Christmas came early this year, just in time to get a 1/2 decent load worked up for hunting I hope.

This little beauty was built from 2 different rifles. The action came in a trade earlier this year from a fellow way up north. This is by far the smoothest A action I have ever owned (and I've owned a few). I cycles incredibly smooth.

The stock was from another trade. I had to have it inleted for the bigger trigger assembly this action sports. It was pillar bedded & I decided to remove the ugly red factory pad in exchange for a nice decelerator pad.

Here are the specs on the build.

#2 26" Ted Gaillard barrel (turned down to factory Sako shank size) 1-8 twist matte finish chambered in 264 Win Mag.
Factory Laminate stock pillar bedded & decelerator pad installed. 14" LOP.
Factory trigger tuned to 2 1/2lbs.
Talley mounts & rings
Leupold VXIII 4.5x14x40mm B&C reticule
Nosler brass & 140gr Accubonds (powder charge yet to be determined) RL25 to start with though.

Virgin trip to the range tomorrow.













I am sure it will shoot good just like all of Teds barrels do.

Looking forward to your range report,
Looks like an excelent long range critter gitter looking forward to your range report....tj3006

Well it seems to shoot too!



Ignore the fouler, but 3 touching already WOW!

FPS is low yet though An average in the 2850 FPS range. 60gr RL25. Gonna go up & see where it takes me.

Very happy so far.

Well I made it out to the range early this AM again. Today & Friday are my last 2 days I have a chance to get there before hunting starts.

It is a terrible windy day here today. Not an ideal range day by any stretch of the imagination, but when the clock is ticking, what are you going to do?

So I braved the weather & gave it my best shot.

I had 6 different loads to try today(all 140gr Accubonds), well actually 5. I had 5 rounds of 61gr RL25 left over that I planned to use for fouling shots.

The first 2 were 64gr RL25 & 59gr RL22. RL25 was around the 3100 FPS range & RL22 was in the 3000 FPS range. Groupings are about the same.



Next was 60gr RL22 at an average of 3040 FPS, you can also see the group of 61gr RL25 in this photo. They are around 2950 FPS.
I could see marks on the head of the brass with 60gr RL22 which tells me we are getting some pressure.



Last was 65gr RL25 & 64.5gr RL25. I am not sure ig the 65gr load was me or if it is that bad, but that's what happened? Around 3125 FPS with 65gr & 3110 FPS with the 64.5gr load. Now the 64.5gr load caught my attention. The one flier was me for sure, a gust of wind kicked up when I pulled the trigger. It was the last round & I only had 3 rounds loaded, so I couldn't try a 4th.

I know my last 264 WM shot very well with 64gr RL25, so it does make sense being it is only 1/2gr difference we are talking about.

At least I know this load will be good enough to get me through a hunting season. I can do some more testing next year when I have more time.



I am going to have to try & get my hands on some US869 powder.
My old 264 WM shot extremely well with old H870 & was in the 3250 FPS range, but I don't have any left I understand that US869 is very very close to H870.

Well at least it is coming together now with some 1/2 decent speeds. On a better day I should be able to tighten those groups up some more.

Sweet rig Wookie.

Wish I had got drawn for moose this season so I could use my Sako m75 Greywolf 338-06AI I had made last season. Hopefully break the rifle on a LARGE bull elk instead.

My next Sako m75 project may be this winter. Nothing much...just a stainless 270WSM with a new Macmillan stock in Instrument Tan with black & white webbing. I may even get the barrel powdercoated.

Also, maybe another wildcat caliber too.

Woolie,

Very nice.

Which Talley base & rings are they? I didn't know Talley made rings for Sako. Does it have the pin/recoil stop on the rear base?

regards
JohnT

Jason, nice rig. I had an L61R in 264 with 26" bbl. Actually had for less than 24 hours. Got it in the mail one day and sold it at a gun show the next. Felt god at the time, but regret it now. One day I'll have a custom AV in 264 win or 6.5-06.


Talley rings are universal. Tally makes Sako specific bases that fit on the dovetail, but the rear base doesn't have the little lug that mates with the notch in the rear dovetail. Lou

In the one picture you can see he has installed a base on the Sako dovetail then the ring to the base.

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Originally posted by ted thorn:
In the one picture you can see he has installed a base on the Sako dovetail then the ring to the base.

And yes, they are Talley factory bases for the Sako dovetails.