, keep in mind it’s a PPC so your somewhat limited.
Edit; the other idea that I think would be fun for this rifle is something with the small PPC case and heavier bullets, bigger caliber, surpressed.
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