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Awesome suggestions. I'll check the action and the trigger pull.

It's one of those load through the breech sort of magazines, with a bottom plate. I did wonder about loading it up with empties and setting it aside for a few months.

The long promised range report.

I made two trips over the weekend to the range and finished off the box of PPU FMJ I had and then moved onto the 6.5 x 55 Hornady SST 140g that I'll hunt with until...

The Warne QR rings came very fast indeed, overnight ex my favourite shop in ChCh.

A bit of a deep inhale as I put them on because I got the low rings and wasn't 100% sure I'd be able to mount the...

The 10MOA Contessa rail from Alan Rhone in the UK came. Great shop... UK to my (rural NZ) door in under a week! And the price was comparable to Brownells. If you need anything for a Sabatti they're...

It's a bit heavy, a single-stage trigger, but can be adjusted in two different ways evidently. I'll dig into that. Almost no travel in it, must be half a mil or a mil between touching and firing.

The targets are mounted on single fencing posts, running right behind the bulls eye - design error that one - so yes, frags are bouncing back and making a mess of things.

I made it to the local range today to start breaking the barrel in. The break-in procedure from Sabatti is insane. Something like two cleaning rods worth of copper remover, two of carbon remover and...

So here’s the rifle back together. I’m very happy with how well the free-floated barrel sits in its channel.

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I have spotted a blemish in the powder-coat. Looks like a thumb print.
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One good sign this is a well made rifle.....the safety and bolt release levers. Solid as... the safety on my last Howa is made from pressed sheet metal. But the Sabatti has solid steel parts.
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I've got a Vortex Viper 4-16 X 50 scope and planning on Warne quick release rings on an EGW 20MOA rail. Sabattis use the Rem700 rails. I did the playdough job tonight to see what height I needed in...

So I just got myself a new Sabatti, and because I couldn't find a decent deep dive into what they're like anywhere when I was weighing things up I thought I better do one.

Sabatti is a really old...