222 again.

[Stinkdog]

Never will die, the 222. A classic.
Got these two tonight.
Federal 50gn factory.
One was a monster with a bob tail, probably one I missed before now .

 

[M_Strohmeyer]

Never will die, the 222. A classic.
Got these two tonight.
Federal 50gn factory.
One was a monster with a bob tail, probably one I missed before now .
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Awesome! Way to go!.

 

[Stinkdog]

Had some fun with the 222 again yesterday.
Plinking with various bullets I want to use up.
I've been gifted unwanted bullets by folks in Britain. @Kenbro is one of said guys

 

[Stinkdog]

Things have been quiet.
Think I'm on top of these fox's which is good now that everything is breeding.
150yds or so in a squall!
I was hanging around some carrion I found earlier that had fox prints all around it. When I got there in the dark nothing was there so I walked away and returned half hour later.
Still nothing on the carcass but I checked behind me conscious of the wind knowing it will approach from down wind like myself and there it was nose down tracking my steps!!

 

[M_Strohmeyer]

Things have been quiet.
Think I'm on top of these fox's which is good now that everything is breeding.
150yds or so in a squall!
I was hanging around some carrion I found earlier that had fox prints all around it. When I got there in the dark nothing was there so I walked away and returned half hour later.
Still nothing on the carcass but I checked behind me conscious of the wind knowing it will approach from down wind like myself and there it was nose down tracking my steps!!
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If the wacky laws in Australia wasn't so awful, you could do some good on the fox population down under.

 

[Stinkdog]

If the wacky laws in Australia wasn't so awful, you could do some good on the fox population down under.

The whacky laws in the UK are bad enough!

 

[Tiratore]

My Remington 722 in 222 was my first centerfire rifle. I acquired it in the late '50s, in the as-issued condition. With a 1", 10X Unertl, I used it for fox, gopher and woodchuck hunting. Then, decades later, I took it to South Dakota to shoot prairie dogs. With the factory barrel, it shot about 1" at 100 yards. Pretty uninteresting. So I had Jack at Hart Barrels put a new HV contour barrel on it. And upgraded the scope. I made stock for it when I was in high school, using a Herter's semi-finished one as a basis. Then, changed to an HS Precision benchrest stock. The only pieces of the original rifle are the receiver and bolt.