Thread: Sako finbear what's it worth and is it worth salvaging ?

You may have to put a fowler shot down there before trying for a group size.
Poor old barrel is probably feeling quite naked after the scrubbing you just gave it

Originally Posted by Sideshow

You may have to put a fowler shot down there before trying for a group size.
Poor old barrel is probably feeling quite naked after the scrubbing you just gave it

Is 'fowler shot' a typo or are you suggesting the rifle should be used first on chooks Sideshow? Personally myself I would leave the chooks alone and fire a 'fouling shot'

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Is 'fowler shot' a typo or are you suggesting the rifle should be used first on chooks Sideshow? Personally myself I would leave the chooks alone and fire a 'fouling shot'

Chook mist

So I thought I had a box of whitetails but they were already shot ooops
So I spoke to the owner and he was happy enough for me to load up some eldx and try them.
The results are better than expected, but I must point out I really struggled with the heavy as trigger, I will need to sort that out sooner rather than later.
So I did a ladder starting at 57.5 and made 9 of those to include fouler (not fowler) shots and sighting shots, went up in .3grain increments to 58.4
No pressure signs at all the rifle is a pussycat to shoot.
I have settled on 58.1 for now as I'm off hunting on Tuesday, but there is room to develop as I have no pressure signs even at 58.4 which is above book max.
At 58.4 it looked like it was starting to tighten the grouping again so when I have time I'll try another ladder starting at 58.4 going up .2grain to 58.8g to see if it tightens up again or shows pressure signs.
All projectiles were seated 10 thou off the lands and easily mag fed and ejected even at a ogave length of 72.21mm

Shot at 50 yards cause I forgot to move back once I had it fouled (not fowled) and sighted

Dunno what happened here but probably not as bad as it looks, first group I shot at 100 yds and still very much coming to grips with the heavy ass trigger

This is the load I am going to use for now grouping is good but will improve once the trigger is lightened. The shot 1" to the left was last of three and definitely pulled

2 lowest charges

2 highest charges