Some great looking rifles, gotta love the triple deuce. Dont do pics ,but have a Sako 222 stainless barrel and action, with the laminated stock. Shoots clover leafs with Win 748 and the 50 grain Barnes blue coated pills. Shot a crow at 305 yards off the hood of my jeep across one of my fields. Was sighted in for 200 yards, held over a little too much ,hit him in the neck just below his head. I have many boxes of 40 grain Nosler BTS , that shot great in my 22-250 Parker Hale. Hoping they shoot as well in my 222. Should be able to match 22-250 55grain pills trajectory and velocity with less boom and recoil.
222s, show yours
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I'm totally jealous of the mowhawk, thay would be a fun one to have. The howa mini's are pretty nice too.
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What a cool thread. I haven’t posted in a long time but couldn’t resist keeping this thread moving. These are all a bit obscure. Savage Series J, Sako 75 Varmint, and a Tikka Master Sporter factory 222. Had a 700 classic and ADL too and never should have sold them. Every 222 I’ve ever loaded for shoots the same load of H4198 and a 40 V Max extremely well, with minor COL adjustments only between rifles.
Fast14riot
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Wow, some great looking guns. Gotta love the .222. Here is my '79 BDL with the original Leupold VariXIIc 3-9 Fine Duplex it had on the day I bought it (used). This combination ran me $300 or $350, back when I was still in high school. It has taken literally thousands of critters - primarily ground-hogs. But then this year I put a dual extension EGW rail and a Bering Optics Super Hogster with external battery pack on it.
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Just love that Master Sporter! When I was young I hoped that someday I have Master Sporter. Those are so difficult to get, I have only seen couple of those for sale and price has been something like 1200-1500€.
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Thank you very much. This is the only one I’ve ever seen in 222. I wish more of the 595’s chambered in 222 would have made it across the pond back in the day.
Here's my pair of Triple Deuces. Top: Dakota Varminter; bottom Cooper Custom Classic.
The Dakota has 10-twist Douglas barrel and a Jewell trigger. The Cooper has a 12-twist barrel, and the trigger has been adjusted down to about 12 oz.
Both as yet unfired--waiting for spring. I have some Bart's and Watson 52-gr. FB bullets. Any suggestions as to the best powders in the Deuce for best accuracy?
The Dakota has 10-twist Douglas barrel and a Jewell trigger. The Cooper has a 12-twist barrel, and the trigger has been adjusted down to about 12 oz.
Both as yet unfired--waiting for spring. I have some Bart's and Watson 52-gr. FB bullets. Any suggestions as to the best powders in the Deuce for best accuracy?
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Here's my pair of Triple Deuces. Top: Dakota Varminter; bottom Cooper Custom Classic.
The Dakota has a Jewell trigger. The Cooper trigger has been adjusted down to about 12 oz.
Both as yet unfired--waiting for spring. I have some Bart's and Watson 52-gr. FB bullets. Any suggestions as to the best powders in the Deuce for best accuracy?
H322, H4198, or IMR4198. Hodgdon tech guys swear by H322. Others like H335, I have not used it. Remington custom shop used to use 4895 for accuracy testing. .222’s usually shoot so well you will be challenged to tell which! Beautiful rifles. Good luck.
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H322, h4198, n133, always worked very good.
Love the series J !!
nakneker
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That Tikka is gorgeous, cool factor of 10. Only one I’ve seen in 222, there’s a nice looking 223 on Gunbroker right now, if it was a 222 it wouldn’t be on gunbroker anymore. Nice group of rifles.
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Thank you for the compliments. I haven’t seen a 222 on this thread I wouldn’t be proud to own! In my opinion, only a 221 Fireball rivals the classic 222 in cool factor. With that being said, a simple 20-222 turns a triple deuce into a whole other beast! Wonderful, simple necked down wildcat.
nakneker
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Here’s one I had made for my wife’s calling gun. It’s built on an old 700, douglas air gauged 18“ barrel, HS Precision stock. It’s taken quite a few critters. We’re headed out in the morning for a four day calling trip, gonna see some new country. She’ll be using this one, I’ll be using one of the Sakos.
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My little Trip2 shot a real nice group the other day.
It's that 80y/o thin barrel, unbedded trusty old Sako Rihiimaki model. I gave the 55 NBTs a go and it seems to shootem well, with a 14twist! They shot okay-ish in the past but went over to 50gr Vmaxe that did way better.. But I ran out... So decided to give them a go again. Also shot Gongs out to 300yds with good success.
It's that 80y/o thin barrel, unbedded trusty old Sako Rihiimaki model. I gave the 55 NBTs a go and it seems to shootem well, with a 14twist! They shot okay-ish in the past but went over to 50gr Vmaxe that did way better.. But I ran out... So decided to give them a go again. Also shot Gongs out to 300yds with good success.
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