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

Thiink about this Danny. The 270 was a cartridge of its day, flat shooting and fairly powerful. Its' forte was from 200 to 300 yd in the days when we didn't have range finders. You've got to respect it for what it was. If you consign it to being a "bush gun" you may as well chop the barrel to 18" and put on a suppressor....

No, you need to be testing this with slooow 5 shot groups at 300m before you decide if its a keeper.
The other key qualities are stability of zero (no shame in a new bedding job probably with pillars with 50 year old wood) which can almost certainly be brought up to scratch.
and feed and action performance. Any misfeeds of slam fires in a hurry ? Safety working OK ?

Then give some thought to a classic but superb scope. Sako-Leupold is traditional in NZ but a european brand would also match. 3-9x40 should see you right to 300m but you might like more. The S&B 3-12x42 would be pretty good or even the fixed 6x42 if you want to be eccentric.

This rifle needs to be a great performer for open county hunting or it will stay in your safe for another generation. If you have another 300m rifle then you need to get rid of that. Perhaps this sako could be a spare / "loaner" but don't keep it unless its one of your best working rifles.