.222 Rem Mag conversion

[Karl B. Andersen]

I have a beautiful Sako Vixen that I inherited from my father.
It was chambered in the rather defunct .222 Rem Mag which is now no longer produced commercially to my knowlege.
Life is short. There are only so many hours in the day and days in the week. I simply don't have the extra time to re-load, nor the inclination to learn, even though I do have the dies for this cartridge.
Is this gun's set-up, action, chambering, etc., make it a candidate for rechambering in any other caliber that is more readily available, and WILL BE commercially available in the up-coming years?
And if so, what 'smith would be recommending for retro-fitting this cartridge?
I'll bet someone here can help.

[Graybeard]

It is but it would be a crying shame to do that to such a classic. Brass is available and likely ammo but hard to come by. The .204 Ruger uses same case. It could be rebarreled to the .223 which is a common as dirt but that would almost be a crime to do.

If you don't want to shoot it as is why not offer it to someone who does and just buy you a rifle with more common ammo.

[GatCat]

Rather then rechamber ( or possible barrel set-back and rechamber ), IF you are determined to keep it, and use it with more readilly available ammo, why don't you consider a re-barrel job, with a factory contour barrel, so your stock will not need modifying, and rifle could easily be returned to "as produced" ( have a small "witness mark" scribed where it won't be seen ). You could go with .223 or .204, ( the.204 is a necked-down .222 mag ).
Like Graybeard mentined, you have a real classic, as I'm sure you know.
Mark

[jeepmann1948]

Check out this site it has 222mag ammo listed for sale. Not cheap but is better than re-chambering :

http://www.cpcartridge.com/cart2/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_10

Also Nosler
http://www.nosler.com/osler makes it  check out :

[Headache]

I have a friend who has 100 rounds of factory ammo he would sell.  Make an offer and I'll contact him.

Headache

[Karl B. Andersen]

Check out this site it has 222mag ammo listed for sale. Not cheap but is better than re-chambering :

http://www.cpcartridge.com/cart2/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_10

Also Nosler
http://www.nosler.com/osler makes it  check out :

Those prices are outrageous.

It truly is a classic and in amazing condition.
Think I'd better offer it for sale to the right person who can appreciate it and use it, and then look for the next rifle of my choice. (I had one guy offer me 1K and I turned him down when I came up with my bright idea about re-chambering)
Thanks for changing my mind.


 

[Flash]

I know you don't have time to reload but maybe a friend does. They could fireform 204 ruger cases to the mag chamber specs. I did this as a last resort rather than use up my mag brass, back when I had my Remington. The 223 is a bit shorter than the 222 mag and will fire in the mag but you take a chance of damaging the bolt and suffer case separation. Don't sell it, just make friends with someone who reloads and for some basic bartering, have them help you out.