Big Redhead:
I have a Sako AI Hunter with the light barrel in 6mm PPC. I like the rifle and the cartridge. My average 3 shot group size for over 30 groups averages .41 inches ctc, including fouling shots. Topped with a 12X Leupold scope I use it in a walking varminter role. Loaded with 65 gr. VMAX bullets and a moderate load of Benchmark powder it anchors groundhogs much more authoritatively than a .223, and I have used it effectively out to 300 yards. These rifles do have 1/14 inch twist rates and will probably do best with streamlined bullets of 70 gr or less. I like this rifle so much that I am on the lookout for another one just like it, same model same caliber. Hard to justify, but I do like them that much.
The downsides: You will have to handload, brass is not normally stocked in local gunstores, and feeding with more than two rounds in the magazine is a bit rough, probably because of the short stubby sharp shouldered little cartridge.
George
