My new 11 pound baby has been born
I dont know how this old sako started life, but when i bought her she was a shot out rebarrelled 22-250. I wanted to build something that would shoot a little better than a factory rifle, use less powder than my 243 & less recoil, & be a little different to the rest of the gun safe.
As a single income family man i was on a pretty tight budget, so i had to scrimp & save & steal whatever spare coin that was left lying around, but i still wanted a quality job done.
I decided on 6mmbr norma as the caliber after reading of it's accurracy out to 600m & beyond, also I'm a 6mm fan anyway & have a box full of projectiles
223 22-250 6br 243
The old action was sent down to MADDCO in toowoomba to have a 1:8 twist 26" no.6 barrel fitted. While that was been done a SLEE stock was ordered
XXX walnut english classic with wider forend.
Not much good at woodwork, but managed to shape it & sand it into a reasonable looking stock. At this point it has been finished with tung oil & a wax coating ( dont know whether to coat it with a clear gloss)
After the barrelled action returned ,it was bedded into the stock with a BROWNELLS bedding kit. This was my first attempt at bedding so a lot of homework was done (even read the instructions)(twice)& everything seemed to go to plan. Note:must remember to replace the kids playdough.
The old bridge mounts were a bit sad, so i bit the bullet & payed $190 for a set of Sako opti-locks, which were matched with a leopold vx11 6-18 that i had.
Early testing of loads show promise, however i must improve my shooting technique to produce more consistant groups.
Last 4 rounds left in boxFirst tests show it will shoot good groups with all types of bullets i have, & print the same spot on target except the 55gn nosler BT which shoot 1.5moa low & 1.5moa right. The little 55g BT's shot groups down in the .3's with BM2 powder, however i would like to try other powders.
The 105 a-max loads where a no-brainer as any load from 29g to 30.5g 2208 shot well. Will try a ladder test to fine tune a bit more
Anyhow, enough chatter for now, must get back to the shed to reload some more shells
regards DT
Regards Alpal
