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Sako 221 fireball
Bought this well used sako vixen that started as a 222 then someone chambered to 223. So I shortened to 23" an rechambered to 221 fireball with match reamer .250 nk got put together tonight scoped with a fixed 6x leupold . Now need to sight her in Even got the front sight to line up�� Last edited by arkrunner; 06-28-2017 at 03:13 AM. |
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Nice - looking forward to seeing how it shoots.
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Outstanding! Getting the sights re-aligned with crush threads is a bit of a chore.
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Crush is the amount of torque applied to the barrel to keep in from coming apart. Factory barrels are way over 100#, i didnt put that much on this barrel. Figureing how much it was going to turn after hand tight was a challenge. I went past a couple of times therefore the 23" barrel I finely figued out how much it was going to turn an got the front sight on dead top center . This was the first time ive tried this
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https://flic.kr/p/V65q16
17.5 gr rel 7 with 40 gr nosler BT my range is about 90 yards, the first shot on the right then moved scope an shot 5 more. Im pretty happy with the results. Last edited by arkrunner; 07-01-2017 at 10:59 PM. |
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If you have some AA1680, try it starting at 19.5 and work up. Lil'Gun +/- 16 grs is also usually good. 221FB is one of my favorites, but I am more into 20's these days. BTW, nice rifle - I have a number of Sako rifles.
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Dont have either powder but i loaded some cfe blk tonight
Im turning necks for clearance for my .250 nk |
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I have found that RL-7 or AA2200 work great in my 221FB's.
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Sako 221 fireball
AA2200 and do not overlook the new CFE BLK, it is working very well in the Fireball. Bill K
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