Good Accurate Round for Factory BR

[chino69]

Al,
My .223 A1 Vixen has a floated bull barrel, the Wasserman palm swell, holes in the trigger guard and the same two stage trigger you described. The trigger was actually quite nice once you got used to it but I installed a single stage Timney. The barrel is 23 3/4" and as I mentioned is the most accurate factory rifle I've ever had. About a year or two ago there was an identical new in the box rifle on Gun Broker with a starting bid of $1200. Beside the one on Gun Broker I only saw another used one in .222 Remington. I've researched and have not been able to find much info.. There must have been a small run of these but they are indicative of Sako at it's finest. Great wood to metal finish and outstanding accuracy. Mine was imported by Stoeger.

 

[Tony2733]

How About .243, seems like the flexibility of the .223 and the power of a .308 without the kick, Just asking

 

[alinwa]

How About .243, seems like the flexibility of the .223 and the power of a .308 without the kick, Just asking

Tony,

I own all three calibers listed, have had dozens of them... and read about/known of hundreds more.

Furthermore I spent ten yrs and thousands of dollars exploring the .243 and .243AI using 5 actions, 5 different chambering reamers and over a dozen barrels.

I rate the accuracy potential of the three rounds listed as follows;

#1, most accurate is the .308
#2, 223
#3, least accurate the .243

One possible reason has to do with efficiency. The .243 is 'overbore' in the sense that the case is larger than needed for it's bore size. Shortened versions of the .243 like the 6BR are incredibly accurate. One possible explanation is "blast pressure" or muzzle pressure which is residual pressure which escapes around the base of the bullet as it leaves the bore. Too much of this pressure may disrupt the bullet.

ANYways.... the .243 hasn't proven to be as accurate as either the 308 or the 223.

al