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Another look at the 7mm-08 NULA........... Love it!
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Got out for a weekend finally. 3 hogs down with this guy: "Thumper" Kimber Montana in .338 federal with a little chop and rattle can camo:
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Spike hawk made by Derek at Pocahontas Forgeworks in Pocahontas, MS. Curly maple handle.
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My local gun shop bought an old collection accumulation of guns and let me have one of the first shots at it. I picked out this Sako Riihimaki in 222 Remington. It had been neglected for what appeared to be a long time, but it cleaned up pretty good. It looked to me like it would make a great woods walking rifle. First shots with Hornady 50gr V-Max had bullets key holing at 25 yards. I was a little disappointed and found that the twist is about 1 in 16 inches. So it was back to the store for a box of Remington 50gr PSP. These went into about an inch at 100yards and all went in point first, which is a good sign. So any heavy bullets will be out, as well as boat tails and probably any plastic tipped bullets. I never have owned a 222 Rem before and I think this one will be fun to work up some loads for.
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My local gun shop bought an old collection accumulation of guns and let me have one of the first shots at it. I picked out this Sako Riihimaki in 222 Remington. It had been neglected for what appeared to be a long time, but it cleaned up pretty good. It looked to me like it would make a great woods walking rifle. First shots with Hornady 50gr V-Max had bullets key holing at 25 yards. I was a little disappointed and found that the twist is about 1 in 16 inches. So it was back to the store for a box of Remington 50gr PSP. These went into about an inch at 100yards and all went in point first, which is a good sign. So any heavy bullets will be out, as well as boat tails and probably any plastic tipped bullets. I never have owned a 222 Rem before and I think this one will be fun to work up some loads for. Killer rifle....I'm green. You might try some 40gr Sierra HP's....they'll generally shoot in about anything.
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Thanks for the tip on the 40gr Sierra HP's Fieldgrade. I'll give some a try.
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My local gun shop bought an old collection accumulation of guns and let me have one of the first shots at it. I picked out this Sako Riihimaki in 222 Remington. It had been neglected for what appeared to be a long time, but it cleaned up pretty good. It looked to me like it would make a great woods walking rifle. First shots with Hornady 50gr V-Max had bullets key holing at 25 yards. I was a little disappointed and found that the twist is about 1 in 16 inches. So it was back to the store for a box of Remington 50gr PSP. These went into about an inch at 100yards and all went in point first, which is a good sign. So any heavy bullets will be out, as well as boat tails and probably any plastic tipped bullets. I never have owned a 222 Rem before and I think this one will be fun to work up some loads for. What an elegant little rifle! I would bet it will keep the 40's in tight little clusters. My lust meter has pegged out!
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Good looking hawk, never seen that kind of tightly curved cutting edge. Very painful I'd imagine.
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Wow, unicorns do exist! Great looking rifle.
Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths. "there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser" "the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"
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+1 Wow, unicorns do exist! Great looking rifle.
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Another look at the 7mm-08 NULA........... Love it! I wasn't happy with the exposure on that shot but had to run with it.
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Thought this was just sort of fitting. My Browning B92 44mag.
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