30 years ago my Dad bought me a vixen .222 rem mag at an estate sale, we didn’t realize it was a magnum because the mag typeset was under the scope and we purchased the wrong ammo. Gun did not fire No big loss, our gun didn’t fire and a RO came over and figured it out. 18:42
Beautiful rifle. Those old Sako's are works of art! Your dad had good taste in guns. Both the .222 Rem and .222 Rem mag. are great cartridges. In regards to the primer blow-out, I don't think you damaged your dad's gun. The bolts and receivers are built to handle high pressures and escaping gases. What happened in your incident was the firing pin struck the primer and forced the entire cartridge forward (because a .222 case is shorter than the magnum version), there was enough space to blow out the primer. When I saw the 4198 powder loading, I immediately thought that it was a .222 Remington load. I would get a good reloading manual and find a reliable, accurate .222 Remington magnum load for that particular rifle, and stick with it. Save your brass, but you can still get new brass for it, just be prepared to do some searching. The .204 Ruger cartridge was derived from the .222 Rem. mag. case. Now that we know you have both .222 Remington and .222 magnum ammo, I have to wonder where the .222 Remington rifle is? Perhaps another Sako Vixen ??? Sorry to hear you are selling the property, it would be nice to be able to keep it.
I think that shooting a .222 in the Mag chamber you created a bore obstruction when the bullet lept out of the case and engaged the rifling. Thus, over pressure in the chamber, blowing out the neck and splitting the shoulder of the .222 case.
Thanks for sharing. Mistakes happen. It goes to show how easy this can happen. I'm supper cautious with my cases while reloading. I have a model 722 rem in 222 rem mag and I try to take this rifle to the range by itself or at least not with my 223 guns so I don't mix brass and don't have to separate.
case was to brittle now and why it split. after several firings cases get harder from heat cycles. they can be annealed also to make the neck softer also for neck resizing!
No, you didn't damage the rifle. Your rifle is beautiful, by the way. A good lesson about inspecting ammunition for one's rifle. Especially since you weren't injured. My condolences regarding the tragic loss of your father and his home.
I seen a 204 over pressure it welded the case head to the bolt face broke the ejector firing pin and extractor had to put the bolt in a lathe and cut the case head from the bolt face
50 grain sx is a soft point bullet sx is for super explosive as they were for lower velocity cartridges to blow apart at slower speeds. hornady bullets
Your fortunate you didn't injure yourself. We all make mistakes Trey. Just glad you didn't injure yourself. You probably won't make that mistake again though !! That rifle is an absolute treasure. The barrel appears to be cut down because I'm not sure why anyone would want a 222Mag with a very short barrel. Do you have the history on this rifle?
Beautiful rifle. That's not the factory stock. Original stock would have had a beaver tail forend. I have the same rifle in 222mag as well. I also have a 222 I don't see how you didn't notice the difference in the two. There not similar. Be more careful next and enjoy owning that rifle that's a nice one.
Sorry about Your father passing. Wrong case is no go - if there is a lack of material there is no idea to re-form. Concerning ammo - the house was on fire, heat changes characteristics in powder. Don’t shoot more of the left over cartridges!
The fired case looks nothing like a 222 mag. I would think its a different chambering, maybe 223? At the very least run a borescope through the chamber and make sure theres no obstructions.
@@treyveston7965 I have to think it was better this way than the other way around! Probably couldn't have closed the bolt though. Lucky you weren't shooting something like a 7 mag versus a 7x57
Thanks for showing Mayby you can help somone not make that same mistake This is how you learn you not dumb Just didn’t know and now you do Seems to us avid jandloaders that everyone should know this but how would you You just unfortunately got the stuff dropped on your lap.
💩 happens. Shooting 222 rem in a 222 rem mag you probably didn't damage the rifle id inspect it real good but the pressure is lower than the rem mag just inspect your ammo better next time. Even if it was a family member id never shoot someone else's hand loads out of my gun personally
Sorry to hear about the passing of your father. My condolences. Beautiful land. Beautiful rifle.
Probably didn’t ruin the rifle. Good thing you didn’t ruin yourself. Brave to post this. 👍🤠
30 years ago my Dad bought me a vixen .222 rem mag at an estate sale, we didn’t realize it was a magnum because the mag typeset was under the scope and we purchased the wrong ammo.
Gun did not fire
No big loss, our gun didn’t fire and a RO came over and figured it out. 18:42
prayers to u and yours for the loss of your father!
Beautiful rifle. Those old Sako's are works of art! Your dad had good taste in guns. Both the .222 Rem and .222 Rem mag. are great cartridges. In regards to the primer blow-out, I don't think you damaged your dad's gun. The bolts and receivers are built to handle high pressures and escaping gases. What happened in your incident was the firing pin struck the primer and forced the entire cartridge forward (because a .222 case is shorter than the magnum version), there was enough space to blow out the primer. When I saw the 4198 powder loading, I immediately thought that it was a .222 Remington load. I would get a good reloading manual and find a reliable, accurate .222 Remington magnum load for that particular rifle, and stick with it. Save your brass, but you can still get new brass for it, just be prepared to do some searching. The .204 Ruger cartridge was derived from the .222 Rem. mag. case. Now that we know you have both .222 Remington and .222 magnum ammo, I have to wonder where the .222 Remington rifle is? Perhaps another Sako Vixen ??? Sorry to hear you are selling the property, it would be nice to be able to keep it.
i thought the same thing. the good old mike walker load of 20.5 grains of imr 4198 was suppose to work with both 50 and 55 grain bullets.
I think that shooting a .222 in the Mag chamber you created a bore obstruction when the bullet lept out of the case and engaged the rifling. Thus, over pressure in the chamber, blowing out the neck and splitting the shoulder of the .222 case.
Thanks for sharing. Mistakes happen. It goes to show how easy this can happen. I'm supper cautious with my cases while reloading. I have a model 722 rem in 222 rem mag and I try to take this rifle to the range by itself or at least not with my 223 guns so I don't mix brass and don't have to separate.
I have been looking for a good .222 Remington bolt action
case was to brittle now and why it split. after several firings cases get harder from heat cycles. they can be annealed also to make the neck softer also for neck resizing!
the rim wear is from the ejector on the rifle.
No, you didn't damage the rifle. Your rifle is beautiful, by the way. A good lesson about inspecting ammunition for one's rifle. Especially since you weren't injured. My condolences regarding the tragic loss of your father and his home.
I seen a 204 over pressure it welded the case head to the bolt face broke the ejector firing pin and extractor had to put the bolt in a lathe and cut the case head from the bolt face
50 grain sx is a soft point bullet sx is for super explosive as they were for lower velocity cartridges to blow apart at slower speeds. hornady bullets
Your fortunate you didn't injure yourself. We all make mistakes Trey. Just glad you didn't injure yourself. You probably won't make that mistake again though !!
That rifle is an absolute treasure. The barrel appears to be cut down because I'm not sure why anyone would want a 222Mag with a very short barrel. Do you have the history on this rifle?
Beautiful rifle. That's not the factory stock. Original stock would have had a beaver tail forend. I have the same rifle in 222mag as well. I also have a 222 I don't see how you didn't notice the difference in the two. There not similar. Be more careful next and enjoy owning that rifle that's a nice one.
Sorry about Your father passing.
Wrong case is no go - if there is a lack of material there is no idea to re-form.
Concerning ammo - the house was on fire, heat changes characteristics in powder.
Don’t shoot more of the left over cartridges!
The fired case looks nothing like a 222 mag. I would think its a different chambering, maybe 223? At the very least run a borescope through the chamber and make sure theres no obstructions.
So what is the rifle, 222 rem mag?
@@ChronicalsofAl yep. .222 Rem Magnum.
@@treyveston7965 I have to think it was better this way than the other way around! Probably couldn't have closed the bolt though. Lucky you weren't shooting something like a 7 mag versus a 7x57
Thanks for showing
Mayby you can help somone not make that same mistake
This is how you learn you not dumb
Just didn’t know and now you do
Seems to us avid jandloaders that everyone should know this but how would you
You just unfortunately got the stuff dropped on your lap.
Your dad had good taste.
Insurance is a scam he more than likely paid on it his whole life and then at the end he didn’t have enough it’s just mind blowing sorry for your loss
Can you shoot 223 in a 222 rem mag?
There would be excessive headspace with the 223 ammunition.
no
With a Mauser type extractor you could probably get away with it.
should have checked bore for obstruction after rupture
$500K for 10 acres?!
222 fired in 222 magnum.
did you use 222mag load data in a 222 case?
he said it was his fathers reloads
No he fired a 222 in a 222 magnum chamber.
💩 happens. Shooting 222 rem in a 222 rem mag you probably didn't damage the rifle id inspect it real good but the pressure is lower than the rem mag just inspect your ammo better next time. Even if it was a family member id never shoot someone else's hand loads out of my gun personally
Not a stockfactory