Thread: All joking aside,

Originally Posted by kimjon

I'm from the "don't tell me, show me" school of thought. To date I've been out shot by a few guys with standard sako rifles out to about 400 to maybe 500m. The reason for this is simple, I'm not the best shooter around and it's the man behind the rifle beating me every time... Aka Baghera

Beyond 500m I can't think of anyone using a bog standard sako ever out shooting me. The reason for this is equally simple, my custom rem700 shoots better than a standard sako does, so I now have the advantage even though many others are much better shots than I am. Their equipment is now limiting them.

Now a custom sako is another story... Enter Gillie who will hand you a beating every time with his custom made sako, this is because it's now a level playing field again (both rifles are just as capable as each other) and it's the person who's simply better at shooting that wins.

Kj

This is hardly a fair comparison Kim! There are so many variables at play that to limit your comparison to rifle brand is simply unrealistic. In my experience it is almost always the shooter that makes the difference and not the rifle. There are a couple of games that the rifle has a big influence on e.g. benchrest and F-class, but they still need a good shooter to drive them well.

To me it is simple - if you want a dirty, crappy Remington with their quality control so good that you're just as likely to be able to fire a 270 in your so called 308 - get one then. If you want a blaser with its plastic washer, stupid slam shut action and drop out mag that also drops out the trigger - then get one. If you want a savage with its god ugly bolt - then get one. If you want a plastic fantastic tikka or a kimber with their horrible stock design - then go ahead and get one. But if you want a elegant, beautifully made, practical, reliable, accurate rifle out of the box with a great, user adjustable trigger and a flush fitting, drop out, double stack mag that you can also feed through the action in a rifle that will hold it value - then get a sako cause you can garun-fu#kin-tee it will do all this, make you look cool, cook you dinner, walk your dog and still find the time to magically hit the target every time you wave it generally in the right direction. Just don't take them in the hills - you might scratch it and forever after every time you look at it, you will feel it judging you!


Bottom line, as long as you are comfortable with your rifle, you shoot it well, and it does what you want it to then who cares what it is and what others think about it!

BTW, this post might be slightly bias because just as Kim is a Remington fan, I might be a slight sako fan