A Vixen Aaaaargh! Green envy instantly bubbles up in my hairy breast ...
I wouldn't kill for a Vixen in .222 but I think I might be willing to break a few legs for one of those precious little jewels. With a young wife and three little girls to feed and care for, I couldn't afford one when they were still being made. My only CF rifle back then was a homely and already old NRA/DCM 1903A3 .30-06 that I had restocked with Herter's semi-finished laminated wood; I mostly shot it with 200 gr. Lyman cast bullets (311299) to hold costs down. I still have it, a good rifle but it sure won't drive tacks.
In those days I knew an old NC mountain man who had a Vixen. He would let me shoot it at his home range. A straight factory rifle, regular stock, with a 3-9x Redfield hunting scope; it was both beautiful and incredibly accurate! I soon quit shooting paper targets and just amused myself by shooting out the four (about 3/8") thumb tacks holding the 100 yard targets up; it rarely took more than four shoots to do it.
I REALLY wanted one of those but .... ah well, ... as my movie hero once said, "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do." Enjoy your's doubly, once for my sake!