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Great advice here..and as always, a bit of humour.. A japanese sako is fine..and I have an early AI and its fine apart from the weight ! Also have an early Tikka m55 .222, that I have seriously considered rebarreling to .223, but even with a worn-barrel, it will hit golf-balls at 120m. If I was building a custom .223, I would re-barrel an M55,if a reasonable one (price)came up with a fekd barrel. If buying new, what you've already got, or a Zastava, or CZ if the bank could handle it. Twist-rate can be problematic with rechambering early .222's. Like yourself, I'm still learning that I dont need some things, and should have kept others...it's easy to talk ourselves into anything, especially a beautiful wood-blued rifle. We start-off as hunters,slowly become shooters, then collectors...then die. After that, The Wife sells them all for "jack", because we never told her what they Really cost haha. A long-winded-way of saying; do what makes you feel happy.
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cz .223 or a tikka 595 master .223
either of those should make you happy
Use enough gun
Hey guys, new here but just thought id chuck my $0.02 in. I have a Browning X bolt in .223 and a Sako Bavarian in .270, while the Browning isn't quite on par with the Sako its very close IMO in terms of quality form and function. If you could get a Browning .223 with a 1 in 8 twist i think you would be very happy with it. Just something else to consider![]()
Thanks for your input and genuinely no hate here but I really dislike x bolts I find them a bit slim in my big hands, just not comfortable and the fore on them is really soft and flexible.
I do agree I have friends who own x bolts and they do shoot well, just not to my taste.
As I have said in previous replies. I am going to persevere with my weatherby for now![]()
Take a look at this:
https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Lis...?id=1733763415
Rechambered in 223. Might be the ticket.
In small short actions , you have choices of:
Old Sakos and new Sako ,
Mini Howa, CZ , zastava, bsa.
Next kimber and cooper rifles,
In bigger actions: Remington 7 , tikka 55.
The next lot are heavier again: Remington 700, tikka t3,595 , Winchester 70, Howa 1500.
Then the very heavy stuff like tikka 590 and Barnard.
Personally I would go medium or small.
CZ are coming with a flush mag now as well I believe(?)
The trouble with rechambering a .222 is they have 1:14" twists so unless you want to limit bullets to 52 grains or under it's a waste of a perfectly
good .222, I have both and use the .222 much more than the .223, I'd only sell the .222 to replace it with a Sako A1 or 75
Just get a second hand 75 in .223.
I paid $1700 for mine in 2011, with the Optilocks.
Stainless laminate in 1 in 8" twist.
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Welcome to Sako club.
All the current Howa Mini actions in 223 should now be 1-8 twist barrels according to the US distributors ,
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