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| I would think that most any reloading manual, from the last 20 years or so, would have fairly complete listings for the cartridge.
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| A friend of mine has one. They have a slow twist. Bullets in the 65 to 70 gr work best. |
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| Agreed. 68 grain match bullets by Berger etc. Peter.
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| That should be a 1/12" twist. Remington's 6mm in it's original form of the 244 was built with a 1/12" twist. Some handled heavy bullets, some did not. Yours should handle anything up to 85-90 grains just fine. It may shoot 100 grain bullets fine. You'll just have to try. Lots of great bullets available from 58-85 grains including the 85 grain Nosler Partition if he wants to hunt deer with it. That Sako in 6mm PPC should be a great shooter and recoil shouldn't bother the kid at all. In fact he may like shooting it so much, getting him to stop may be harder than getting him to start.
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| That rifle should be boringly accurate. Peter
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| I have stainless varmints in 223 and 308 and they really shoot. Does your dad's gun have the set trigger feature? Most varmints do. If no owner's manual, simply push the trigger forward till it clicks and then you have a very light trigger. It is very handy for precision shooting. |
| | | Posts: 3073 | Location: Pittsburgh, PA | Registered: 11 November 2004 |
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| while not a sako mine is a kimber single shot varminter (one of the very few they made) with 70 gr sierras it is a PD's nightmare. low recoil good wind bucker very accurate both the 6mm and the 22 ppc are great rounds |
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| I probably have the owners manual for mine and would be happy to copy it and send to your dad if he wants one and didn't get one with the gun. |
| | | Posts: 3073 | Location: Pittsburgh, PA | Registered: 11 November 2004 |
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| quote: Originally posted by mart:
That should be a 1/12" twist. Remington's 6mm in it's original form of the 244 was built with a 1/12" twist. Some handled heavy bullets, some did not. Yours should handle anything up to 85-90 grains just fine. It may shoot 100 grain bullets fine. You'll just have to try. Lots of great bullets available from 58-85 grains including the 85 grain Nosler Partition if he wants to hunt deer with it.
That Sako in 6mm PPC should be a great shooter and recoil shouldn't bother the kid at all. In fact he may like shooting it so much, getting him to stop may be harder than getting him to start.
I believe the Sako's have a 1-14 in twist. That is what is in my friends rifle. It is a stock Sako. |
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| Sako's have a 1-14 twist and 68 Bergers shot really well. I had one, an shot benchrest factory class, try vv135 jammed .12. It would shoot in the .1-.2 if I did my part.
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| I made one on a Winchester SA 223 that would not feed or shoot decent. ABSOLUTELY the best cat gun there is. Light and wonderfully accurate! Use the Sako ammo and reload with Walt Bergers fine bullets. Fun to carry at 75 yr old on monday.
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| 68 burgers and VV133 or 135 will shoot bug holes |
| | | Posts: 239 | Location: branson mo | Registered: 28 April 2010 |
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| i have one on a cz 527 with a 10 twist that shoots 95 grn NBT's real well.
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| | | Posts: 1213 | Location: new braunfels, tx | Registered: 04 December 2001 |
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| quote: Fun to carry at 75 yr old on Monday.
Good for you! Keep getting out there. I'd add more advice, but it's time for my nap :-) |
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| quote: Originally posted by Big Wonderful Wyoming:
So have brass and bullets galore now. 75-90 grains Berger, Hornady, and Sierra SMKs.
We are going to meet up in September and work out some shooting.
He didn't put in for antelope in Wyoming, but he drew a cow elk hunt so I told him I'd be up there to help him.
The rifle is beautiful, I bought him a set of Sako Optilock rings (bastards $180) and put the Dettore Milllett 4-16 on it for now. Once we figure out what we are doing it will get more/better optics.
I doubt that your bullets will stabilize. You need 62-68 grain bullets. |
| | | Posts: 8964 | Location: Poetry, Texas | Registered: 28 November 2004 |
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| quote: Originally posted by elton:
Sako's have a 1-14 twist and 68 Bergers shot really well. I had one, an shot benchrest factory class, try vv135 jammed .12. It would shoot in the .1-.2 if I did my part.
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