My Kind of Thread
Wilbur doesn't like hunting Threads he told me so at Midland but this is more than a hunting Thread, this is a BR hunting Thread.
I have some awesome rifles not purdy not real expensive but just balls to the wall accurate at least out to 600M.
The Thread started out asking about a SAKO 75 in 22 PPC. OK nice gun. Sam Fadala in his The Book of the Twenty Two has a chapter on 22 PPC rifles which has the SAKO mentioned. Don't believe the chap about his once in awhile take the gun out of the closet groups in the low 2's with his. Know better I shoot a 22 PPC in BR.
We play a game in So Cal called Varmint Silohuette. Same game played elsewhere 50 metal silo's starting at 200m 10 chicks/rodents, 300M 10 crows, 400m 10 turkeys, 500M 10 jackrabbits, 600m 10 prarie dogs. Any gun any caliber, any scope your choice bench or prone. Now this is a riflemans game. Instant satisification. Guys tend to go with mid range cartidges like 6x47 Lapua and 6XC. The ones that shoot with a 22 cal use a mid size case like a 22-250 wildcat with 80 grn bullets. Barrel twists are usually 1-7 or 1-8.
I would say the SAKO in a 22 PPC would do fine out to 400 but you would need the heavier bullets to be consistent at 500 and 600. One day there I shot a 46x50 with .243 wildcat not bad on a breezy day. After the shoot I pulled out my 6x47 Rem and knocked down 7 in a row at 600 with the 66 grn bullets I make.
With all this said to me BR cartridges like the 22/6 PPC, 6 BR, 6x47 Rem would make some great cartridges for the hunting crowd. Problem woud be putting together the ammo. If you have chambers that need neck turning this might discourage most. But the potential is there. A BR take off barrel not being used is still more accurate than a factory barrel. And with stoutness and being stainless that's a plus. Just some thoughts.
Stephen Perry
Angeles BR
