Sako why no 223 ???

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Originally Posted by Friwi

Take a look at this:
https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Lis...?id=1733763415

Rechambered in 223. Might be the ticket.

In small short actions , you have choices of:
Old Sakos and new Sako ,
Mini Howa, CZ , zastava, bsa.

Next kimber and cooper rifles,

In bigger actions: Remington 7 , tikka 55.
The next lot are heavier again: Remington 700, tikka t3,595 , Winchester 70, Howa 1500.
Then the very heavy stuff like tikka 590 and Barnard.
Personally I would go medium or small.

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Actually the CZs are pretty good but I prefer the Weatherby / Howa for the flush mags. Zastava not far behind, but lack the finesse of the Sako and CZs. The Mini action Howas are pretty good, but I am not a fan of the 10 round box mags for the carry.

CZ are coming with a flush mag now as well I believe(?)

The trouble with rechambering a .222 is they have 1:14" twists so unless you want to limit bullets to 52 grains or under it's a waste of a perfectly
good .222, I have both and use the .222 much more than the .223, I'd only sell the .222 to replace it with a Sako A1 or 75

Just get a second hand 75 in .223.

I paid $1700 for mine in 2011, with the Optilocks.
Stainless laminate in 1 in 8" twist.

Attachment 93178

All the current Howa Mini actions in 223 should now be 1-8 twist barrels according to the US distributors ,