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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.