Coltmaster (sako 461 action) 223 and Lyman 225415

[smkummer]

About 2200 FPS with unique and a gas check. 22 hornet performance. Perfect medicine in my rural subdivision. I would leave them alone but they keep borrowing under my garden shed. My neighbor with a big garden does the same. 287616

[Thumbcocker]

1:12 twist?

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[smkummer]

It’s supposed to be. But it won’t stabilize the 55 grain military M193 bullet. It works with 50, 52 and some plain base 55 grain bullets.

[gumbo333]

It’s supposed to be. But it won’t stabilize the 55 grain military M193 bullet. It works with 50, 52 and some plain base 55 grain bullets.
Tried cast boolits?

[smkummer]

Lymans 225415 is a 50 gr. cast bullet and thats what took out the woodchuck pictured.

[versa-06]

Good Show! -- Did you ever try eat'n one? --

[Texas by God]

I like it, that pretty Sako can hunt. What scope is on it?

[smkummer]

Keeping with the “Colt” theme, it’s a 3X9 Burris made scope for Colt, so it’s marked Colt. Intended for the Colt light rifle produced in 1999.

[smoked turkey]

that is really nice. I need to dig it my heavy bbl 461 in 222 mag. I like your scope too.

[Larry Gibson]

Might actually measure the twist. I worked with 3 of them back in the day and had the same problem with M193 in one of them. The earlier one had a 14" twist the other 2 had 12" twists.

I've killed a lot of the woodchucks western cousin, the rockchuck with an almost identical load out 12 and 14" twist 223 rifles and 14" twist 222 Rem rifles. I found with the 12" twist barrels 2200+ fps was the sweet spot and 2300+ was for the 14" twists. I used older COWW ally [pre the need to add tin] WQ'd, GC'd and lubed in a .228 H&I die in 450 lubrasizer with Javalina lube. That left the bullets basically "as cast". Mostly used H4895 with a dacron filler.

[smkummer]

Yes Larry, thanks to you, I found out nothing was wrong with my rifle, it just needed the correct bullet. You commented on this before. So using the jacketed bullets you recommended, this gun shoots. I picked up a spare barrel for this gun but again, found out the barrel is fine but just picky about the bullets. That cast bullet load is shooting 3/4” at 50 yards, so good enough for me.

[smkummer]

that is really nice. I need to dig it my heavy bbl 461 in 222 mag. I like your scope too.

I have a spare barrel marked Colt in 223 for the 461 action and I have a spare colt marked 3-9X scope. Let me know if interested. Using a cleaning rod method with a hard patch, I could see what twist it has.

[gumbo333]

I wanted to say " tried purchased cast boolits"