.22-250 and mdoerator - what makes?

[keith_henson]

Evening all,

 

What sort of price would I be looking to pay for a .22-250 second hand, preferably a sako, or tikka. But i am open to advice? If so, where and whom whould be/should I contact? Any advice would be grand - and if anyone is around in kent, I would gladly welcome some full bore shooting to get me into the swing of things as Ive only had limited shooting with a .22-250 and .243 other than using a .17HMR and .22's and would like to get an idea and feel of different makes/mods/grain sizes

 

Thanks

 

Keith

[steve_b_wales]

Second hand Sako 75 stainless synthetic stock in good condition, around the £700 mark. A new Tikka T3 Lite with blued barrel and synthetic stock are around the £550 mark. The Tikka is an excellent rifle. I have one in.243, my mate has a new one in 22/250. Moderator? I use Reflex T8. around the £200 mark new, or £130 second hand.

 

Steve

[henry d]

Remember to be wary about calibres such as the 22-250 as they are known to wear out barrels faster than most small .22 cf`s due to the faster mv. However that said it is a good fast and flat round

 

What are you going to shoot with it ??

[bob300w]

Evening all,

 

What sort of price would I be looking to pay for a .22-250 second hand, preferably a sako, or tikka. But i am open to advice? If so, where and whom whould be/should I contact? Any advice would be grand - and if anyone is around in kent, I would gladly welcome some full bore shooting to get me into the swing of things as Ive only had limited shooting with a .22-250 and .243 other than using a .17HMR and .22's and would like to get an idea and feel of different makes/mods/grain sizes

 

Thanks

 

Keith

I would consider a 243 rather than a 22-250, if I were you, it does anything that the 22-250 does, and usually does it better. It's the all-round calibre, light 58g bullets for rabbit, heavy bullets for deer. Can't help with the shooting I'm afraid, unless you want to drive up to the civilised part of the country.

As henry says, throat erosion is a problem with 22-250, be wary if buying second hand.

[Baldrick]

If I was right-handed and buying a new .22-250, I would buy this (the Browning A-Bolt Eclipse in .22-250). I got to use one recently and it is a brute of a rifle. Absolutely spot-on for foxing or taking vermin at long range: http://www.shootingtimes.co.uk/guns/rifles...fle_review.html

 

I'm a fellow Tikka and Sako owner and fan. Either brand will be a good purchase, and you'll get yourself an accurate rifle. I am using a Remington 700 in .22-250 at the moment, but I don't like the feel of the gun. It doesn't come close to a Sako 75 in terms of refinement.

 

I don't use mods on my centrefires, but if I did, I would go for the T8 or (if it's within budget) an A-Tec.

Edited April 22, 2008 by Baldrick

[bob300w]

If I was right-handed and buying a new .22-250, I would buy this (the Browning A-Bolt Eclipse in .22-250). I got to use one recently and it is a brute of a rifle. Absolutely spot-on for foxing or taking vermin at long range: http://www.shootingtimes.co.uk/guns/rifles...fle_review.html

 

I'm a fellow Tikka and Sako owner and fan. Either brand will be a good purchase, and you'll get yourself an accurate rifle. I am using a Remington 700 in .22-250 at the moment, but I don't like the feel of the gun. It doesn't come close to a Sako 75 in terms of refinement.

 

I don't use mods on my centrefires, but if I did, I would go for the T8 or (if it's within budget) an A-Tec.

As a Sako fan, you may be interested to know that it is actually a Beretta;

SAKO, Limited (Suojeluskuntain Ase- ja Konepaja Oy, Civil Guard Gun- and Machiningworks Ltd) is a Finnish firearm manufacturer located in Riihimäki.

 

It was formed on 1 June 1927 from the Suojeluskuntain Yliesikunnan Asepaja (Civil Guard Supreme Staff Gun Works) and moved from Helsinki to Riihimäki. In 1987, state-owned Valmet and SAKO fused into SAKO-VALMET, with ownership split evenly between Nokia and Valmet. After several organizational shifts in state ownership, the SAKO name remained for the privately owned gun- and cartridge-producing company located in the cities of Riihimäki and Jyväskylä (former Valmet factory in Tourula, which was later closed). The Tikka name is owned by Sako, and is used on the lower end rifles.

The Sako company is now owned by Beretta Holdings.

Edited April 22, 2008 by bob300w

[keith_henson]

Remember to be wary about calibres such as the 22-250 as they are known to wear out barrels faster than most small .22 cf`s due to the faster mv. However that said it is a good fast and flat round

 

What are you going to shoot with it ??

 

Foxes ar the prime target, but also small deer in scotland as im a regular visitor up there. Other uses are full bore target ranges that we have in very near to the village that I live in.

 

I dont have a .243 on my FAC or a .22 LR, only a .17HMR and the .22-250 and after waiting nearly 10 months for my license to come through im not going for a change on anything at the moment

[The Burpster]

Maybe I'm lucky, I picked up a 2ndhand (less than 100 rds genuine) Sako 75 hunter with a brand new PES mod for 685.

 

Its a beaut, (well it is now I have a synth stock for it.) !