Thread: Which bolt 223 to look out for

Sako 85 carbonlite has 1:8" twist.
Mechanically better than the vixen action.
Spare mags available if you need high volume. They hold 6.
If you plan to go to carbon, this would avoid obtaining a bespoke inlet and bedding job on a stock never designed for the extra short action.

Originally Posted by Bagheera

Sako 85 carbonlite has 1:8" twist.
Mechanically better than the vixen action.
Spare mags available if you need high volume. They hold 6.
If you plan to go to carbon, this would avoid obtaining a bespoke inlet and bedding job on a stock never designed for the extra short action.

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Thanks guys all extremely positive comments, @mudgripz I’ve been following the maxtoch evolution, we will catch up soon, but I agree you can spend a whole lot more to get less, I’ve reloaded for one of the guys at the handloaders club and that was a weatherby, it shot very nicely in the end.

The vixen I looked at looked as if the barrel was aftermarket, it had a heavier barrel, could be wrong though, the action was very nice.

Thinking a little further along, as I’ve been caught out with a rifle I used to own, mag length, I don’t want to find that a mag length would hinder my ability to reload to a longer seating depth, I know there are after market mags I could try and get, are there any particular makes that this could be a problem in?

Again thanks for the comments, I’m in no immediate rush, just doing some due diligence first, but the comments are already comming in very handy