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Being a junk man at heart, I am always pickin' through other folks used items. Can't help it. I picked up this action about 10 years ago. Never done any thing with it. The price was right and ya never can tell! Sako S491 action A couple years later a fellow had a used Richards Microfit thumbhole stock for sale. Turns out it just happened to be glass bedded for a Sako S491 action. Couldn't resist. Fast forward to earlier this year. I got the hankerin' for a small caliber chambering with a fast twist barrel. Turns out a friend had a 1 in 8" twist Shilen Select Match stainless barrel layin' around his shop. Even had a 223 AI reamer and a Vais brake Well, a few dollars traded hands, I pulled out an old scope I'd basically gotten free from another deal and tossed them into a feed barrel and rolled it down a hill at the lease. When I pulled the lid, dang if a Spare Parts Rifle didn't pop out. Sako S491 action, Richards laminate thumbhole stock. Twenty-six inch Shilen Select Match Barrel, Vais Brake, chambered for 223 AI, Burris 8 x 32 Signature Scope. Hadn't wrung it out yet but here are a few groups. Figure I may just see whether I can make an impression on a couple hogs and a whitetail or so later this fall. Sixty grain partition or even a 70 gr. TSX might just shine. Only problem, is finding used bullets in good condition. I may have to break down an go with some new ones. GWB | ||
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GW: Just think how good your groups might have been if that bottle cap hadn't been from the last St. Arnold's in the six-pack! I'll bet if you shoot that little jewel when you're not seeing two of the target your groups will shrink right down! | |||
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On the other hand, you could consider the St.Arnold's to be group tightners and it looks like a seventh one would be in order. Don't ask me what happened, when I left Viet Nam, we were winning. | |||
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Very nice rig. I wish we could still buy SAKO actions in the white, like that. ----------------------------------------------------- Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. Proverbs 26-4 National Rifle Association Life Member | |||
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