Thread: Sako Vixen .222 Load

I have here my mothers Sako Vixen L461 here in .222 and im wanting to load up some rounds for it.

Whilst i understand with its 1/14 twist that its not the ideal choice of calibre for a deer shooting rifle, she has successfully shot her fair share of deer over the years with it and will shoot plenty more so im not really interested in having the "get a x calibre" discussion.

Current load is Norma 53gr SP at i have no idea what velocity (judging by how full the case was with IMR4198 id say around 3100) and it seems to have worked fairly well on some sizeable reds at modest distances to date.

However im interested to see what others are using, my father loaded the 53gr normas for it over 25 years ago so there may be something available now thats worth considering. Quite happy to just load up some more Norma 53gr as i see reloaders have them available, but figured i would ask the question before commiting to a projectile.

Cheers