Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Canada 6x45mm & 225 Win bolt action builds

They are cool, aren't they? I haven't fired this particular 225 yet. I had a 340 in 225 Win when I was a teenager, but sold it years ago. I hope that my build shoots better than that old Savage. I got that 340 used. It was an old, beat up rifle with a pitted barrel and rust on the outside. The bore was okay, as I recall. I have a fresh batch of home made 224 bullets to feed it.

Do you get to use either very much?

Some of us are suffering from cabin fever. The weather has been cold and very windy. I'm not going to the range until the wind dies down. I don't care about the bullets being moved around. It's too damned breezy to be sitting around without moving!

I made 500 66 grain bullets this afternoon to use in the 225. The barrel is a 1 in 9 twist, so it should be able to handle up to about 75/80 gr. bullets. I am more concerned with it being able to handle the longer Barnes bullets though. This is the 66 grainer beside the 52s I use in my 222s.