Love Sako 75's! neat collection.
222s, show yours
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nakneker
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Gorgeous rifle.
20 TAC
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I can’t wait to see it and hear about it. Hope it shoots wonderfully for you and would be shocked if it didn’t. The 222 chambering coupled with a Tikka 595…winner!
nakneker
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I’m pretty excited about it. It’s in good shape, wish the stock was as nice as yours, your stock is especially nice! I’m just shoot to finally find one, lusted after one ever since I saw yours.
Infrequent Shooter
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good on you. special rifle I bet.
david12601
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And, no less, a Time-Precision skeleton stock!
RGInfrequent Shooter
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DGA? Action? Yeah, I'd say it shoots ok. Nice.
jds holler
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I got my first and only 222 in 1978, a used Rem 700 ADL, bone stock. Can't find a pic of it the way it was, but most of us have seen bunches of those ADLs. I kept it original for many years, with a Leupold 3x9 on it, and in that configuration it was a deadly killer. I've shot a bazillion squirrels, jacks, badgers, coons, coyotes, -- and a few deer.
It was always a good shooter, and I've never had trouble keeping it sub-MOA, and often sub .5 MOA. In the last ten years or so, it started shape shifting, and wearing different stocks and scopes and such.
I slapped it into this tupperware stock for awhile, and it still shot fine, and actually those stocks are pretty grippy and handy to hunt with.
I picked up this Boyds stock, I think from someone here on the forum, and tried it for awhile.
I had also removed the Leupold scope, and put a higher magnification squirrel scope on it.
Then I got a wild hair, and bought a Remage 20 cal barrel, and made a mo-heavier rifle out of it. 40x rimfire sling rifle stock, and a 26" #6 barrel. Just necked a bunch of my old "experienced" brass down to 20 cal. and kept rolling.
As a 22 cal, it shot great, and now it shoots better.
The last shift we made was about a year ago, a friend gave me a brand new Vortex Viper PST to put on it. It's a 5x25 power, and I'm still getting used to it, but it's a rare squirrel that survives under 300 yards.
Seems like it's getting pretty heavy, and I may lop 6" off the barrel one of these days.
All I can say, is that 222s are a rifleman's dream, and this one has given me a ton of fun for over 40 years now. I still consider it a 222 even after doing the -20 thing. jd
It was always a good shooter, and I've never had trouble keeping it sub-MOA, and often sub .5 MOA. In the last ten years or so, it started shape shifting, and wearing different stocks and scopes and such.
I slapped it into this tupperware stock for awhile, and it still shot fine, and actually those stocks are pretty grippy and handy to hunt with.
I picked up this Boyds stock, I think from someone here on the forum, and tried it for awhile.
I had also removed the Leupold scope, and put a higher magnification squirrel scope on it.
Then I got a wild hair, and bought a Remage 20 cal barrel, and made a mo-heavier rifle out of it. 40x rimfire sling rifle stock, and a 26" #6 barrel. Just necked a bunch of my old "experienced" brass down to 20 cal. and kept rolling.
As a 22 cal, it shot great, and now it shoots better.
The last shift we made was about a year ago, a friend gave me a brand new Vortex Viper PST to put on it. It's a 5x25 power, and I'm still getting used to it, but it's a rare squirrel that survives under 300 yards.
Seems like it's getting pretty heavy, and I may lop 6" off the barrel one of these days.
All I can say, is that 222s are a rifleman's dream, and this one has given me a ton of fun for over 40 years now. I still consider it a 222 even after doing the -20 thing. jd
Infrequent Shooter
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great story. what mod do you think added the most accuracy to the rifle?
Infrequent Shooter
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Good looking Underwood.
jds holler
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That 20 cal barrel from Pacnor. jd
Infrequent Shooter
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like folks say, a premium barrel works wonders! good to get confirmation.
Here's my current configuration: 222 250nk Shilen, 21", 14t, 6g, SM nutted up to an Origin action w/a Jewell in a KRG Bravo stock. Scope is a Vortex Viper PST 5-25x50 in a Larue QD mount. Not sure exactly why (I think it's the scope height) but I think this is the most "comfortable" rifle I own. I can shoot heads up because of the height of the mount. Pretty sure this barrel is headed off to get some muzzle threads soon. New bench setup coming soon, but this one still shoots OK and the commute from the house is pretty short... H335 and a 52 Cheek FB. Still tweaking this one, but getting there... I haven't shot much bench stuff for a long time, and it's a "perishable skill". Fun to get back to it.
Infrequent Shooter
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I like the bench.... and slab.
Infrequent Shooter
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great rifle set up too.
I believe that's a Zermatt TL-3. I'm debating one as we speak.....
You know, I'm thinking about just putting an old sidewalk section on top of this one and calling it good.
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