Thread: Sako L461 in .20-222

I had this rifle built as a dedicated spotlighting (foxes, cats) or 'longer' range bunny buster. By longer range I don't mean using ballistic apps, dialling up and down or any of that caper. Basically something that will shoot flat enough within normal spotlighting range - out to 250m or so - that it can be basically point and shoot. A lot of the time you only get a second or so to take the shot when foxes are cagey.

I picked up a second hand L461 in .222 for AUD$650. Worn blueing with surface rust on the barrel, floor plate, rings and scope tube, 6x Weaver scope, Hillver bridge mount, worn finish on the stock. Perfect as a donor.



Once I got it home and pulled it apart I found that Bubba had been at work, not that it was going to affect the build.





I had already purchased a PacNor barrel in 20 cal, so bundled up the parts and sent them to Jerome Zeirsch in South Australia. He chambered the barrel in .20-222 and finished it at 26".





I dropped the barrelled action into my old Factory varmint stock and developed up some loads.







After a while I ordered a machined blank from Hatcher Rifle Stocks





More to come.

Marcus